6 Amendments of Joëlle MÉLIN related to 2014/2160(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take steps to combat all forms of discrimination in the labour market, including those against women, and to adopt social protection measures in order to ensure that women’s pay and welfare entitlements, including pensions, are not lower than those of men doing the same jobequivalent and fair;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 bis (new)
Paragraph 2 bis (new)
2a. Disclosure of pay information must remain sectoral, in order to protect the personal data and privacy of workers;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 ter (new)
Paragraph 2 ter (new)
2b. Employers should be encouraged to regularly assess the pay gaps within their company to address inequalities, in partnership with staff representatives where appropriate;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that women are still heavily under-represented in senior and leadership positions at all levels of political and economic decision-making; calls, therefore, for swift adoption of the Women on Boards Directive as an important first step in the right direction;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to involve social partners (trade unions and NGOs) in the realisation of gender equality, with a view to fostering equal treatment; stresses that the areas covered by social dialogue should include the monitoring of gender equality practices at the workplace, the promotion ofassessment of equal treatment and pay at the workplace. Member States should be encouraged to promote flexible working arrangements, with the aim of facilitating the reconciliation of work and private life, and the monitoring of collective agreements, codes of conduct, research or exchanges of experience and good practice in the area of gender equality.;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7a (new)
Paragraph 7a (new)
7a. Calls on the Member States to consider taking measures which enable women not to work if they do not wish to do so, such as parental education salaries, for example; too many women are still being exploited (part-time) for wages which are shamefully low but are necessary for household requirements;