Activities of Alex AGIUS SALIBA related to 2020/2086(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Equal treatment in employment and occupation in light of the UNCRPD (debate)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes that the provision of reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities is one of the key elements of the Directive and the Commission should continue to monitor rigorously its correct transposition in national laws.
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Deplores that discrimination based on religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation may undermine the achievement of the objectives of the EC Treaty.
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Believes that case by case analysis of proportionality and cost benefit calculations will continue to have an impact on specific measures taken by Member States, employers and other actors, especially covering the concept of positive action.
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. The right of all persons to equality before the law and protection against discrimination constitutes a universal right recognised by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, United Nations Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and by the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, to which all Member States are signatories. Convention No 111 of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) prohibits discrimination in the field of employment and occupation.
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
In accordance with Article 6 of the Treaty on European Union, the European Union is founded on the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law, principles which are common to all Member States and it respects fundamental rights, as guaranteed by the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and as they result from the constitutional traditions common to the Member States, as general principles of Community law.
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Urgently calls on the Commission, in the light of these systematic enforcement issues, to establish effective monitoring of the compliance with the Directive at all levels in all Member States, to launch immediately the necessary investigations into possible breaches of the Directive, and to open infringement procedures against the Member States responsible, where appropriate.
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Highlights the importance of access to information for victims of discrimination; considers it necessary that Member States take the appropriate steps to ensure that reasonable, available and accessible legal advice and assistance can be obtained and is provided to the victims at all stages of the legal process, including confidential and in-person counselling, and emotional, personal and moral support, by equality bodies or appropriate intermediaries; calls furthermore on the Member States to combat harassment and violence at workplace which violates a person's dignity and/or creates an offensive environment at work.
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Encourages the Member States to maintain or adopt measures intended to prevent or compensate for disadvantages, and permits organisations whose main object is the promotion of the special needs of specific persons, under the name of positive action.
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Calls on the Member States to promote access to employment and integration into the labour market of all workers regardless of their age, and to apply measures in order to protect all workers in the workplace in terms of gender, disabilities, remuneration, training, career development, health and safety.
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8 c. Stresses that measures to combat discrimination on grounds of age must as a matter of principle avoid differentiating between youth or the elderly, and that any form of unjustified age discrimination must be tackled in an appropriate manner.
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the role of women, who usually have primary responsibility for taking care of children and dependants with disabilities; stresses that this has a direct effect on women’s access to jobs and their professional development and may negatively affect their conditions of employment, whereas women are most affected by unemployment and suffer negative discrimination in terms of employment, particularly pregnant women and mothers, including mothers who are breastfeeding;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. In implementing the principle of equal treatment, the Community should, in accordance with Article 3(2) of the EC Treaty, aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality between men and women, especially since women are often the victims of multiple discrimination.
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Whereas single-parent families, primarily single mothers, can be found much more frequently among the working poor, and all measures adopted should focus on single parents;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Stresses the need to upscale digital skills among the working population, and stresses that digitalisation will contribute to social inclusion and help older people and workers with disabilities remain longer in the labour market.