欧州労連、派遣指令案合意(予定)を歓迎

欧州労連（ETUC)が、月曜日の閣僚理事会における正式の政治的合意を待たずに、早々と「歓迎」の声明をアップしています。

http://www.etuc.org/a/5063

>ETUC welcomes possible agreement on agency work in Council, based on equal tratment principle from day one

Today, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) welcomed the positive chances for an agreement on agency work in next week’s meeting of the Council for Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs (9 June). Such agreement would be based on new proposals by the Slovenian presidency which take into account the recent agreement between the national social partners in the UK, and would introduce the principle of equal treatment for agency workers from the first day of their assignment, with limited possibilities for derogation that must involve the social partners.

The ETUC has written to the Slovenian Minister of Labour expressing its satisfaction with the proposals of the Slovenian presidency on the issue of equal treatment – the most contentious issue in the Directive which blocked progress until today. According to the ETUC, this new approach is an important step in the right direction, as it no longer introduces a general qualifying period before the equal treatment principle would apply, but instead only allows for derogation by collective agreement or -under specific conditions- by agreement between the national social partners.

ETUC would welcome an agreement in Council based on these new proposals, so long as no other proposals are adopted that would further weaken the draft text of the Directive. This would be a very welcome signal that the deadlock in the development of social Europe is broken, and that social progress at EU level is both necessary and possible.

However, the ETUC warned the Slovenian presidency that a possible agreement on the draft Temporary agency Directive should not be used as an argument to adopt at the same time the revised Working Time Directive. The proposals for revision in their current form do not offer any social progress, and may even lower the level of protection provided, which is incompatible with the European Treaties. The ETUC opposes the linking of the two dossiers, and called on the Presidency to deal with both very important issues independently, and to ensure that decisions are made based on the merits of each dossier separately.

議長国スロベニアの妥協案は、原則としては派遣第1日目から派遣先との均等待遇を義務づけますが、労使協定による適用除外を認めるというもので、特定の場合には国レベルの労使間の協定でもいいというもののようです。この最後の奴でイギリスの政労使三者合意で決まった派遣当初の12週間適用除外というのを認めるようですね。

但し、最後のパラグラフで、それと引き替えに労働時間指令の改正案も一緒にやるなと釘を刺していますが、しかしこういうのは時の勢いが大事ですから、一気に両方やっちゃった方がいいと思いますが。