12 Amendments of Sara SKYTTEDAL related to 2021/2253(INI)
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas changing the structures of care need to be changed from centralised institutions to community-based care; whereas that shift has been may improve the quality; whereas national differences in social policy should be respected with regard too slowthe principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas more than one third of people over 65 years of age are living with two or more non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, Alzheimer’s Disease, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity or respiratory diseases1a; _________________ 1a https://www.efpia.eu/media/636465/its- time-to-power-up-health-systems.pdf
Amendment 593 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to provide continuous holistic support to parents, including parental entitlements and measures that encourage a more substantial role for men in the sharing of care responsibilities, including for very young childrencan make sharing of care responsibilities between parents possible; recognises national differences in social policy and stresses that respect for subsidiarity is of the essence;
Amendment 663 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that the free movement of persons and workers is one of the key pillars of the EU, but that challenges to cross-border care remain; calls for the protection of different societal models and the social security rights of all mobile care workers and care receivers; recognises national differences in social policy and stresses that respect for subsidiarity is of the essence;
Amendment 717 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Encourages the Member States to promote the provision of adequate, inclusive and accessible care, technical aids and housing for people with disabilities of all ages, as well as support to their families and network; notes that special efforts should be made to promote de-institutionalization including in the field of mental health;
Amendment 753 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Highlights that an ageing European population has led to a growing prevalence of NCDs which has increased the number of informal carers in the EU; underlines that most informal carers in the EU are women;
Amendment 764 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 785 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Urges the Commission to propose a common coherent package of actions at EU level on informal care, to identify and recognise the different types of informal care provided in Europe, and to guarantee carers financial support and other additional support services, including time off for carers, and a work-life balance and rehabilitation services for carers and care recipientwork towards a common definition of informal care to achieve further mutual recognition in the Member States;
Amendment 845 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Member States to ensure decent working conditions for all workers in the care sector, both formal and informal, and to adopt high standards of occupational health and safety, in line with andor beyond the ambition of the recently adopted EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2021-2027;
Amendment 876 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Member States to strengthen social dialogue and promote collective bargaining and collective agreements in the care sector, both profit and non-profit, as crucial mechanisms for the improvement of employment and working conditions and for tackling the gender pay gap, and as the most effective tools for securing an increase in the minimum wage and in wages in generalensure adequate wages;
Amendment 918 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Member States to swiftly and fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive; stresses that only an equalrecognises the importance of making shareing of care responsibilities between men and women by means of non-transferable and adequately paid leave periodsparents possible, which would enable more women to increasingly engage in full-time employment and achieve a work- life balance; recognises national differences in social policy and stresses that respect for subsidiarity is of the essence;
Amendment 965 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Underlines the need to recognise the entrepreneurial potential of women in the care sector who can contribute with innovations such as new technologies; notes that women are overrepresented as professionals working in the care sector and are an valuable and untapped source of entrepreneurial potential in Europe;