15 Amendments of Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ related to 2011/2285(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the pay gap is not based solely on disparities in gross hourly earnings and account should also be taken of factors such as individual pay supplements, job classification, work organisation patterns, 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 on earnings of shorter working hours, leave and health-related absences;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the pay system, whereby length of service is taken into account in setting the level of pay, is unfavourable to women who have (repeatedly) to interrupt their career because of external factors, such as child-related employment breaks, differing occupational choices or short working times, and places these women at a permanent and structural disadvantage;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas professions and jobs in which women predominate have a tendency to be undervalued in comparison with those in which men predominate, without necessarily being justified by any objective criteria;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas data indicate that qualifications and experience acquired by women result in financially lower rewards than those acquired by men; whereas, in addition to the concept of 'equal pay for work of equal value', which must not be biased by a gender-stereotyped approach, societal roles that have hitherto significantly influenced education and employment paths must be broken away from, and education can and must contribute to eradicating gender stereotypes from society; whereas, furthermore, maternity and parental leave must not give rise to discrimination against women in the labour market;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas equality in male and female pensions has been set as a goal;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)
Recital K c (new)
Kc. whereas the gender-based digital divide that exists clearly impacts on pay; whereas effective lifelong learning geared to women's specific needs is of essential importance in enabling people to face up to the technological and social changes taking place in our society;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K d (new)
Recital K d (new)
Kd. whereas the pay gap is even more pronounced among immigrant women, women with disabilities, women belonging to minorities and unqualified women;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas gender-specific data and a new gender-aware legal framework, enabling the causes of pay discrimination to be tackled, are essential;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Amendment 57 #
Annex to the draft motion for a resolution
Recommendation 1, Paragraph 1, indent 3 a (new)
- Pension gap (in different pillars of pension systems, e.g. in pay-as-you-go systems, occupational pensions, as a continuation of the pay gap after retirement);
Amendment 63 #
Annex to the draft motion for a resolution
Recommendation 2, Paragraph 2
2.2. Acknowledging the lack of accurate, comparable and coherent statistical data, including on the part-time gender pay gap and the gender pensions gap, and the existing lower pay rates for women especially across professions traditionally dominated by women, Member States should take full account of the gender pay gap in their social policies and treat it as a serious problem.
Amendment 82 #
Annex to the draft motion for a resolution
Recommendation 6, Paragraph 1, indent 2
- specific policies to make it possible to reconcile work with family and personal life, covering childcare andhigh-quality and affordable childcare and care for other dependent persons, as well as other care services, flexible work organisation and hours, and maternity, paternity, parental and family leave;
Amendment 85 #
Annex to the draft motion for a resolution
Recommendation 7, Paragraph 1, indent 4 a (new)
- devising specific guidelines for the monitoring of pay differentials within the context of collective bargaining, to be made available on an internet site translated into various languages and accessible to all.
Amendment 90 #
Annex to the draft motion for a resolution
Recommendation 8, Paragraph 3, indent 3 a (new)
- identification of offenders, which should be made public;