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8 Amendments of Heinz K. BECKER related to 2015/2097(INI)

Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Stresses that levels of protection and benefits afforded to parents in the Member States vary considerably and that European rules should not have the effect of complicating, restricting or increasing the cost of national systems that already work well and offer a high level of performance;
2016/01/29
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Notes the flexibility the directive grants to the Member States to define forms of parental leave – part-time or full-time – and the working and notice periods established as conditions for granting parental leave; welcomes the initiatives introduced by the Member States to give workers as much flexibility as possible in this area, ensuring that parental leave ties in with their professional and personal circumstances, but believes that any choices made to cede some of the decision-making power to employers should not undermine the targetll arrangements should have the fundamental aim of increasing the taking of parental leave;
2016/01/29
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Member States when making their arrangements to ensure that enterprises can plan with certainty and to pay particular attention to the needs of the smallest and small and medium-sized enterprises in this regard;
2016/01/29
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Strongly deplores the fact that the proposed revision of the directive on maternity leave was withdrawn just before the publication of the roadmap ‘New start to address the challenges of work-life balance faced by working families’ and the fact that, in the context of this roadmap, the Commission does not at this stage intend to publish a final report on the implementation of the directive on parental leave;deleted
2016/01/29
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises the need to activate the revision clause in EU legislation on parental leave for that purpose;deleted
2016/01/29
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to introduce financial compensation for parental leave with a view to reaching a level that would act as an incentive for income replacement, over the minimum time period guaranteed by the directive, based on the average EU maternity leave income replacement rate, in order to safeguard families’ social and economic wellbeing;
2016/01/29
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that improved coordination, coherence and accessibility in the Member States’ leave systems (maternity, paternity and parental) increases participation levels and overall efficiency; stresses in that regard that an EU directive on a two-week paternity leave is essential;deleted
2016/01/29
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Call on the Commission, in that regard, to incorporate workplace gender equality objectives into the European Semester for economic policy coordination to enable the targets of the Europe 2020 strategy to be met and to gauge the positive influence of legislative measures on improving work-life balance with a view to redistributing family and domestic responsibilities;deleted
2016/01/29
Committee: EMPL