Finansforbundet Danmark
FSU-DK
The Financial Services Union Denmark is the trade union for employees in the Danish financial area.
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Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
28 May 2025 · Sustainability omnibus and sustainable finance
Meeting with Maria Luís Albuquerque (Commissioner) and
25 Mar 2025 · Exchange on supplementary pensions and regulatory developments
Meeting with Niels Fuglsang (Member of the European Parliament)
27 Nov 2023 · Økonomisk politik
Response to Strengthening social dialogue
14 Oct 2022
Finansforbundet calls for a stronger social dialogue
Social dialogue is a precondition for sustainable solutions
A strong and well-functioning social dialogue at national and European level is a key tool if the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights are to be delivered. If good and fair wages and working conditions are to be ensured throughout Eu-rope social partners will have to play a significant role. As representatives of workers, companies and employers respectively, the parties know best the labour market conditions which the legislature does not.
Finansforbundet calls upon the EU institutions and Member States to aim for a well-functioning social dialogue at EU and national level. Social dialogue can supplement and in relevant cases even be an alternative to EU-regulation strengthening workers’ rights and the social dimension of the single market.
Social dialogue in the EU member states
Although the promotion of social dialogue is a common objective of the EU and the Member States, the EU cannot adopt binding measures which intervenes with self-regulatory models. EU can contribute to social dialogue but only by supporting capacity building and exchange of best practice etc.
Ensuring that social dialogue is part of the impact assessment carried out by the Commission when new policies and initiatives are being prepared. EU legislators should be required to state how Social Dialogue has been promoted by their proposals regardless of the field.
The European Commission shall support European social dialogue by securing adequate funding with respect for the social partners autonomy. This applies to both the cross-industry and the sectorial social dialogue
European sectoral social dialogue is distinct from cross-sectoral social dialogue. European social dialogue is an autonomous dialogue between employers and trade unions. With their specific knowledge of each sector, sectoral social partners are those that have the capacity to negotiate according to national law and practice. This particularity allows the social partners to guide policymakers in passing legislation that accurately reflects the needs of each sector. The sectoral social partners are in a better position to deliver a concrete picture of each sector and can provide specific data that can be used in the design of policy proposals. This particularity also enables the social partners to actively initiate a legislative procedure when the requirements are met. The European Commission therefore has an obligation to facilitate and promote social dialogue
Budgets for sectoral social dialogue are being reduced and/or re-assigned. Admin-istrative work to organise European social dialogue activities has been increasingly moved from the European Commission on to the social partners. Such work, whether it be running EU funded projects or organising social dialogue meetings constitutes in many cases excessive and unnecessary burdens. This is a clear and alarming political move from the European Commission towards a reduction of resources away from social dialogue. The European Commission should review its approach with a view to allow social partners to focus on their core role in social dialogue and, indeed, provide more resources for capacity-building.
As regards the process, in particular the call for evidence, Finansforbundet stresses that the Better Regulation rules should not apply to social dialogue. As such, a call for evidence on this initiative is neither necessary nor appropriate. It is imperative that the fundamental principles of consulting and involving social partners in an appropriate manner are respected. This public consultation is not in line with these fundamental principles.
Lastly, this process cannot be considered a sufficient consultation of social part-ners on the matter of collective bargaining, which was not covered in the scope of the social partner consultation on social dialogue from January 2021.
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2 Aug 2022
Finansforbundet takker for muligheden for at kunne bidrage til Kommissionens arbejde med rammeværket for open finance og muliggørelse af datadeling og tredjepartsadgang i den finansielle sektor. Se venligst Finansforbundets vedhæftede svar.
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