Activities of Constance LE GRIP related to 2015/2107(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2014-2020
Amendments (7)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas working conditions are deteriorating and inequalities between Member States in terms of working conditions are increasing; whethe promotion of better working conditions for employees can help to increase the economic crisis has been contributing to the aggravation of working conditionmpetitiveness and productivity of enterprises;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas employment segregation, pay gap, working time, workplaces, precarious working conditions, domestic division of labour, sexism and sex discrimination, as well as the physical differences between women and men, including in regard to reproduction, are factors likely to affecting the hazards women face at workworking conditions of women;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Strongly deplores the envisaged withdrawal of the Maternity LeCalls on the Commission to bring forward a proposal as soon as possible to adapt and update the provisions on the health and safety of pregnant women and women who have Directive; insists that the Commission promptly proposes a legislative initiative in order to adapt and update the health and safety provisions of the Directive dating from 1992; ently given birth or are breastfeeding; calls on the Commission also to continue to monitor and implement health and safety at work legislation and recommends that Member States do more to promote tools for exchanging good practices and awareness-raising campaigns on this issue;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Member States to concentrate, through a European coordination programme, on the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises in order to enable them to improve the implementation of better working conditions for the health and safety of their employees, taking into account the specific needs of women in that regard;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to establish binding European exposure limits forpay specific attention to workers' exposure to an extended number of toxic substances, as women in particular are often exposed to a cocktail of substances both in the workplace and in the homemany substances which can increase healthe risks, including to the viability of their offspring to their health;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the CommissionMember States to address the increasing number of musculoskeletal diseases among women resulting from working conditions, as well as from household chores;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls foron the gender dimensionMember States to be taken into account when conducting risk assessmentof the gender dimension in procedures for assessing health and safety at work risks; in this regard, calls for support for gender mainstreaming training, knowledge and activities for safety representatives and labour inspectors, as well as for the exchange of best practices, in order to foster better working conditions.