Activities of Ria OOMEN-RUIJTEN related to 2008/0193(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding - Precarious women workers (debate)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) In the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Communities of 26 February 2006 in Case C-506/06 Mayr/Flöckner, the Court held that direct discrimination on grounds of sex occurs if a female employee is placed at a disadvantage on account of absence in connection with IVF treatment.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) In view of demographic trends in Europe, it is necessary to promote a rise in the birth-rate by means of specific legislation and measures to combine work, private life and family life more effectively.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The worker must indicate her chosen period of maternity leave at least three months before the starting date.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. In the case of a multiple birth the period of maternity leave mentioned in Article 8(1) shall be increased by four weeks for each child.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. The Member States shall take the necessary measures to prohibit the dismissal and all preparations for a dismissal of workers within the meaning of Article 2 during the period from the beginning of their pregnancy to the end of the maternity leave provided for in Article 8(1)at least 16 weeks after childbirth, save in exceptional cases not connected with their condition which are permitted under national legislation and/or practice and, where applicable, provided that the competent authority has given its consent.
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 12 a – paragraph 1
Article 12 a – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take such measures as are necessary in accordance with their national judicial systems to ensure that when persons who consider that their rights under this Directive have been breached establish, before a court or other competent authority, facts from which it may be presumed that there has been such a breach, it shall be for the respondent or employer to prove that there has been no breach of the Directive.