Activities of Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ related to 2020/2086(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the implementation of Council Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation in light of the UNCRPD
Amendments (30)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the social and political climate is getting ever more tolerant of extremist, homophobic and xenophobic agendas which undermines core EU values;
Amendment 5 #
A b. whereas the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights FRA LGBT survey1a shows that twenty years after the adoption of the Employment Equality Directive, LGBTI people continue to experience strong discrimination on the level employment; _________________ 1a Along way to go for LGBTI equality. FRA, 2020.
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
A c. whereas women are most affected by unemployment and face various forms of discrimination at different stages throughout their career1a; _________________ 1aThe gender employment gap: Challenges and solutions (Euro found, 2016);
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
A d. whereas women mostly have the responsibility for taking care of the children, the elderly, other dependents, family and the household; whereas this has a direct effect on women’s access to jobs and their professional development and may negatively affect their conditions of employment;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
A e. whereas older workers are still often exposed to age discrimination, stereotypes and barriers; whereas age discrimination affects all age groups;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses the increase in experiences of discrimination and harassment, including at the workplace and especially with regard to gender, nationality, social background, disability, discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, ethnic origin, and religion, particularly with regard to Muslim women1a, Roman and LGBTI people; _________________ 1aMuslim Woman Seeking Work: An English Case Study with a Dutch Comparison, of Discrimination and Achievement (MDPI, 2017);
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Emphasizes that, according to the FRA, all forms of discrimination, including multiple or intersectional discrimination, to a great extent hinder the deployment of educational and formation investments and efforts and constitute a barrier to career development; underlines the fact that women with disabilities are often victims of those types of discrimination;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Regrets the fact that age is an important ground for employment discrimination; considers that older women are still often exposed to stereotypes and barriers on the job market and calls for intergenerational justice based on solidarity;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Calls to Member States to develop action plans to tackle more effectively discrimination in employment on grounds of sexual orientation, race, ethnic background, religion, sex gender identity and expression, which should involve stakeholders such as labour inspectorates, trade unions, employers’ organisations and civil society organisations and consider leading by example by applying these measures within their own public administrations;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1 e. Stresses that protection against employment discrimination of Trans people must be effective and calls to the Member States to fight this discrimination especially in the area of employment;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1 f. Calls on Member States to study the possibility to introduce in the Directive positive action in the case of groups that suffer from severe and structural discrimination, such as the Roma;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas sheltered employment refers to a model of undertaking where high percentage of workers are workers with disabilities, while sheltered workshops also include models of occupational therapy and personal and social adjustment, i.e. social services which fall outside the field of employment;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas in severalome Member States PwD are overwhelmingly employed in particular sheltered workshops models that do not comply with the UNCRPD, in a segregated environment in which they often do not have an employee status, labour rights, or a guaranteed minimum wage, which is a violation of the UNCRPD;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas measures in the workplace are crucial for promoting positive mental health, and for preventing mental-health and psychosocial disabilities;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas Member States and European organisations and companies developing inclusive models of supported employment, respecting the rights of persons with disabilities, serve as a measure for effective immediate inclusion and later the transition to the open labour market;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O b (new)
Recital O b (new)
Ob. whereas new technologies, notably AI systems, have the potential to develop efficient, accessible and non- discriminatory hiring processes, but non inclusive technological developments could represent a risk of adding new barriers and discriminations; whereas the Article 9 of the UNCRPD requires accessibility of information as well as communication technologies and systems on an equal basis;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States to take into account the different types of disability and to recognize specific disabilities such as deaf blindness in order to facilitate access into the labour market according to the specific characteristics of each disability;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to ensure reasonable accommodation for PwD in the workplace and to provide relevant training in accessible formats for employers and PwD; calls on the Commission to prepare clear EU guidelines on RA detailing what forms it might take in line with an individual’s needs so that Article 5 of the Directive can be transposed effectively into national law; calls on the Commission to launch infringement procedures where appropriate; calls on the Commission to propose a sanction system to ensure that non-application of RA is considered discrimination; calls on Member States to provide, within their support schemes for persons with disabilities, provisions to ensure that RA cannot be claimed as a disproportionate burden;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to use compulsory workplace diversity quotas with sanctions for non-compliance, including fines, the money of which is to be invested in inclusive education and employment programmes for PwD; calls on the Member States also to implement compulsory annual diversity plans with targets and periodic evaluation and to support employers in recruiting PwD, for example by establishing a voluntary list, or single window, of applicants with disabilities from which to hire candidates; calls on the Member States to provide training on the applicable rules;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to adopt sustainable inclusive employment policies, to use fiscal incentives and other financial support measures for companies hiring PwD, to support inclusive companies through public procurementof the Social Economy model that reinvest their profits into social goals through public procurement in accordance with the Directive 2014/24/EU, to promote tailored labour intermediation models, and to help companies offering targeted positive action measures to tackle intersectional disadvantage;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote policies and projects aimed at improving vocational training and professional capacitation for persons with disabilities, adapted to the needs of the labour market, with appropriate funding;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States to assess the effectiveness of existing sheltered workshops in providing PwD with skills to gain employment in the open labour market, to ensure that they are bound by legal frameworks covering social security, minimum wages and non- discrimination and to phase them outout those that do not comply with the Articles 27 of the UNCRPD; calls on the Commission to monitor this process;
Amendment 162 #
10a. Calls on the Commission to ensure full and effective accessibility of information and communication technologies and systems on an equal basis and apply, in this context, guidelines supporting AI developers to take into account the needs of persons with disabilities through the development processes, avoiding the creation of new discriminatory biases;
Amendment 167 #
10b. Calls on the Member States to adopt sustainable inclusive education policies and take action regarding the exclusion and underrepresentation of students with disabilities within the PISA and other international assessments, which reinforces their social exclusion and creates a false picture of the participating countries’ systems of education;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Calls on the Commission to support the research into the characteristics and diversity of sheltered employment models, identifying best practices and ensuring compliance with EU legislation;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to support inclusive enterprises are included in Social Economy at European level and they need to work under its umbrella protection;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls on the Commission to develop and promote a universal European Legal Framework for Inclusive Enterprises to create permanent employment for an indefinite period in order to promote the realisation of professional projects of people with disabilities in the ordinary labour market;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for the collection of EU-wide disability-related data with a specific focus on employment with a human rights- based approach, disaggregated by gender, age, disability type, race/ethnic origin, sexual orientation, etc., including PwD who have until now been left out of the statistics; calls on the Commission to assess how high inactivity rates affect the available employment statistics of persons with disabilities, leading to showing employment and unemployment rates which do not reflect the reality of this population;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission to guarantee that EU funds will respect EU and international human rights standards and will not support any measures and programmes that contribute to segregation, and; calls on the Commission to guarantee that EU-funded actions reach PwD and ensure their active involvement; promoting environments, services, practices and devices, favouring deinstitutionalisation, including strong support for personal assistance;