19 Amendments of Kostadinka KUNEVA related to 2015/2222(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas equality between women and men is a fundamental principle of the EU, recognised in the Treaty on European Union and the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas equality between women and men has a positive impact on productivity, economic and social growth, and furthermore helps to increase female participation in the labour market;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas over 51% of the EU´s population is female; whereas their needs and rights should be appropriately represented and supported;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas traditional gender roles and stereotypes continue to have a strong influence on the division of labour and related to labour rights between women and men;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas women are under- represented in positions of responsibility in all fields;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Recital A f (new)
Recital A f (new)
Af. whereas freedom of association and representation, as well as the right to information and consultation are fundamental rights and as such must be respected, protected and supported;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Recital A g (new)
Recital A g (new)
Ag. whereas workers must be closely and permanently involved in decision-making at all levels of the company;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Recital A h (new)
Recital A h (new)
Ah. whereas legal regulation governing workers representation on boards varies and is quite diverse across EU; whereas there are Member-States that have not proceeded in agreeing the legitimacy of employee representation on board level;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Recital A i (new)
Recital A i (new)
Ai. whereas gender imbalance on corporate boards remains an important challenge for all EU Member-States, constituting an untapped potential of skilled workers, especially women;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Recital A j (new)
Recital A j (new)
Aj. whereas there is no proper ratio between the percentage of women members of trade unions in Europe and the number of women serving on decision-making bodies or holding executive posts;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Recital A k (new)
Recital A k (new)
Ak. whereas, workers representation is crucial in collective bargaining; whereas, collective bargaining and representation of workers, including representation on boards, should take into account gender equality; whereas, collective bargaining should address the needs and rights of women workers, such as the right to maternity leave; whereas, in order for participation on boards and for collective bargaining and protection or labour rights to be gender balanced and more effectively applied, women negotiators must take part and express women´s views;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Recital A l (new)
Recital A l (new)
Al. whereas women face persistent difficulties to reconcile family and personal responsibilities with work;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Recital A m (new)
Recital A m (new)
Am. whereas, independent structures established by employees' and employers' organisations, including workers´ representation on boards, must not isolate women from the decision-making process but, on the contrary, integrate them in that process;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that gender inequalities remain despite the increasing participation of women in the labour market; believes that, gender balance, especially in regards to the representation on board level, will not change without legally endorsed objectives; Calls on all the Members States to introduce legislative measures requiring quotas in order to increase gender balance in worker representation aton board level; calls for a monitoring system to be put in place and any non-compliance with quota requirements to result in sanctions consistent with national company laws;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the need for the Member- States to put in place affirmative policies in order to ensure gender balanced representation of workers, especially women on board level and decision- making procedures; calls for the Member- States to design and implement work-life balance policies tailored to the needs of workers, especially for women, for the disabled, for migrants, for single-parental families and for other vulnerable groups of workers;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view, furthermore, that best practices to promote gender balance in worker representation at board level should be encouraged – such as voluntary initiatives that influence organisations from within, ranging from effective corporate governance codes resulting in transparency, accountability and peer pressure to the implementation of the ‘comply or explain’ rule obliging companies to clarify why gender balance is lacking; Calls for clear targets to be set for women to be included in activities or sectors, or at levels, from which they have previously been excluded and in which they are still under-represented;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Shares the view that women representation on board level and executive posts, along with high-quality paid employment for women, form the key to their economic independence and to greater equality between women and men in labour and in society as a whole;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Regrets that the European Commission, despite the commitments shared, has failed to present a new Strategy for Gender Equality and Women´s rights post-2015, including a proposal for the revision of the Maternity Leave Directive, jeopardizing the rights of millions of women and their families across EU; Reminds the Commission and the Member States of the need to adopt positive measures for both women and men, notably in order to ensure work-life balance, labour rights, integration to labour market and, hence, achievement of financial independence;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to support the Member States in increasing the employment prospects and representation of workers on board level of disadvantaged women, such as female immigrants, women from ethnic minorities, women with disabilities, and single mothers; draws attention to the multiple discrimination affecting vulnerable groups of workers who are often under-represented, such as immigrant women on grounds of their gender, ethnic or racial origin and, in many cases, age.