7 Amendments of Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS related to 2011/2285(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is very concerned that in the past decade progress has only been achieved very slowly, that the wage differential between men and women has remained persistently high in recent years and that, despite the legally binding principle of equal pay for work of equal value, women’s hourly earnings in the EU27 were on average 17.5% less than men’s for the same work in 2009; notes that the flexicurity strategy is not of a nature to reduce existing disparities in employment protection and pay between women and men; stresses that women are among the sections of society worst affected by insecure employment and the social consequences of the crisis; points out that, according to the ILO report entitled ‘Global Employment Trends 2012: Preventing a deeper jobs crisis’, more women than men are in vulnerable employment (50.5%, as against 48.2%);
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the need to take practical and ambitious measures to promote professional and occupational development under conditions of genuine gender equality; stresses that current work-life balancing arrangements are inadequate and are one of the reasons why part-time working is more common among women than among men;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on Member States to adopt extensive legally binding general rules in order to implement in practical terms the principle of equal pay for equal work and work of equal value in all sectors and all jobs;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses thate need for the involvement of the social partners, which have an important role to play in pay negotiations at all levels in order to tackle unequal pay for male and female workers; calls, accordingly, on the Commission and the Member States to step up cooperation with the social partners;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that the Commission’s measures must be directly addressed not only to Member States and the social partners but also to equal rights agencies and associations;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States and social partners to adopt measures against discrimination on grounds of gender, against inequalities of training, against segregation of the labour market and to promote a successful balance between work and private life and complete transparency with regard to pay, and to include them in legislation or collective agreements;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that, in view of the lack of progress, the Member States should give consideration to effective measures and lay down penalties against employers who contravene the principle of equal pay;