Activities of Inés AYALA SENDER related to 2016/2221(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on working conditions and precarious employment
Amendments (17)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Citation 1 (new)
Citation 1 (new)
– having regard to draft general recommendation No 28, of 2010, relating to Article 2 of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to the European Commission´s Strategic Engagement for Gender Equality 2016-2020,
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Citation 1 b (new)
Citation 1 b (new)
– having regard to the 2011 Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention),
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Citation 1 c (new)
Citation 1 c (new)
– having regard to the Council of Europe’s Gender Equality Strategy 2014- 2017,
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas ‘sex’ is defined as referring to biological differences between men and women, while ‘gender’ refers to socially constructed identities, roles and attributes for women and men and the social and cultural meaning that society gives to those biological differences, and whereas it is gender that results in hierarchical relationships between women and men and in the distribution and assignment of power and rights favouring men and disadvantaging women;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the EU’s macroeconomic and austerity policies have had a detrimental effect both on policies on flexibility and occupational safety, particularly as regards everything connected to women’s occupational safety, and on social and public services providing childcare and care for the elderly, and whereas all this has had a major impact on women’s employment;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas all too often women are subject to various forms of gender discrimination at their workplace, including being employed at lower levels and being passed over for promotion, along with verbal, psychological and physical harassment and abuse (sexual or otherwise);
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas it is important to establish a set of measures to remove existing obstacles and guarantee genuinely equal opportunities for women and men in access to the labour market and to decent work, and in carrying out that work;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
Dd. whereas it is important to tackle and eliminate undeclared work and unpaid overtime that increase poverty and social exclusion; whereas women domestic workers in general, and migrant and fictitiously self-employed women workers in particular, are especially vulnerable and face particularly precarious working conditions;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on Member States to take measures to eliminate the pay differential between women and men and put an end to all forms of precarious employment; likewise urges Member States to give priority to drafting active policies and positive action to boost women’s participation in the labour market and their economic independence and to eliminate the gaps between men and women in terms of wages, the levels at which they are employed, promotions, earnings and pensions;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that the Commission has withdrawn the revision of the Maternity Leave Directive and calls for it to put forward an ambitious proposal with high- level standards, to ensure that women are paid and covered by social protection for the duration of maternity leave in order to support families and combat inequalities, strengthen women's social and economic independence and avoid them being financially penalised for having children; stresses that maternity leave must be accompanied by effective measures protecting the rights of pregnant women and new, breastfeeding and single mothers, reflecting the recommendations of the International Labour Organisation and the World Health Organisation;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges Member States to adopt legislation to guarantee women’s inclusion in the social security system, protecting women workers during periods of unemployment and guaranteeing the right to obtain a pension;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes that the European Social Partners have not come forward with an agreement on a comprehensive package of legislative and non-legislative measures regarding the reconciliation of professional, private and family life; calls on the Commission to respect to put forward as soon as possible a proposal for such a package as part of the Commission Work Programme 2017 in the context of the announced European pillar of social rights
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on Member States to draft legislation introducing preventive policies such as gender equality plans to combat gender discrimination at the workplace and create a suitable working environment for women and for men;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on Member States to take steps to regularise undeclared work and the abuse of temporary contracts to which women in particular are subject, with the aim of improving the position of and protection for the most vulnerable groups, in particular women domestic workers and fictitiously self-employed women workers; urges Member States to implement measures such as the provision of services offering advice and acting to prevent occupational discrimination, and the setting-up of employment monitoring and regulation authorities to ensure compliance with rules on hiring, payments, training, working practices and the termination of contracts;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the Member States to provide adequate income replacement and social protection during any type of family- or care-related leave, in particular to ensure that low-income workers can benefit from leave measures on an equal footing with others;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls on the Commission to draw up a compendium of practices that have proved successful in the Member States, with a view to disseminating and promoting them in order to prevent gender discrimination at work and protect women’s rights in particular;