Activities of Arne GERICKE related to 2015/2097(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Framework Agreement on parental leave (A8-0076/2016 - Maria Arena) DE
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the application of Council Directive 2010/18/EU of 8 March 2010 implementing the revised Framework Agreement on parental leave concluded by BUSINESSEUROPE, UEAPME, CEEP and ETUC and repealing Directive 96/34/EC PDF (423 KB) DOC (129 KB)
Amendments (24)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Heading 1
Heading 1
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10
Citation 10
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the job performed by parents in the family and in raising children represents a measurable contribution to the economy which is furthermore of great importance in view of demographic developments in Europe;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out again that the superimposition of additional national provisions could further complicate European framework legislation and reduce its regulatory effect; calls on the Member States, in accordance with the recommendations of the High-Level Group on Administrative Burdens, to avoid imposing additional bureaucratic burdens when transposing EU law and to commit with the EU institutions to the principle of smart regulation;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that the provision of social services is a matter for the Member States;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes the high degree of variability between Member States regarding the maximum duration and statutory form of parental leave; welcomes the various measures adopted to encourage fathers to take parental leave;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recognises the potential value of the EU as a means to focus Member States' attention on the need for action and for brokering exchanges of advice and assistance for those Member States that need it, particularly in the field of social welfare rights;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. EmphasisesCalls on the Member States to guarantee that family rights assigned by public policies, including parental leave, should be individual rather than transferable, with a view to encouraging both parents to achieve a better work-life balance;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Emphasises that families with children and parents taking a career break to raise them have to bear not only a loss of income but also higher expenditure and far too low a valuation of their parental role; refers here particularly to the special situation of large families;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. NotStresses the flexibilityneed for the directive to grants to the Member States maximum flexibility 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 target of increasing the taking of parental leave;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Strongly deplores the fact that the proposed revision of the directiveNotes the Commission's withdrawal of the maternity leave directive and welcomes the restart of debates on mnaternityional and European leave was withdrawn just before the publication of the roadmap ‘New start to address the challenges of work life balance faced byl; believes that consideration should be given at Member State and if appropriate European level to promote equal opportunities for men and women in the reconciliation of working and families’ and the facty life; stresses 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 leavee Commission's roadmap, any new proposal from the Commission in this area must be in full compliance with the principle of subsidiarity and proportionality;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Believes that political discussions should also focus on a range of non- legislative initiatives with a view to joint action with Member States and civil society to emphasise the educational role that parents play and to promote work-life balance;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes, in view of the overlapping nature of the different types of familylegislation at EU leavel, that a coherent revision of the various texts at EU level is requiredsimpler, more clearly worded legislation that removes complexity, improves compliance, supports families, protects workers and enables businesses to grow and create more jobs is necessary;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to introduce financial compensation for parental leave and the educational role of parents 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;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the social partners to offer to extend this minimum duration from four to six monthsan appropriate extension of this minimum duration to improve work-life balance;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
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 essintegrated concepts and awareness-raising measures are necessary in order to make fathers Europe-wide much more aware of their responsibilities with respect to parential leave;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the Member States and the social partners to continue with their efforts at sharing best practices on positive action in the area of work-life balance, paying particular attention to policies that help mothers to enter the job market and fathers to participate in family life; welcomes initiatives seeking to establish a non- legislative family strategy at European level;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes that, alongside legislative measures to promote work-life balance, the Member States, with the financial backing of the various EU instruments, should focus on introducing high-quality, accessible childcare facilities with a view to meeting the Barcelona objectives; and welcomes measures to accompany this process by a non-legislative family strategy at European level;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Call on the Commission, in that regard, to incorporate family recognition and 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 and negative influence of legislative measures on improving work- life balance with a view to redistributing family and domestic responsibilities;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to in future use the politically correct terms in German versions of all official documents: ‘Elternzeit’ for ‘parental leave’, ‘Mutterschaftskarenz’ for ‘maternity leave’ and ‘Vaterschaftskarenz’ for ‘paternity leave’;