7 Amendments of Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA related to 2014/2160(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Treaties oblige the European Union to combat discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation is prohibited by EU law; n defining and implementing its policies;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas motherhood and care for the elderly represent additional or full-time work that is for the most part carried out by women; whereas this work is neither paid nor valued by society, even though it is of enormous social importance, contributes to social welfare and can be measured by economic indicators such as GDP; whereas this results in the widening of the income gaps that exist between women and men through the ‘costs’ of the years spent out of the labour market or of reduced hours due to part-time arrangements, and consequently also increases the pensions gap; whereas the impact of these elements on lifetime earnings varies across the Member States depending on the level of support given to parents, by either legislative measures or collective agreements;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that a clear and harmonised job classification system and wage transparency will improve access to justice; notes that several Member States have already taken specific wage transparency measures; underlines the disparity that exists between these measures and takes note of the 2014 Commission recommendations on wage transparency; calls on the Commission to evaluate the real impact of these recommendations;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reiterates that equality bodies should have the power to monitor and report effectively and independently on the legislation which promotes equality between women and men; stipulates, however, that the precise institutional form and legitimacy of these bodies will depend on the decisions of the Member States;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage social partners to promote the monitoring of equality practices in the workplace, the further scrutiny of collective agreements, applicable pay scales and job classification schemes in order to avoid any direct or indirect discrimination of women; calls on the Member States to strengthen the obligations for large and medium-sized enterprises to ensure the systematic promotion of equal treatment and to provide the appropriate information on a regular basis to their employees, including on issues of equal pay;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Underlines the fact that neutral job classification and evaluation, as well as wage transparency, are indispensable measures in order to foster equal treatment; calls on the Commission, in this connection, to include these measures in its proposal for a new directive replacing the ‘recast Directive’; points out that only a harmonised approach is compatible with, given the free movement of workers as a basic European freedom, these concepts need to be more precisely defined, e.g. by means of Commission guidelines;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission to conduct a study that would compare the situation of mothers and women without children; points out that the aim of such a study should be to shed more light on the position of these women on the labour market, specifically targe, by highlighting levels of employment and pay gaps, career development and pensions;