7 Amendments of Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH related to 2015/2228(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Notes that the gender-specific employment, pay and associated pension gap, together with the fact that most single-parent families are headed by women, contribute to the situation whereby women are particularly affected or threatened by poverty;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that closing the gender pay gap requires increased transparency in pay systems, gender-neutral classification, and a reversal of the onus of proof when it comes to challenging gender discrimination in the workplace, and desegregation of the workforce;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that efforts to close the gender pay gap will benefit from measures that improve conditions for all low- and medium-waged workers, including reversing the trend of declining labour income share and linking wage growth to productivity1, increasing the minimum wage, particular measures to reducinge unemployment and boosting collective bargaining rights; __________________ 1 International Labour Organisation, Global Wage Report 2012/13: Wages and equitable growth, 2013.introduce a minimum wage;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that women amore disproportionately and often involuntarily concentrated in precarious work; urges the Member States to consider implementing the International Labour Organisation (ILO) recommendations intended to reduce often have atypical, flexible employment situations than men; urges the Member States to promote dialogue withe scale of precarious work2, such as restricting the circumstances in which precarious contracts can be used and limiting the length of time workers can be employed on such a contract, after which they must be given a permanent contract; __________________ 2 International Labour Organisation, Policies and regulations to combat precarious employment, 2011.ocial partners in order to ensure better employment situations;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the lack of affordable childcare contributes to the gender employment gap, the pay gap and related pension gap, and the disproportionate number of women who are in precarious work and in or at risk of poverty; urges the Member States to ensurecombining work and family life, particularly by means of affordable and accessible childcare services, helps prevent poverty among women, and calls on the Member States to pay particular attention to the issue of access to affordable and access toible childcare by,; for example, increasing expenditure on the provision of childcare services and/or subsidies to households, incentivising could be increased, and incentives created for employers to contributionse to childcare costs, and making better use of EU funds;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to make better use of the European structural and investment funds, particularly the European Social Fund and the European Regional Development Fund, to prevent women being in or at risk of poverty;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that women’s economic independence plays a crucial role in their ability to escape situations of domestic violence, and that women who have exhausted their paid leave are at risk of losing their jobs andStresses the need for determined efforts to combat domestic violence, particularly against women; recognises that women’s economic independence; calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider introducing a statutory right to paid plays a crucial role in their ability to escape situations of domestic violence leave.;