Activities of Inês Cristina ZUBER related to 2012/2046(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on women’s working conditions in the service sector
Amendments (12)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. Whereas women tend to be disproportionately represented in flexible employment, probably because care of the family is still considered to be their prime responsibility and they are therefore deemed to be more suited than men to working on a temporary, casual or part- time basisare more affected by precariousness, are discriminated against in terms of pay and are more affected by part-time work, and are therefore paid less than men, benefit from less social protection, are more restricted in terms of career progression and have less chance of economic independence, which encourages their return to the private sector and the subsequent setback orn to working from homehe sharing of responsibilities and mentalities;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take concrete steps towards a further deepening of the market for services in order to develop its significant jobs potential and to allow workers to benefit from the flexible working conditions specific to many jobs in this sector (with a view, for example, to reconciling work and care duties),combatting precarious employment ties in the service sector, a situation particularly affecting women; rejects flexibility and contractual uncertainty preventing an organised and stable family life; stresses that employment contracts must be stable with fixed working hours, with these hours being negotiable, at the woman's request, for better reconciliation of family and working life; while ensuring decent working conditions with rights with respect to, inter alia, pay, health and safety at work, career prospects, social security and lifelong learning;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt measures to protect female workers, including mandatory exemption from night work or shift work for women with children under 12 years of age, where both parents work such shifts; calls on the Member States to effectively protect motherhood and fatherhood, combatting the unlawful dismissal of pregnant women, those who have recently given birth and those who are breastfeeding;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to guarantee the protection of social and employment rights for the high number of mobile workers in the service sector and to fight any kind of exploitation; stresses that labour mobility cannot be mandatory;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that flexible working hours are becoming more commonplace: weekend work, irregular and unpredictable working hours and adding to them, and given that the demand for flexibility is greatest amongst part-time workers, who are mostly women, this meansthere is a need for concrete measures to combat precarious employment in services, a situation which particularly affects women; rejects situations of flexibility and contractual uncertainty that do not provide for family formation and stability; stresses that work contracts should be stable and working hours scheduled but that mwore women than men suffer changes in their working hours from week to week, making it even harder for women to find a balance between work and family lifeking hours may be negotiated upon the female employee’s request in order to better reconcile professional, family and private lives; guarantees, at the same time, labour conditions with rights as regards, inter alia, pay, workers’ health and safety, career perspectives, social security and vocational training;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls, once more, that women also earn on average 17.1 % less than men in the service sector; states that women do not receive the same salary, largely be in cases where they hold the same jobs as men or jobs of equal value. In other causes, they do not hold the same jobs, due to the continuing vertical and horizontal occupational segregation and the higher incidence of part-time jobs;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Claims that a fairly widespread yet harmfuldiscriminatory practice is to assign different professional categories to men and women for the same work or work of an equal value, for example, for cleaning services, men are appointed as maintenance technicians whereas women are appointed as cleaning auxiliaries, which also meansis being used as a means of justifying lower pay for women’s work;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the importance of safeguarding collective bargaining in employment law, which is essential in protecting female workers, in combating wage discrimination, in promoting equal rights for men and women, in reconciling professional, family and private lives, in regulating working time and awarding bonuses (while ensuring that those exercising their right to maternity or paternity leave are still fully eligible thereof) and in developing mechanisms for preventing the violation of individual rights and the privacy of female workers;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that the economic crisis hasand the so-called austerity measures have led to a reduction in gender equality measures, which together with the fact that male employment rates tend to recover more quickly than they do for women, is having a negative impact on women’s employment in the service sector;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the need for appropriate policies to reconcile work and family life and in particular calls for an adequate provision of affordableincrease in free and quality social public services and facilities for providing child care services and care for other dependents compatible with the flexible working hours that are being imposed in the service sectorreconciling professional, family and private lives, in both rural and urban areas;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Council to break the deadlock on the adoption of the amendment of the Directive on maternity, accepting the flexibility proposed by the European Parliament for Europe to make progress in protecting the rights and improving the working conditions of pregnant workers or those who have recently given birth and stresses the importance of combating the unlawful dismissal of women who are pregnant, have recently given birth or are breastfeeding;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses that women working in service areas, especially in the areas of trade, accommodation, catering, health and social work, are particularly exposed to accidents in the workplace and occupational diseases (namely musculoskeletal diseases), which therefore requires official recognition of occupational diseases, guaranteed adequate social protection and mandatory implementation of quality and effective safety-at-work conditions;