Activities of Enrique CALVET CHAMBON related to 2017/0085(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Work-life balance for parents and carers (debate) (debate) ES
Amendments (26)
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Work-life balance remains however a considerable challenge for many parents and workers with caring responsibilities, with a negative impact on female employment. A major factor contributing to the underrepresentation of women in the labour market is the difficulty of balancing work and family obligationresponsibilities. When they have children, women tend to work less hours in paid employment and spend more time fulfilling unpaid care responsibilities. Having an ill or dependent relative has also been shown to have a negative impact on female employment, leading some women to drop out of the labour market entirely.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Member States and, where appropriate, the European Union, should take measures under the European Pact for Gender Equality (2011-2020) and its provisions on the promotion of a better work-life balance to improve the supply of adequate, affordable, high-quality childcare services for children under the mandatory school age in line with the objectives set at the European Council in Barcelona in March 2002. Commission Recommendation 2013/112/EU[21] “Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage” also stresses the need to improve access to sufficient resources and to achieve the Barcelona objectives on childcare facilities for young children. At the same time, work-life balance and gender equality need to be complemented by investment in quality long-term care and diversification of services in this area.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
(8b) In order to improve work-life balance, discriminatory practices such as the persistent gender pay gap should be tackled as to eventually ensure greater equity in the labour market. Member States together with the social partners and relevant stakeholders should include gender equality education in their curricula in compulsory and pre-school education and to continue with public authorities’ efforts to provide information and raise awareness. Policies on equal treatment should aim at addressing the issue of stereotypes in both male and female occupations and roles and social partners should act upon their key role in informing both workers and employers and in raising their awareness about tackling discrimination.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 c (new)
Recital 8 c (new)
(8c) To better assess the impact of the underlying and other related legislation, relevant data such as the number of working hours, pay, position, including a breakdown by gender and age should be collected and published at local, regional and national level in order to document intersectional discrimination and shape policies in a targeted and resource- efficient way. The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (EUROFOUND) and the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) together with national and regional equality bodies should continuously update work-life balance indicators to ensure data is relevant and timely.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) Social partners should be constantly encouraged by Member States to continue their active work on ways to facilitate reconciliation of work, private and family life and improve gender equality and equal treatment in the labour market through education, adult learning, raising awareness and information campaigns.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 b (new)
Recital 12 b (new)
(12b) Union legislation ensures the principle of equal treatment between various types of employment relationships, prohibits any direct or indirect discrimination based on sex in matters of employment, occupation, social protection and access to goods and services, ensures portability and preservation of rights in case of mobility between Member States and guarantees minimum requirements for the acquisition and preservation of supplementary pension rights across borders, as well as minimum requirements in terms of transparency of occupational schemes.
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to provide greater possibility for parents to use parental leave as their children grow up, the right to parental leave should be granted until the child is at least twelve years old. Member States should be able to specify the period of notice to be given by the worker to the employer when applying for parental leave and to decide whether the right to parental leave may be subject to a certain period of service. In view of the growing diversity of contractual arrangements, the sum of successive fixed-term contracts with the same employer should be taken into account for the purpose of calculating the period of service. To balance the needs of workers with those of employers, Member States should also be able to decide whether they define if the employer may be allowed to postpone the granting of parental leave under certain circumstances. In such cases, the employer should provide justification for the postponement. Given that flexibility makes it more likely that second parents, in particular fathers, will take up their entitlement to such leave, workers should be able to request to take parental leave on a full-time or part-time basis or in other flexible forms. It should be up to the employer whether or not to accept such a request for parental leave in other flexible forms than full-time. Member States should also assess if the conditions and detailed arrangements of parental leave should be adapted to the specific needs of parents in particularly disadvantaged situationsspecific situations, in particular with regard to children with disabilities, serious medical conditions or illness, in accordance with their national law and practice.
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In order to facilitate the return to work following parental or carers' leave, workers and employers should be encouraged to maintain contact during the period of leave and may make arrangements for any appropriate reintegration measures, such as training or retraining to be decided between the parties concerned, taking into account national law, collective agreements and practice
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) In order to provide greater opportunities to remain in the work force for men and women carrying ofor an elderly family member and/or other relatives in need of care, workers with a seriously ill or dependant relative should have the right to take time off from work in the form of carers' leave to take care of that relative. To prevent abuse of that right, proof of the serious illness or dependency may be required prior to granting of the leave.
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 27 a (new)
Recital 27 a (new)
(27a) Civil society, including equality bodies should have a role in the effective application of gender equality laws and provisions in employment relations with a view to ensuring equal treatment; Member States should improve social dialogue and the exchange of experience and best practice among all relevant stakeholders.
Amendment 288 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) "paternity leave" means paid leave from work for fathers or the persons legally recognised as such to be taken on the occasion of the birth of a child;
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) “parental leave” means paid leave from work on the grounds of the birth or adoption of a child to take care of that child;
Amendment 314 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) "carer" means a worker providing personal care or support in case of a serious illness or dependency of a relative or, in accordance with national law, a worker not directly belonging to the family who provides such care on a non- profit basis, upon written request of the person being cared for;
Amendment 349 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) "dependency" means a situation in which a person is, temporarily or permanently, in need of care and / or assistance due to disability or, a serious medical condition other than serious illness or age;
Amendment 359 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) “flexible working arrangements” means the possibility for workers after discussions with their employer to adjust their working patterns, including through the use of remote working arrangements, flexible working schedules, or a reduction in working hours.
Amendment 378 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that fathers or the persons legally recognised as such have the right to take paternity leave of at least ten working days on the occasion of the birth of a child.
Amendment 480 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers have the right to carers' leave of at least five working days per year, per worker. Such right may be subject to appropriate substantiation of the medical condition of the worker's relativ, dependency or the loss of autonomy of the worker's relative. The information on the medical condition, dependency or situation of loss of autonomy should be kept confidential and be shared only with a restricted number of involved services to safeguard the right to data protection of both the worker and the person in need of care.
Amendment 495 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall assess the need to adapt or extend the definition of "carer" to the purpose of applying for the relevant leave, with the aim of taking into account situations of particular difficulty.
Amendment 544 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers with children up to a given age, which shall be at least twelve, and carers, have the right to request flexible working arrangements for caring purposes. The duration of such flexible working arrangements may be subject to a reasonable limitation. The employees should support such requests with appropriate documents.
Amendment 573 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Rights acquired or in the process of being acquired by workers on the date on which leave referred to in Article 4, 5, 6, 7 or 69 starts shall be maintained until the end of such leave or of the respective period of time for the flexible working arrangements. At the end of such leave, those rights, including any changes arising from national law, collective agreements or practice, shall apply.
Amendment 594 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Member States together with the social partners shall take the necessary measures to prohibit less favourable treatment of workers on the ground that they have applied for, or have taken, leave referred to in Article 4, 5, 6 or 6,7 or on the ground that they have exercised their right to flexible working arrangements referred to in Article 9.
Amendment 601 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States together with the social partners shall take the appropriate steps to ensure that reasonable, available and accessible legal advice and assistance can be obtained and is provided to those in need of it, including confidential and in-person counselling, by equality bodies or appropriate intermediaries.
Amendment 643 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
This Directive shall not constitute valid grounds for reducing the general level of protection already afforded to workers within Member States.
Amendment 644 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 b (new)
This Directive shall not affect Member States' prerogative to apply or to introduce laws, regulations or administrative provisions which are more favourable to workers or to encourage or permit the application of collective agreements more favourable to workers.
Amendment 645 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 c (new)
This Directive is without prejudice to any other rights conferred on workers by other legal acts of the Union.
Amendment 666 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. On the basis of the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 1, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report in which it reviews the application of this Directive, including data disaggregated by gender and age on the take-up of different types of leave contained in this Directive and its impact on micro, small and medium-sized undertakings, accompanied, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal.