16 Amendments of Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA related to 2016/2017(INI)
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas achieving a genuine work- life balance requires not only comprehensive policies including measures for reconciling work, caring for and spending time with family, and time for leisure and personal development, but above all a cultural shift in society, changing its gender attitudes so that work and care are more evenly shared between men and women; Whereas in 2014, the EU 28 employment rate for men (aged 20-64) was 75% while it reached only 63,5% for women, despite the fact that women are better educated; Whereas promoting women's participation in the labour market and their economic independence is crucial for meeting the Europe 2020 headline target (75% of the population aged 20-64 employed by 2020), counteracting the shrinking of the working age population in most European Member States, and boosting growth; whereas GDP per capita losses attributable to gender gaps in the labour market have been estimated at up to 10 percent in Europe; whereas the number of women in the workforce is even lower when considering employment rates in full-time equivalents since the share of part-time employment among women is very high in some Member States, due to constraints such as the shortage of care services and unequal division of unpaid work, or low financial incentives to take up full-time work;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. Whereas Member States and social partners together have the responsibility to find solutions and possibilities to improve the work/life balance;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the EU is facing unprecedented demographic challenges – an ageing populationrising life expectancy, lower birth rates, changing family structuresnew forms of relation-building and (co)habitation and migration; 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;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to step up protection against discrimination and unlawful dismissal related to work-life balance and to ensure access to justice and legal action; Calls in this sense on the European Commission to propose policies to improve enforcement of antidiscrimination measures in the workplace, including increasing the awareness of legal rights to equal treatment by conducting information campaigns, reversal of the burden of proof (Zaborska report) and empowering national equality bodies to conduct formal investigations on their own initiative of equality issues and help potential victims of discrimination;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of incorporating a lifecycle approach in work- life balance policies in order to ensure that everyone is supported at different times throughout their life and can actively participate in the labour market and in society as a whole; Calls on the Member States to improve the collection and availability of updated data on indicators on gender equality with a view of analysing and monitoring these for the Country Specific Reports;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights that lack of comparable, comprehensive, reliable and regularly updated equality data makes it more difficult to prove the existence of discrimination, particularly indirect discrimination; Calls on the Member States to collect equality data in a systematic way and with the involvement of national equality bodies and national courts; calls on the Commission to take initiatives to further promote such data collection by means of a Recommendation to Member States, and by tasking Eurostat with the development of consultations aiming at mainstreaming data disaggregation on all discrimination grounds in European Social Surveys' indicators; Calls on the Commission to continue to cooperate with the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) to improve the quantity and quality of sex- disaggregated data in a systematic way;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Notes the important role of the national equality bodies in the implementation of the Employment Equality Directive, contributing to awareness raising and data collection, staying in touch with social partners and other stakeholders, addressing underreporting and making complaint processes more accessible; calls for the role of the national equality bodies to be strengthened, and their capacities enhanced, including through the provision of adequate funding;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Highlights that the Employment Equality Directive mentions the disproportionate impact of multiple discrimination in the fields of employment & occupation on women; recommends that national, regional and local authorities, law enforcement bodies, including labour inspectors, national equality bodies and civil society organisations, increase their monitoring of the intersectionality between gender and other grounds in cases of discrimination and in practices;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Considers it necessary that adequate training on non-discrimination legislation in employment and case-law is provided for employees of national, regional and local authorities and law enforcement bodies and labour inspectors; believes that such training is also of critical importance for judges, prosecutors, lawyers and police force;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Calls on the Commission to continue to work with EIGE to support further research on gender-relevant issues, including on women and men's perceptions of their role in the labour market and of the sharing of activities within the household, as well as their perceptions of working conditions and factors that limit opportunities in the labour market in EU-28 Member States;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6f. Calls on the Commission to regularly review the progress achieved on critical areas of concern as identified in the Beijing Platform for Action for which indicators have already been developed by EIGE, taking the outcomes of these reviews into account in the Commission's assessment of gender equality in the EU;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to involve the social partners and civil society in gender equality policies; stresses the importance of collective agreements in combating discrimination and promoting gender equality between women and men at work, and of research and exchanges of good practices;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States to effectively implement the Barcelona targets by 2020 and to endorse the 2014 quality framework on early childhood education and care; Recalls that investing in social infrastructure ,such as child care, does not only generate considerable employment effects, but also significant additional income for the public sector in employment taxes and savings in respect of unemployment insurance; believes that adequate child care should be available and affordable also to allow parents to achieve educational goals;
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for the introduction of targets 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 studion Eurostat and Eurofound to collect relevant data and to carry out studies on the basis of which the Commission and the Member States are to establish qualitative standards for all care services;
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Supports ‘'smart working’ but rejects 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 these do not impose an additional burden on the worker' and flexible working arrangements as these provide opportunities for better reconciliation of professional and private life; recalls that flexible labour markets are characterised by the availability of different contractual arrangements, as well as the necessary working time and wage flexibility, while respecting the autonomy of social partners in the collective bargaining process; calls on the Member States to promote the potential of technology such as digital data, high speed Internet, audio and video technology, f.e. for teleworking arrangements; stresses that in the long run, digitalisation will improve our productivity as it will lead to higher wages, more consumption and will ultimately compensate for lost jobs by creating new ones;
Amendment 428 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Welcomes the Commission's launch of a public consultation on the European Pillar of Social Rights to gather views and feedback on a number of essential principles to support well- functioning and fair labour markets and welfare systems within the euro area;