Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-05-13-Speech-1-068"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-05-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Protection of employees in the event of employer insolvency2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020513.6.1-068"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-05-13-Speech-1-0692
lpv:speaker	lp:Ioannis Koukiadis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; EMPL (2002-02-05--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3 member; PETI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr Bouwman has been extremely sensitive in his approach to this question and has successfully brokered a compromise for which he deserves our congratulations. Parliament adopted the Bouwman report by a large majority at first reading. The European Parliament responded positively to this initiative by the Commission because it rounds off the three basis reforming directives, the other two of which cover protection for employees from mass redundancies and during corporate restructuring and all of which aim to reduce the insecurity of workers as a result of structural changes. This common objective cannot just be confined to these initiatives. If we want to bring about reform in the European Union and achieve the Lisbon objective of a more dynamic economy, we need to take an equally acute interest in work-generated insecurity and we need to deal with these fears in our reforms, not fly in the face of them. It is the only way to prevent the renationalisation of social policies and prevent far-right movements from gaining a stronghold. Parliament proposed a series of amendments, many of which were accepted by the Council, such as a definition of the notion of ‘employee’, application to the liberal professions and other categories and protection for wages across the board, irrespective of whether they are basic wages, bonuses or various pay rises. The question was raised of including compensation if the employee is made redundant. The Council's explanation that it does not refuse to include these relative guarantees but considers that they come under insured benefits in that they derive from the contract of employment is of course tantamount to acceptance. However, in my personal opinion, there should be an express reference to the term ‘compensation’, just as there is in the international contract of employment and just as the experts of the International Labour Organisation have recommended. Another positive point is the extended understanding of the term ‘insolvency’ which has been retained. The big question which remains unanswered, and which concerns not just the present directive, is if and to what extent the protection offered to workers will cover all those engaged in new forms of work and if we intend to communitise the relevant definitions. The compromise solution of an in-depth study of the question is one we agree with, as long as a specific deadline is attached to it."@en1

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