Motion for a resolution on the need to reduce work-related fatalities

Tabled by Jonas Sjöstedt, Hanna Gedin, Li Andersson, Per Clausen, Pasquale Tridico

Added: 21a. Urges the Commission to adopt stricter rules on subcontracting, including safeguards for equal treatment of subcontracted workers, the introduction of dissuasive sanctions, and the possibility for Member States to uphold or introduce more protective national measures for workers; calls on the Commission, with the aim of strengthening transparency and accountability throughout the supply chain, to limit subcontracting to two levels, to require mandatory disclosure of subcontractors and the proportion of the contract intended for subcontracting, and to ensure that contractors bear full responsibility for their subcontractors; further calls for the establishment of joint and several liability between economic operators and subcontractors in the event of violations of labour laws or collective agreements;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE782.343