Various Member States have failed to take account of some young workers, women working part-time or workers employed for short periods on fixed-term contracts, says the report by Jean Louis COTTIGNY (PES, FR).
The report stresses that Member States cannot "invoke subsidiarity" to justify not imposing sanctions on employers who do not meet the requirements of the legislative framework.
Measures for Member States to take
The report calls on Member States to define precisely the term 'information', leaving no scope for alternative interpretations. It also asks that workers' representatives be allowed to scrutinise the information provided, that information be provided in good time before consultation, and that trade unions be involved in the process, in order to "consolidate social dialogue".
It suggests that those Member States "in which protection for employees' representatives is traditionally guaranteed by means of an agreement negotiated between trade unions and employers' associations provide for a high level of subsidiary protection for such employees' representatives should the negotiations fail".
Member States face possible infringement proceedings
MEPs are urging the Commission to take immediate measures to guarantee effective transposition of the directive and to initiate infringement proceedings against those Member States which have failed to transpose the directive or which have not done so correctly.
