5 Amendments of Julie WARD related to 2015/2094(INI)
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Y a (new)
Recital Y a (new)
Ya. whereas domestic workers and carers are important contributors to social protection systems, but their role is often underrepresented, misunderstood or absent from any reform on these issues;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Y b (new)
Recital Y b (new)
Yb. whereas the increase in the length of waiting lists for support and care services is increasing the reliance on domestic workers and carers;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b
Paragraph 2 – point b
(b) introducing the necessary steps for the professionalisation of domestic work and care, leading to the recognition and standardisation of the relevant professions and skills, including rights accumulated during time as domestic workers or carers;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Asks the Commission and the competent European agencies to conduct a study comparing different systems of regularised domestic work and to collect data with regard to the situation in the Member States; asks the Commission to launch a study on the contribution of carers and domestic workers to social protection systems throughout Europe;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights the need for the Member States to ensure broader access to easily available and affordable high-quality and community-based childcare, disability care and elderly care facilities, through adequate financing, thus minimising the reasons to undertake these duties on an informal or precarious basis and improving the recognition of the value of the work undertaken by professional care-givers;