Activities of Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO related to 2016/2017(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Creating labour market conditions favourable for work-life balance (A8-0253/2016 - Tatjana Ždanoka, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė) ES
Amendments (15)
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas reconciliation policies are to be considered as an improvement of the working environment, enabling good working conditions and the wellbeing of workers, all of which has a positive impact on the company in terms of improved productivity and results;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas for more women to enter the labour market there also needs to be an adequate supply at affordable prices of care services for the elderly and other dependent family members, as their care falls primarily upon women;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Emphasises the importance of companies and other workplaces adopting flexible working time allocation measures that allow the hours worked by workers to be tailored to their family and personal needs, such as flexible times for arrival and departure from work and for breaks or rest periods for meals, coffee, etc.; tailoring working hours to suit daily routines: school hours, travel times, medical services, businesses, etc.; training (at least in part) undertaken during working hours; measures that enable employees to manage their own working hours, whereby they are not required to be physically present at all times in the workplace and the option of teleworking (distance working without always being present in the workplace and making use of new technologies) is possible;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on Member States to examine the possibility of gradually bringing school hours into line with full- time working hours, by means of free out- of-school activities both at the end of the school day and in school holiday times, in order to help workers achieve real balance between their working, family and private lives, especially with reference to women as it is they in the main who reduce their working hours to be able to care for their children;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. StresseHighlights the need to addresseliminate inequalities in paid and unpaid work and to promote an, regards as care work for family, and to foster equal sharing of responsibilities and costs for child caren and care for dependants betweenamong women, men and society as a whole;
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Supports ‘smart working’ but rejects a shift from a culture of presence to a culture of permanent availability; calls on the Member States and social partners, when developing smart working policies, to ensure these do not impose an additional burden on the worker;
Amendment 406 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to guarantee social security, social protection and remuneration in the case of maternity parental, paternity or sick leave in order to enable a genuine work-life balance;
Amendment 420 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Amendment 430 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Considers that child poverty is linked to parents' poverty, and therefore calls on the Member States to implement the Recommendation on Child Poverty and well-being1a and to use the indicator- based monitoring framework therein; 1a.Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast), OJ L 204, 26.07.2006, p. 23.
Amendment 431 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Reiterates its call on the Commission and Member States to introduce a Child Guarantee with its specific fund, so that every child in poverty can have access to free healthcare, free education, free childcare, decent housing and adequate nutrition, as part of a European integrated plan to combat child poverty including both the Child Guarantee and programmes offering support and opportunities for the parents to come out of social exclusion situations and to integrate into the labour market1a; 1a.European Commission Recommendation on investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage, Brussels, 20.2.2013 COM(2013)0778.
Amendment 432 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)
Paragraph 25 c (new)
25c. Calls on Eurofound to continue measuring its concept of job quality1a as comprising: earning, prospects, working time quality, use of skills and discretion, social environment, physical risk, work intensity, social environment and to develop its research on policies, social partners agreement and companies practices supportive of job quality; 1a.Eurofound report on Trends in job quality in Europe (2012) and Eurofound report Convergence and divergence of job quality in Europe 1995-2010 (2015).
Amendment 433 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 d (new)
Paragraph 25 d (new)
25d. Calls on Eurofound to keep monitoring and provide analyses of public policies and social partners agreements through its surveys, in particular the EWCS, in order to ensure that working time arrangements are negotiated and support work life balance, and to develop research on how dual workers household manage their working time arrangements together;
Amendment 435 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 f (new)
Paragraph 25 f (new)
25f. Calls for full implementation of Directive 2006/54/EC on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation, and for it to be revised with a compulsory requirement for companies to draw up measures or plans on gender equality, including actions on desegregation, the development of pay systems and measures to support women's careers;
Amendment 440 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Stresses that the culture of presenteeism needs urgently to be changed for a culture of efficiency, because working more hours is not more productive; emphasises the advisability and efficiency of working through the day in one block and the importance of setting a rational time for finishing work (early afternoon) that facilitates establishing a work/life balance and enables parents to take genuine joint responsibility for the care of children and other dependent family members;
Amendment 450 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Stresses the importance of combating stereotypes by promoting and defending gender equality during all stages of education, from primary school onwards, adapting the information to the age of the pupils; points too to the advisability of conducting awareness- raising and information campaigns and supporting programmes that promote gender equality and combat stereotypes;