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Activities of Arne GERICKE related to 2016/2017(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

Creating labour market conditions favourable for work-life balance (A8-0253/2016 - Tatjana Ždanoka, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2017(INI)

Shadow reports (1)

REPORT on creating labour market conditions favourable for work-life balance PDF (496 KB) DOC (192 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Dossiers: 2016/2017(INI)
Documents: PDF(496 KB) DOC(192 KB)

Amendments (33)

Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Heading 1
on creating labour market conditions favourable for work-life balancto reconciling work and family life
2016/06/14
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
— having regard to Council Directive 92/85/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding1 (the Maternity Leave Directive), __________________ 1 OJ L 348, 28.11.1992, p. 1.(Does not affect the English version.)
2016/06/14
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6
— having regard to its position adopted at first reading on 20 October 2010 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2011/.../EU of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 92/85/EEC2 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding and on the introduction of measures to support workers in balancing work and family life3, asking – among other things – for a two- week period of paternity leave, __________________ 2 OJ C 70 E, 8.3.2012, p. 163. 3 OJ C 70 E, 8.3.2012, p. 163.(Does not affect the English version.)
2016/06/14
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13
— having regard to its resolution of ..... 2016 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,(Does not affect the English version.)
2016/06/14
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 23
— having regard to Council Directive 2013/62/EU of 17 December 2013 amending Directive 2010/18/EU implementing the revised Framework Agreement on parental leave concluded by BUSINESSEUROPE, UEAPME, CEEP and ETUC, following the amendment of the status of Mayotte with regard to the European Union13, __________________ 13 OJ L 353, 28.12.2013, p. 7.(Does not affect the English version.)
2016/06/14
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28
— having regard to its resolution of 20 May 2015 on maternity leave15, __________________ 15 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0207.(Does not affect the English version.)
2016/06/14
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the political aim must be to adapt the world of work to the specific needs of families with children, and not the other way around;
2016/06/14
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas even today there is still no uniform definition of parental and maternity leave, only a range of differing national concepts;
2016/06/14
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas family-related types of leave are still often grounds for discrimination and stigmatisation despite existing legislation, and whereas the term 'leave' is in itself entirely misleading, in that it in fact denotes a period spent performing family duties which involves work and benefits society;
2016/06/14
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas access to childcare services for young children is the mainone factor influencing the participation of women in the labour market, although a woman's decision to stay at home and bring up children should be accepted and should not give rise to discrimination; whereas only 11 Member States have met the first Barcelona target (childcare available for at least 90 % of children between the ages of 3 and the mandatory school age) and only 10 Member States have achieved the second target (at least 33 % of children under three years)19; whereas raising children is still not properly recognised and supported as a form of work; __________________ 19 Progress report on the Barcelona objectives of 29 May 2013 entitled ‘The development of childcare facilities for young children in Europe with a view to sustainable and inclusive growth’ (COM(2013)0322).
2016/06/14
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas allowing people time outside of work for family and, in that connection, personal development in the context of life-long learning without them suffering discrimination as a result benefits their wellbeing as well as their contribution to the economy with more skills and higher productivity20; __________________ 20 CEDEFOP Research Paper: Training leave. Policies and practices in Europe, 2010.
2016/06/14
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the EU is facing unprecedented demographic challenges – an ageing population, low birth rates, changing family structures and migration; stresses that the promotion of families with children and their full recognition in society are of critical importance in this situation; is concerned that austerity measures have had a negative impact on the sustainability of public finances needed for work-life balance policies and services that foster demographic renewal;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s approach to work-life balance policies as key in addressing socio-economic challenges; calls on the European Social Partners to come forward with an agreement onCommission to draw up a 'European Family Strategy' as a comprehensive package of legislative and non- legislative measures regarding the reconciliation of professional, private and family life; calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal for such a package in the context of the announced European pillar of social rights should it not be possible for an agreement between the social partners to be reached;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to put in place policies that acknowledge the increasing diversity of family relationships and parenting arrangements, in particular to guarantee that a child is not discriminated against because of its parents’ marital status, with due respect for the subsidiarity principle, to put in place policies that improve the position orf family constitutioies with children;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the need to address at national level inequalities in paid and unpaid work and ideally to promote an equal sharing of responsibilities and costs for children and care for dependants between women, men and society as a whole;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. UrgesCalls on the Commission to adopt a post-2015 Gender Equality Strategy and to implement it through the European Semester, including the Annual Growth Survey and the country-specific recommendationsstrategy for equal rights for women and men;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States to put in place proactive policies designed to support womenmothers or fathers, after a period of parental leave, entering, returning to and staying in the labour market with stable and quality employment;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to involve the social partners and civil society in gender equality policies; and stresses the importance in this of collective agreements in combating discrimination and promoting equality between women and men at work, and of research and exchanges of good practicesand free collective bargaining;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Strongly regrets that the CommissCalls on the Commission, in close cooperation withdrew the revision of the Msocial partners, to put forward a new proposal for a realistic maternity Lleave Ddirective and calls as a matter of urgency for it to return with an ambitious proposal; calls on the Commission andpplicable in all Member States, with viable minimum standards on maternity protection; calls on the Member States to ensure that women are paid for the duration of maternity leave; stresses that maternity leave must be accompanied by effective measures protecting the rights of pregnant and breast-feeding women and new mothers, reflecting the recommendations of the World Health Organisation21; __________________ 21 http://www.who.int/topics/breastfeeding/en /
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that improved coordination and coherence of and access to different types of leave in Member Statesrecognition of the existing, different types of parental leave in Europe increases employment participation and overall efficiency in the Member States;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to publish an implementation report on the Parental Leave Directive and urges it to use the review clause to extend the minimum duration of paid leave from four to at least six months;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that promoting the individualisation of the right to parental leave as well as the role of fathers is essential to achieving gender-balanced reconciliation of work and private life, but such action is a national competence in line with subsidiarity;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point 1
(1) a paternity leave directive with a minimum ofnon-legislative ‘European family strategy’ to promote the family, family- friendly working conditions and a family- friendly environment in Europe as well as two-week fully paid leavhe reconciliation of work and family life;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point 2
(2) a carers’ leave directive which supplements the provision of professional care, enables care for dependants and offers the carer adequate remuneration and social protectionfeasible maternity protection directive guaranteeing practicable minimum standards;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States to fully recognise family work in the home without discrimination, but at the same time to effectively implement the Barcelona targets by 2020 and to endorse the 2014 quality framework on early childhood education and care;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for the introduction of targetcommon European minimum standards on care for elderly and other dependants, with monitoring tools within the European Semester; calls on Eurostat and Eurofound to collect relevant data and to carry out studies;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 386 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Points out the high levels of working poor throughout Europe, with people having to work more and longer, even combining several jobs, in order to earn a decent income; calls on the Member States and social partners toencourages free collective bargaining by the social partners, as that is a crucial factor in developing measures ensuring adequate wages for all workers, and to closeing the gender pay gap that primarily stems from having and raising children;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 397 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Supports ‘smart working’ butwhile rejectsing - in keeping with theright to be uncontactable - a shift from a culture of presence to a culture of permanent availability; calls on the Member States, when developing smart working policies, to ensure that these do not impose an additional burden on the worker and that they underwrite the principle of a right to be uncontactable;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 413 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls for a political rethink that recognises caring for families and raising children as real work that is measurable and constitutes, not only in demographic terms, a service to society;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 426 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to review and on Member States to implement the Equal Treatment Directive 2006/54/EC22 ; __________________ 22 Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast), OJ L 204, 26.7.2006, p. 23.deleted
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 443 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Stresses that time for the family, time spent with children and a proper division between family life and work markedly enhance quality of life;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 444 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Stresses the importance - with regard to reconciling family life and work and to quality of life - of having days off work together;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 460 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Member States to putStresses the importance of free collective bargaining by the social partners and their contribution towards putting in place adequate income schemes toin order to value work and enable people to live a life in dignity, to support full participation in society and to ensure independence throughout the life cycle;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM