Activities of Siiri OVIIR related to 2008/0193(COD)
Plenary speeches (3)
Explanations of vote
Improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding - Precarious women workers (debate)
Improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding - Precarious women workers (debate)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) For the purposes of helping workers to reconcile their professional and family life and to achieve true gender equality it is essential for men to be entitled to paid paternity leave, granted on an equivalent basis – except with regard to its duration – to maternity leave with a view to gradually establishing the conditions required. This entitlement should also be given to unmarried couples. Member States are encouraged to consider whether, under their respective legal systems, working men might be granted a non-transferable individual right to paternity leave, without any loss of employment rights.
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point -1 g (new)
Article 1 – point -1 g (new)
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 7
Article 7
-1g. Article 7 is replaced by the following “Article 7 Night work 1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers referred to in Article 2 are not obliged to perform night work and are not obliged to work overtime: (a) during the ten weeks prior to the due date of childbirth; (b) during the remainder of the pregnancy should it be necessary for the health of the mother or the unborn child; (c) during the entire period of breastfeeding. 2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 must entail the possibility, in accordance with national legislation and/or national practice, of: (a) transfer to a compatible daytime working timetable; or (b) leave from work or extension of maternity leave where such a transfer is not technically and/or objectively feasible [...]. 3. Workers wishing to be exempted from night work shall, in accordance with rules laid down by the Member States, inform their employer and, in the case referred to in paragraph 1 (b), submit a medical certificate to the employer. 4. For single parents and parents with children with severe disabilities, the periods referred to in paragraph 1 may be extended in accordance with the procedures laid down by the Member States".
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The maternity leave stipulated in paragraph 1 shall include compulsory fully paid maternity leave of at least six weeks after childbirth, without prejudice to existing national laws which provide for a period of compulsory maternity leave before childbirth. The Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers within the meaning of Article 2 are entitled to choose freely the time at which the non- compulsory portion of the maternity leave is taken, before or after childbirth. The six week period of compulsory maternity leave shall apply to all working women regardless of the number of days worked prior to confinement.
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC.
Article 8 – paragraph 2 d (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. The worker must indicate her chosen period of the non-compulsory portion of the maternity leave no later than one month before the date of commencement of such leave.
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that fully paid additional maternity leave is granted in the case of premature childbirth, children hospitalised at birth, children with disabilities and multiple births. The duration of the additional leave should be proportionate and allow the special needs of the mother and the child/children to be accommodatedspecific situations justified on medical grounds, such as in the case of premature childbirth, children with disabilities, mothers with disabilities, teenage mothers, multiple births or births occurring within 18 months of the previous birth. The duration of the additional maternity leave after confinement should be proportionate and allow the special needs of the mother and the child/children to be accommodated. Where national legislation and/or practice provide for maternity leave or parental leave in excess of 20 weeks this can be counted towards any additional periods of maternity leave provided for under paragraphs 3 and 4.
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The entitlement of a woman on maternity leave to return, after the end of that leave, to her job or to an equivalent post is established by Article 15 of Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 (implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation).
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) To achieve true gender equality it is essential for men to be entitled to paid paternity leave, granted on an equivalent basis – except as regards its duration – to maternity leave with a view to gradually establishing the conditions required for balanced participation of women and men in work and family life. The above entitlement should also apply where a father is living together with, but not married to, the mother of his child.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point -1 e (new)
Article 1 – point -1 e (new)
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 7
Article 7
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The maternity leave stipulated in paragraph 1 shall include compulsory maternity leave of at least six weeks after childbirth. Member States may extend the compulsory portion of maternity leave to not more than six weeks before confinement. The Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers within the meaning of Article 2 are entitled to choose freely the time at which the non- compulsory portion of the maternity leave is taken, before or after childbirth. The six weeks’ compulsory maternity leave shall apply to all working women regardless of the number of days worked prior to confinement.
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The worker must specify when she has chosen to take the non-compulsory portion of the maternity leave no later than one month before the leave is due to commence.
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that fully paid additional maternity leave is granted in special circumstances, for example where a mother has disabilities or in the case of premature childbirth, stillbirth, Caesarean section, children hospitalised at birth, children with disabilities and multiple births. The duration of the additional leavematernity leave after confinement should be proportionate and allow the special needs of the mother and the child/children to be accommodated.
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5