14 Amendments of Monika VANA related to 2015/2228(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that closing the gender pay gap requires increased transparency in pay systems and subsequent implementation of the Commission's recommendation on wage transparency, gender-neutral classification, athe reversal of the onusburden of proof when it comes to challenging gender discrimination in the workplace, and desegregation of the workforce;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that mandatory gender pay audits and action plans for equal pay are necessary and that companies not complying with this should be subjected to financial sanctions;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that efforts to close the gender pay gap will benefit from measures that improve conditions for all low- and medium-waged workers, including reversing the trend of declining labour income share and linking wage growth to productivity1 , introducing and increasing the minimum wage, reducing unemployment and boosting collective bargaining rights; __________________ 1 International Labour Organisation, Global Wage Report 2012/13: Wages and equitable growth, 2013.
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers it urgent to develop an EU level definition of work of equal value, taking into account ECJ case law, to ensure that factors such as the working conditions, the responsibility conferred on the workers and the physical or mental requirements of the work are taken into consideration; considers it urgent to address the issue of equal pay for 'work of equal value' across different sectors so that a broader interpretation can be applied to cover differences in pay for work which may not appear comparable from the outset, for example, the nursing sector compared to the manufacturing sector;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that women are disproportionately and often involuntarily concentrated in precarious work including high levels of part-time work, low-paid, fixed term and zero-hour contracts; notes that working part-time contributes to the risk of poverty; recalls in this context that equality between men and women can only be achieved through a fair redistribution of paid and unpaid work as well as of work, family and care responsibilities; urges the Member States to consider implementing the International Labour Organisation (ILO) recommendations intended to reduce the scale of precarious work2 , such as restricting the circumstances in which precarious contracts can be used and limiting the length of time workers can be employed on such a contract, after which they must be given a permanent contract; __________________ 2 International Labour Organisation, Policies and regulations to combat precarious employment, 2011.
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the lack of affordable quality childcare as well as care and support services for other dependent persons, contributes to the gender employment gap, the pay gap and related pension gap, and the disproportionate number of women who are in precarious work and in or at risk of poverty; points out this is especially the case in single-headed households the majority of which are headed by women; urges the Member States to ensure access to childcarethese services by, for example, increasing expenditure on the provision of childcare services and/or subsidies to households, incentivising employer contributions to childcare costsare and support services improving the attractiveness of working in these sectors for both women and men, and making better use of EU funds;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that poverty continues to be measured on accumulated household income, which assumes that all members of the household earn the same and distribute resources equally, calls for individualised rights and calculations based on individual incomes to reveal the true extent of women's poverty;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Member States to reform pension systems in view of closing the pension gap; calls on the Member States to take account of women's life course by introducing care credits for both women and men as equivalent periods for building up pension rights; Calls on Members States to guarantee individual pension rights for elderly women and shared pension rights in case of divorce and legal separation;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on the Member States to introduce accessible and adequate minimum income schemes that are accessible for all that need them as the basis for high level social protection and full participation in society across the life span;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure the structural and investment funds as well as the European Fund for Strategic Investments contribute to reducing women's poverty in view of achieving the overall Europe 2020 poverty reduction target; calls on the Member States to make sure that the allocated 20% of ESF funding for social inclusion measures are also used to increase support to small local projects aimed at empowering women experiencing poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to implement gender budgeting as a tool for ensuring budgetary decisions take into account the gender dimension and address differentiated impacts;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Calls for the effective development of indicators on women's poverty and social exclusion on the basis of those developed in 2007; 1a __________________ 1aCouncil of the European Union, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs, “Review of the implementation by the member States and the EU institutions of the Beijing Platform for Action – Indicators in respect of Women and Poverty” – Draft Council Conclusions”, December 2007, 13947/07 ADD
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 g (new)
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5g. Considers that child poverty is linked to women's poverty and therefore calls on Member States to implement the Recommendation on Child Poverty and well-being 1b and to use the indicator- based monitoring framework therein; __________________ 1bEuropean Commission Recommendation on Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage, Brussels, 20.2.2013 C(2013) 778 final
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 h (new)
Paragraph 5 h (new)
5h. Underlines the crucial role of high quality public services, especially for women, as they are more dependent on such services; underlines the importance of universal access to high-quality, affordable, conveniently located and demand-driven public services in the fight against poverty;