7 Amendments of Rovana PLUMB related to 2008/0192(COD)
Amendment 15 #
Council position
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The European Parliament has consistently called on the Commission to review Directive 86/613/EEC, in particular so as to boost maternity protection for self- employed women and to improve the situation of spouses of self-employed workers in agriculture.
Amendment 17 #
Council position
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The economic and physical vulnerability of pregnant self-employed workers and pregnant spouses and, when and insofar as recognised by national law pregnant life partners, of self-employed workers, makes it necessary for them to be granted the right to maternity benefits. The Member States remain competent to organise such benefits, including establishing the level of contributions and all the arrangements concerning benefits and payments, provided the minimum requirements of this Directive are complied with. In particular, they may determine in which period before and/or after confinement the right to maternity benefits is granted. Furthermore, the economic situation of the person or family in question may be taken into account when establishing contributions and/or benefits.
Amendment 19 #
Council position
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) Self-employed workers who are pregnant, as well as self-employed workers' pregnant spouses or, where recognised in national law, life partners, shall be entitled to maternity benefits for a duration equal to that of the maternity leave to which women workers are entitled under Council Directive 92/85//EEC of 19 October 1992 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding. Should there be changes to the period of maternity leave provided for under Directive 92/85//EEC, pregnant self-employed workers and self-employed workers' pregnant spouses or, where recognised in national law, life partners, shall automatically benefit from the new provisions. ,where Or. ro
Amendment 22 #
Council position
Recital 17 b (new)
Recital 17 b (new)
(17b) Self-employed workers who are pregnant, as well as self-employed workers' pregnant spouses or, where recognised in national law, life partners, shall have the right to choose their period of mandatory maternity leave, within the limits laid down by Directive 92/85/EEC.
Amendment 26 #
Council position
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Protection of self-employed workers and spouses of self-employed workers and, when and insofar as recognised by national law the life partners, of self-employed workers, from discrimination based on sex should be strengthened by the existence of a body or bodies in each Member State with competence to analyse the problems involved, to study possible solutions and to provide practical assistance to the victims. The body or bodies may be the same as those with responsibility at national level for the defence of human rights or the safeguarding of individuals’ rights, or the implementation of the principle of equal treatment.
Amendment 28 #
Council position
Article 7 - paragraph 2
Article 7 - paragraph 2
2. The Member States may decide whether the social protection referred to in paragraph 1 is implemented on a mandatory or voluntary basis. Accordingly, they may provide that this social protection is granted only upon the request of spouses and life partners referred to in Article 2(b)Where a Member State obliges self-employed workers to be members of a social security scheme, this shall also be obligatory for their spouses and, where recognised in national law, life partners, who work with them.
Amendment 34 #
Council position
Article 11 - paragraph 1
Article 11 - paragraph 1
1. The Member States shall designate and make the necessary arrangements for a body or bodies for the promotion, analysis, monitoring and support of equal treatment of all persons without discrimination on grounds of sex. Such bodies may form part of agencies entrusted at national level with the defence of human rights or the safeguard of individuals’ rights, or the implementation of the principle of equal treatmentimplementation of the principle of equal treatment and shall provide practical assistance to the victims of discrimination.