Fagbevægelsens Hovedorganisation - Danish Trade Union Confederation

FH The Danish Trade Union Confederation thanks you for the opportunity to provide feedback on the general digital omnibus. FH welcomes real regulatory simplification that removes double rules and makes laws easier to use and understand. However, regulatory simplification must never come at the expense of workers' or citizens' rights and protection.

FH The Danish Trade Union Confederation is appreciative of the opportunity to provide feedback on the digital omnibus regarding artificial intelligence. FH generally supports real regulatory simplifications. However, this must never come at the expense of workers rights and protection.

The Danish Trade Union Confederation (FH) considers that EU procurement directives should promote fair competition based on decent pay and working conditions. However, Fh’s experience has been that it has not been possible to address within the existing rules the challenges of social dumping, health and safety at work and work-related crime.

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While the DTUC support improving the EUs competitiveness, we fear that the proposal paves way for uncertainty that can endanger labour models and workers. The biggest misunderstanding arises from article 4(2) the country of origin-principle. The Commission states that this only applies company law (w/o definition). The Commission only refers to recital 83 as to 4(2) not covering labour law. We propose 2 amendments.

Read attached file for full consultation hearing: FH, The Danish Trade Union Confederation, appreciates the opportunity to give a response to this hearing on the idea of a 28th regime. While FH supports the idea of stronger competitiveness for European companies, it must never happen at the expense of the progressive social agenda, whether this be EU regulation, member state regulation or the work of trade unions.

FH welcomes that the reporting requirement on adequate wages has become more benchmark-driven, and especially that, for markets outside the EU, the assessment of wage adequacy is anchored in ILO principles for estimating a living wage. This means that multinational undertakings must go beyond statutory minimum wage standards, which in many countries do not correspond to a living wage.

The Danish Trade Union Confederation (FH) appreciates this opportunity to provide feedback related to the proposal for a regulation regarding a Net-Zero Industry Act. FH would like reiterate that we support the green ambitions of the European Commission. And in line with this we do also support the ambitious goals listed in the European Commissions proposal for a Net-Zero Industry Act.

The Danish Trade Union Confederation works at national and European level for reducing the gender-based pay gap by enforcing the principle of equal pay and the concept of “work of equal value”. Equal pay is a fundamental right, which should be promoted and guaranteed. The Danish labour market is characterised by a strong involvement of the social partners at company, local and national level.

FH – Danish Trade Union Confederation strongly support the aim to strengthen the principle of equal pay between men and women. The struggle for equal pay is a high priority to our unions/member organizations and their members and is constantly at our aim. The Danish gender pay gap is approx. 15 percent, and although it has moved slightly in recent years, it is moving very slowly.

Sagsnr. 19-2878 Vores ref. HERO 22nd December 2020 Consultation about the proposal for a directive on minimum wages The Commission has launched a public consultation on the proposal for a directive on appropriate minimum wages in the European Union EU has no authority to legislate on wages The proposal is based on Art. 153 (1) (b) about working conditions.

The Trade Union Confederation is actively working for an asbestos-free future and therefore supports the EU’s initiative to obtain comprehensive evidence of the presence of asbestos in buildings. The information shall be transparent and made easily accessible through registers.

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FH Trade Movement’s Main Organisation thanks for the opportunity to provide feedback on the forthcoming initiative an EU Talent Pool. Overall, FH agrees that companies should have the possibility to recruit foreign workers from third countries as long as this happens in areas where labour shortages exist in the EU and that an initiative respects the rules and legislation of each Member State for the recruitment of…

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FH appreciates the opportunity to give consultation regarding the employer sanctions directive. First of all, the employer sanctions directive is incredibly important to hinder illegal labour migration, that leads to misuse and abuse of the workers involved and the relevant labour rights.

The Danish Trade Union Confederation (FH) appreciates this opportunity to give feedback on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Social Climate Fund. In 2020 FH put forward our proposal for a climate plan for 2030 consisting of 112 policy initiatives paving the way for the 2030 target to cut Denmark’s emissions by 70 pct.