Activities of Enrico GASBARRA related to 2014/2160(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (A8-0213/2015 - Anna Záborská) IT
Amendments (5)
Amendment 11 #
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 job, in addition to ensuring that where men and women have the same potential, characteristics and education, they are offered the same positions and opportunities within companies;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that women, despite the fact that they account for 60% – the majority – of university graduates, 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, in senior and management roles, as an important first step in the right direction for promoting social and economic equality as part of a gender equality strategy that is perfectly in line with the EU’s objectives under the European Pact for Gender Equality and the Framework of Action on Gender Equality ;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, by creating effective monitoring systems, to take actionsupervisory and control measures to improve the collection of data on harassment and discrimination cases on the grounds of sex, including as regards discrimination related to pregnancy and maternity and other forms of leave; in these cases provision should also be made for a penalty system, but efforts should be made above all in terms of prevention, to make services accessible to pregnant women or new mothers which can help them to balance their pregnancy or maternity with their occupation, without being forced to choose between job and family, as still all too often happens;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to assess, exchange and compare the existing best practices and to disseminate the results of this assessment as regards the effective measures that Member States could take to encourage employers and organisations involved in vocational training to prevent all forms of discrimination on the grounds of sex, in particular as regards harassment and sexual harassment in the workplace, through enhancing access to employment, offering further vocational training and promoting best practices;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Points out that the country-specific recommendations, which come under the framework of the European Semester, should include targets to reduce the gender pay gap, discrimination and the risk of poverty among elderly women;