Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rights

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7.3.2025 B100143/3

Amendment 3

Brigitte van den Berg

on behalf of the Renew Group

Motion for a resolution B100143/2025

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rights

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
12. Underlines that restructuring processes must not be used as a pretext to violate workers’ information and consultation rights, as well as the right of collective bargaining and trade union rights20; deplores the violation of the fundamental rights of collective bargaining and of information and consultation before a decision is made; emphasises that trade unions must be empowered to evaluate any company’s decision to restructure with the right to call on the support of an independent expert, paid by the employer; calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to put in place further safeguards to ensure collective bargaining and to prevent the misuse of restructuring processes as a means to forego employers’ obligations, particularly in cases of tactical insolvency; underlines that penalties should be imposed in instances of infringements and non-compliance; _______________ 20 Study – ‘Study on monitoring the application of the EU Quality Framework for anticipation of change and restructuring’, European Commission, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Publications Office of the European Union, 2018, https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/1c22896d-4e10-11ea-aece-01aa75ed71a1/language-en.	12. Underlines that restructuring processes must not be used as a pretext to violate workers’ information and consultation rights, as well as the right of collective bargaining and trade union rights20; deplores the violation of the fundamental rights of collective bargaining and of information and consultation before a decision is made; believes trade unions should be equipped with sufficient resources and capacity to assess a company’s decision to restructure and to engage the support of an independent expert; calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to put in place further safeguards to ensure collective bargaining and to prevent the misuse of restructuring processes as a means to forego employers’ obligations; underlines that penalties should be imposed in instances of infringements and non-compliance; _______________ 20 Study – ‘Study on monitoring the application of the EU Quality Framework for anticipation of change and restructuring’, European Commission, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Publications Office of the European Union, 2018, https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/1c22896d-4e10-11ea-aece-01aa75ed71a1/language-en.

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