12 Amendments of Jasenko SELIMOVIC related to 2017/0085(COD)
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 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 95 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 d (new)
Recital 8 d (new)
(8d) In order to build a socially and economically sustainable society, the responsibility for a suitable work-life balance should be shared among workers, families, the social partners, local and regional authorities and all public and private employers and service providers.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 d (new)
Recital 12 d (new)
(12d) In the long run, the gaps in access to social protection may put at risk the welfare and health of individuals, contribute to increasing economic uncertainty, poverty risk and inequalities, and may also lead to suboptimal investment in human capital, reduce trust in institutions and limit inclusive economic growth. Therefore, the self- employed should come within the scope of this Directive.
Amendment 135 #
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 olda given age of the child of up to eight. 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, taking into particular account the constraints of enterprises. 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 situations.
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) To increase the incentives for workers with children and caring responsibilities, men in particular, to take the periods of leave provided for in this Directive, they should have the right to an adequate allowance while on leave. The existence and level of an allowance is to be determined at Member States level, while taking into account national frameworks already in place. The level of the allowance should be at least equivalent to what the worker concerned would receive in case of sick leave. Member States should take into account the importance of the continuity of the entitlements to social security, including healthcare.
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) In order to encourage working parents and carers to remain in the work force, those workers should be able to adapt their working schedules to their personal needs and preferences. Working parents and carers should therefore be able to requesthave the right to request, based on discussions with the employer, flexible working arrangements, meaning the possibility for workers to adjust their working patterns, including through the use of remote working arrangements, flexible working schedules, or a reduction in working hours, for caring purposes. In order to address the needs of workers and employers, it should be possible for Member States to limit the duration of flexible working arrangements, including a reduction in working hours. While working part-time has been shown to be useful in allowing some women to remain in the labour market after having children, long periods of reduced working hours may lead to lower social security contributions translating into reduced or non-existing pension entitlements. The ultimate decision as to whether or not to accept a worker’s request for flexible working arrangements should lie with the employer, Specific circumstances underlying the need for flexible working arrangements can change. Workers should therefore not only have the right to return to their original working patterns at the end of a given agreed period, but should also be able to request to do so at any time where a change in the underlying circumstances so requires.
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 411 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers have an individual right to parental leave of at least four months to be taken before the child reaches a given age which shall be at least twelveof up to eight.
Amendment 472 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Amendment 539 #
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 of up to eight, 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.
Amendment 554 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Employers shall consider and respond to requests for flexible working arrangements referred to in paragraph 1, taking into account the needs of both employers, in particular micro and small and medium-sized enterprises, and workers. Employers shall jusnotify any refusal of such a request.