12 Amendments of Gabriele ZIMMER related to 2011/2285(INI)
Amendment 10 #
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 20091 (up to 30% less in the private sector, equal merit and qualifications notwithstanding); is concerned at the very wide pay gap between highly-qualified women and men in some Member States; notes that the flexicurity strategy is not of a nature to reduce existing disparities in employment protection and pay between women and men;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the Council Conclusions of 6.12.2010 calling on the Member States to take wide-ranging measures to overcome the causes of this pay inequality;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Observes that statistics must be coherent, comparable, gender-specific and, complete and mustdesigned to take account of new developments in the organisation of worksystems of classifying and organising staff and reforming work organisation; considers that, in assessing the pay gap, not only differences in gross hourly wages must be taken into account but also other aspects ofsuch as individual pay and qualifications should be taken into accountsupplements, professional qualifications, personal aptitudes and skills, work organisation, professional experience and productivity, which should be measured not only in quantitative terms (hours when the worker is physically present at the workplace) but also in qualitative terms and in terms of the impact which reductions in working hours, periods of leave and absences because of care activities have on automatic pay rises;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider a legally- binding quota for the appointment of women in public and private enterprises – in particular to senior posts – thereby stressing the positive impact of such a principle (as can be seen in Norway, where there is near parity between the numbers of women and men in the largest listed enterprises);
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on Member States to adopt extensive legally binding rules in order to implement in practical terms the principle of equal pay for equal work and work of equal value; emphasises that the situation of women in insecure employment arrangements must urgently be improved, as they are hit particularly badly and are vulnerable at times of social and economic crisis;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that the EU’s concept of flexicurity is not well suited to solving the problems of gender-specific pay inequality and in-work poverty;
Amendment 90 #
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, women’s groups, women’s initiatives and community and occupational equal opportunities officials who could provide training on gender issues – with special regard to the gender pay gap – in particular for social partners, lawyers, judges and ombudsmen;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 – point a
Paragraph 13 – point a
(a) specific measures to make it possible to reconcile work, study, training and further training with family and private life through access to care services (which must be affordable, easily accessible and independent of employment status and type of employment contract), through working-time patterns that are adapted to the needs of employed people, particularly single parents, and through maternity, paternity, paternal and family leave in conjunction with the possibility of smooth reintegration into work,
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 – point b
Paragraph 13 – point b
(b) appropriate fiscal and social security policies, including measures to dismantle the significant disadvantages in retirement pensions owing to work interruptions and part-time work by parents, and gender-specific measures designed to compensate for unfair and unjustified pay differences, to enhance the quality of female employment and to provide for atypical services with regard to care within the family or its broader environment,
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 – point c
Paragraph 13 – point c
(c) practical measures to be implemented by the social partners and equal rights agencies (pursuant to Article 157(4) TFEU) to overcome the pay gap and exclusion at the various contractual and sectoral levels, such as obliging social partners to conclude pay agreements, to undertake regular investigations in relation to equal pay, to ensure the implementation of companies' equality plans, the setting of qualitative and quantitative targets and benchmarking, and the exchange of best practice validated by the parties concerned and accompanied by accounts of the obstacles and difficulties encountered,
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 – point d
Paragraph 13 – point d
(d) inclusion of a clause on respect for gender equality and equal payment in public procurement contracts and creation of a special quality certificate which would be awarded to undertakings and confer on them certain advantages in terms of access to national, local and European support measures and funding and increase their chances of securing public contracts, and consideration of the optimal application of those policies in the context of public procurement,
Amendment 140 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to submit to Parliament an analysis showing which legal acts at EU and/or national level would be an appropriate means of bringing about a significant reduction in the pay gap in the shortest possible time.