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Plenary speeches (2)
Equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (debate) ES
Equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (A8-0213/2015 - Anna Záborská) ES
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the application of Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation PDF (213 KB) DOC (153 KB)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas motherhood and care for the elderly and for sick and disabled family members represent additional work that is for the most part carried out by women; whereas this work is neither paid nor valued by society, even though it contributes to social welfare and can be measured by economic indicators such as GDP; whereas this results in the widening of the income gaps that exist between women and men through the ‘costs’ of the years spent out of the labour market or of reduced hours due to part-time arrangements and the attendant effect of this on their pensions; whereas the impact of these elements on lifetime earnings varies across the Member States depending on the level of support given to parents, by either legislative measures or collective agreements;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas some certain paid jobs are carried out almost exclusively by women, which leads to some vocational categories being feminised and to wage conditions which likewise cause the gender pay gap to widen;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas women receive on average 39 % less than men in pensions; whereas this unacceptable situation could be the result of different factors, such as the level of participation of women in paid labour, the employment structure of various sectors, the time spent in work, and the gender pay gap; whereas this increases the risk of poverty and inequality for women in retirement;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note that, in general, Members States have brought their national laws into line with EU law4; points out thatn simply transposing correctly the provisions of the ‘ʽrecast Directive’ʼ into national law has proved insufficient in order to achieve the full application and effective enforcement thereof and that differences in pay for men and women still persist and are even growing as a result of the crisis; __________________ 4 According to Commission report on the application of the recast Directive (COM(2013)0861),
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. CRegrets that the Commission has still not adopted the legislative initiative which it had undertaken to present last year in order to promote and facilitate effective implementation of the principle of equal pay in practice; calls, therefore, on the Commission to identify the weak points of the ‘recast Directive’ and prepare urgently the legislative proposal that would replace it;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that the situation of women on the labour market has worsened as a result of the economic crisis: the number of women out of work has risen more than that of men, as has the number of women in insecure jobs and underemployment, and the number and percentage of women in management posts has also fallen considerably; points out too that fear of losing their job has caused many women to abandon the option of reconciling work and family life by means of a shorter working day or similar formulas, making a balanced family life difficult which has exacerbated the falling birth rates in some Member States; asks the Commission to assess this trend, and the measures different governments have taken to counter this phenomenon, and to put forward measures to lessen the effects of the crisis on equal treatment at work and the work- life balance;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reiterates the need for clear definitions, harmonised definitions for comparison of different concepts at EU level, such as gender pay gap, remuneration, direct and indirect pay discrimination, work treated as ‘equal’ and work of the same value; points out that due to the various types of work contracts that exist, the current calculation of the gender pay gap can lead to a distorted understanding of the problem of equal pay; calls on the Commission to analyse possible distortions and propose a solution;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Takes note that in the implementation of the provisions on the protection against discrimination in relation to maternity leave and paternity and/or adoption leave, there are significant differences between Member States; underlines the need to address in a coherent way at national level the specific challenges that exist, including the sectoral (public-private) and organisational (between companies and between large, small and medium-sized companies) differences, the situation as regards atypical and part-time contracts, and the practices of terminating fixed-term contracts in the protection period and inducing voluntary job resignations;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Points out that access to justice in this field is limited due to several causes, such as the length or costs of the procedures, the absence of free legal aid or the fear of victim stigmatisation in the workplace; underlines the fact that the application of the burden of proof rule also poses problems in several Member States; calls on the Member Stat by making defence of female workers difficult since often they do not have access to support equality bodies, trade unions and NGOs in taking an active role in providing assistance to victims of discriminationthis information or only restricted access and it may mean the loss of their job; calls on the Member States to take an active role in providing assistance to victims of discrimination, either directly or through support for equality bodies, trade unions and NGOs working in this field;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Suggests in this regard that confidential reporting systems be introduced in the Member States to enable women to report possible instances of inequality of treatment in the workplace, and in SMEs in particular where it is more difficult for a female employee to report discrimination of this kind;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to assess the existing best practices and to disseminate the results of this assessment as regards the effective measures that Member States could take to encourage employers, trade unions and organisations involved in vocational training to be active in promoting gender equality and prevent all forms of discrimination on the grounds of sex, in particular as regards harassment and sexual harassment in the workplace, through enhancing access to employment, offering further vocational training and promoting best practices and positive ʽanti-harassmentʼ peacemaking strategies;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
Promotion of equal treatment and social dialogue
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Observes with interest that many women opt for self-employment as this is the only way of working which allows them to combine their family and working lives; notes however that in many Member States their welfare protection and benefits do not compare with those of employed workers; calls on Member States to set up equivalent systems to support self-employed workers so that there is no discrimination between employed and self-employed workers in terms of work-life balance or of repercussions on employment assistance and pensions systems;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission to introduce in the new directive sanctions at EU level that would exclude companies found guilty of infringing the equality principle from the public procurement of goods and services financed from public budgets, including the EU budget;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Underlines the fact that only the effective implementation of the equality treatment principle would lead to a real improvement of the situation of women in the labour market and that this requires strategic cooperation between different actors at European, national, sectoral and organisational level; calls therefore on the Commission to draw up an active strategy, complete with points of reference, goals and time-bound targets for reducing inequality indices in the field of employment and unemployment, as has been done successfully in other areas such as, for instance, reducing the number of road accidents in the EU;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the Commission to study carefully the employment situation of women in the third sector, the social economy and the collaborative economy, and to propose as soon as possible a strategy to promote and protect the jobs and situation of women in this sector;