79 Amendments of Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ related to 2016/2017(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
— having regard to Articles 7, 9, 23, 24 and 33(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
Citation 22 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 2 February 2011 on Early Childhood Education and Care: Providing all our children with the best start for the world of tomorrow1a, __________________ 1a COM ((2011)0066) final.
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 b (new)
Citation 22 b (new)
- having regard to the Council conclusions of 15 June 2011 on early childhood education and care: providing all our children with the best start for the world of tomorrow1b , __________________ 1b OJ C 175, 15.6.2011, p. 8–10.
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas achieving a genuine work- life balance requires comprehensive policies including measures for reconciling work, caring for and spending time with family, and time for leisure and personal development; whereas increase in the full- time employment of women requires an increase in public and private spending on these policies;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the first findings of the Eurofound 6th European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) show that European labour markets are highly gender segregated with substantial differences between women and men remaining in occupation, sector, contract type, pay, working time and the share of unpaid work; whereas the Survey states that achieving the Europe 2020 target of 75% of 20-64 years old in employment is strongly dependent on increasing participation of women in the labour market1c; __________________ 1c Eurofound (2015): First findings: Sixth European Working Conditions Survey.
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas an adequate and proportionate balance between work and private life helps to promote social and professional well-being, economic growth and competitiveness within the EU, a rise in the birth rate within the EU and equity between the genders and generations;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the EWCS shows that atypical working hours often prevent workers from devoting time to their family, i.e. working on Saturdays and Sundays, overtime, shift and night work, and it raises health and safety concerns with increased risk of accidents at work and poorer health in the long term;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas the policies to be implemented to attain these objectives must concentrate on women's access to the job market, men's willingness to develop their private lives, and the establishment of a coherent legislative framework in terms of adaptability of work;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C f (new)
Recital C f (new)
Cf. whereas the 75 % employment rate target set for women in the Europe 2020 strategy is far from being on course to be achieved by 2020 (it currently stands at 63.5 %);
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C g (new)
Recital C g (new)
Cg. whereas gender equality in the labour market benefits not only women but the economy and society as a whole;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C i (new)
Recital C i (new)
Ci. whereas, very often, women who wish to set up a business have difficulty in gaining access to credit because traditional financial intermediaries are reluctant to grant loans, as they consider women entrepreneurs to be more exposed to risk and less likely to make their businesses grow;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C j (new)
Recital C j (new)
Cj. whereas the stereotypes widely conveyed by society are rooted in patriarchy and leave women in a subordinate role in society; whereas these stereotypes start to develop during childhood and are reflected in educational and training choices and on into the labour market; whereas women are still too often confined to ‘women-friendly’ tasks and are often poorly paid; whereas these stereotypes in combination with the fact that male-dominated sectors are normative in setting wages lead to gender- based discrimination;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas family-related types of leave are still often grounds for discrimination and stigmatisation for both women and men despite existing legislation both at EU and national level;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D f (new)
Recital D f (new)
Df. whereas available data confirms that unpaid or poorly paid family leave results in low participation rates, and whereas fathers make very little use of their parental leave rights; whereas entirely or partially non-transferable, properly paid parental leave is used in a more balanced way by both parents, and helps to reduce discrimination against women in the labour market;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D g (new)
Recital D g (new)
Dg. whereas parental leave has long- term benefits for children’s development; whereas, within the framework of public policies in force on the matter, fathers’ participation rate in family leave (including parental leave) in the EU Member States remains low, with only 10 % of fathers taking at least one day of leave; whereas, in contrast, 97 % of women use the parental leave that is available for both parents; whereas, according to Eurostat, the number of people who took parental leave in 2010 was 3 518 600, and of those only 94 800 (2.7%) were men;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D h (new)
Recital D h (new)
Dh. whereas the differences in men’s and women’s uptake of maternity, paternity and parental leave manifest gender discrimination as regards taking responsibility for childcare and female labour market participation; whereas this discrimination also has an impact on women's financial independence and therefore on their autonomy;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D i (new)
Recital D i (new)
Di. whereas it is vital to introduce measures to promote fathers' access to leave, particularly as fathers who take family leave build a better relationship with their children and are more likely to take an active role in future childcare tasks;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D j (new)
Recital D j (new)
Dj. whereas Eurofound studies have illustrated aspects that influence fathers’ take-up rate of parental leave, namely: the level of compensation, the flexibility of the leave system, the availability of information, the availability and flexibility of childcare facilities and fear of exclusion from the labour market due to taking leave;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, access to childcare services for young childrenording to the latest Eurostat data, the birth rate isn the main factor influencing the participation of women in the labour market; whereas only 11 Member States have met the first Barcelona target (childcare available for at least 90 % of children between the ages of 3 and the mandatory school age) and only 10 Member States have achieved the second target (at least 33 % of children under three years)19EU has fallen in recent decades; whereas one of the reasons lies in decisions by couples to defer parenthood for professional reasons; whereas this decision arises primarily from an economic criterion but also from the lack of balance between professional and private life; whereas it follows that the EU is facing unprecedented demographic challenges – an ageing population, low birth rate, changing family structures and migration – to which it is vital that Member States should respond, particularly by means of major public investment; __________________ 19 Progress report on the Barcelona objectives of 29 May 2013 entitled ‘The development of childcare facilities for young children in Europe with a view to sustainable and inclusive growth’ (COM(2013)0322).
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas access to childcare services for young children is the main factor influencing the participation of women in the labour market and whereas achieving quality services means investing in the childcare workforce training1f; whereas only 11 Member States have met the first Barcelona target (childcare available for at least 90 % of children between the ages of 3 and the mandatory school age) and only 10 Member States have achieved the second target (at least 33 % of children under three years)19 ; __________________ 1fEurofound (2015) Early childhood care: working conditions, training and quality of services – A systematic review 19 Progress report on the Barcelona objectives of 29 May 2013 entitled ‘The development of childcare facilities for young children in Europe with a view to sustainable and inclusive growth’ (COM(2013)0322).
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E e (new)
Recital E e (new)
Ee. whereas women more often than men take responsibility for the care of elderly, ill or dependent family members as well as for children, and put their careers on hold more regularly, resulting in lower participation and longer periods of inactivity in the labour market; whereas access to care services for young children and dependent and older persons is therefore a factor that influences the participation of women in the labour market;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E f (new)
Recital E f (new)
Ef. whereas only 11 Member States have met the first Barcelona target (childcare available for at least 90 % of children between the ages of 3 and the mandatory school age) and only 10 Member States have achieved the second target (at least 33 % of children under three years old); whereas the establishment of high-quality social services and facilities at affordable prices for early childhood education and care, or care for other dependent persons such as the elderly, would make it possible to increase women's participation in the labour market;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E g (new)
Recital E g (new)
Eg. whereas adaptability of working hours may improve the balance between work and life provided that it is subject to conditions which prevent its imposing any additional burdens on workers; whereas the Commission, together with the Member States, should launch specific measures to foster a new kind of organisation of work, based on more flexible and effective job performance models; whereas these measures could help to reduce the discrimination against women and help them to enter, stay in and return to the job market without any economic and social pressure; whereas these measures would also enable both men and women to organise their work in the light of their specific needs so that they can make free time available for their personal development (sport, leisure, culture, family life, etc.);
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E h (new)
Recital E h (new)
Eh. whereas Member States should promote, in both the public and private sectors, business welfare models to enable them to achieve a work-life balance;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas allowing people time outside of work for personalworkers time-off for personal and training development in the context of life-long learning benefits their wellbeing as well as their contribution to the economy with more skills and higher productivity20 ; __________________ 20 CEDEFOP Research Paper: Training leave. Policies and practices in Europe, 2010.
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas ICT and emerging technologies have changed work and employment environments, organisational cultures and structures across sectors; whereas policy-making must stay up-to- date with technological developments, in order to ensure that social standards and gender equality advance rather than regress in these new circumstances;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas women are more likely than men to face poverty and social exclusion; whereas cuts to public services and austerity policies disproportionately impact women; whereas cuts to public services and economic hardship tend to increase women's informal care workload, lead to a work-life imbalance, and increase the likelihood of women's exclusion from the labour market;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that reconciliation of professional, and private and family life needs to be guaranteed as a fundamental right for all peoplelife is a wide- ranging concept that embraces all overarching policies of a legislative and non-legislative nature aimed at promoting appropriate and proportionate balance between the various aspects of people’s professional and private life, of which family life is just one component among others such as leisure, personal development, health and life-long learning;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that balance between one’s professional and private life is a fundamental right which should be fully guaranteed in every EU text that might have an impact directly or indirectly on this issue;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes a persistent pay gap in all Member States between gross pay and wage, that it is not only related to the different features of concerned actors but also to the different market conditions; stresses that wages should be based on the working performance, local cost of living and not exclusively on quantitative standards; calls on the Commission and Member States to put in place all actions needed to overcome such differences, notably those linked to gender, in order to ensure equal pay for equal job;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that falling birth rate in the EU has been exacerbated by the crisis, given that unemployment, precarious job opportunities, uncertainty about the future, as well as discrimination in the labour market are making women, in particular young women professionals, put off having children; in this regard calls on the Member States to promote innovative working time arrangements, reconciliation plans, return to work programmes, communication channels between workers and the workplace and incentives for business and self-employed workers;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s approach to work-professional life-private life balance policies as key in addressing socio- economic challenges; calls on the European Social Partners to come forward with an agreement on a comprehensive package of legislative and non-legislative measures regarding the reconciliation of professional, and private and family life; calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal for such a package in the context of the announced European pillar of social rights should it not be possible for an agreement between the social partners to be reached;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to step up protection against discrimination and unlawful dismissal that particularly affect female workers related to work-life balance and to ensure access to justice and legal action;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to step up protection against discrimination and unlawful dismissal related to work-life balance and to ensure access to justice and legal action, strengthening the role, independence and financial resources of those organizations provided by Directive 2006/54/EC, enabling free access to justice and legal actions;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to invest in awareness raising events and putting the emphasis on transformative policies to modify behaviours and attitudes towards all types of leave in order to change mentalities and cultures both of businesses and societies and to ensure a more equal sharing of caring and domestic activities between women and men;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of incorporating a lifecycle approach in work-professional life-private life balance policies in order to ensure that everyone is supported at different times throughout their life and can actively participate in the labour market and in society as a whole;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of incorporating a lifecycle approach in work- life balance policies in order to ensure that everyone is supported at different times throughout their life and can actively participate in the labour market and in society as a whole; underlines that the evaluation of the effectiveness of the relevant policies and measures does not merely concern the issue of gender equality and women's access to employment, but also the need to enable parents to fulfil their responsibilities and to spend quality time with their children;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission and Member States, with particular reference to the European funding, to take into consideration the "gender occupational impact" with respect to each action proposed;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. whereas work-life balance is a fundamental right which should be fully protected in any EU law; highlights, more generally, the importance of having family-friendly working environments;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses the vital importance of Member States continuing their efforts towards greater convergence as regards the exchange of best practices in the area of professional life-private life balance, paying particular attention to policies that help mothers to enter, stay in and return to the job market and fathers to participate in family life and develop their private lives; encourages the Commission, together with Member States, to monitor and promote these actions;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Invites to have particular attention for the strengthening of measures concerning parents who have children with a disability or serious or long-term incapacitating illness;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. StresseHighlights the need to addresseliminate inequalities in paid and unpaid work and to promote an, regards as care work for family, and to foster equal sharing of responsibilities and costs for child caren and care for dependants betweenamong women, men and society as a whole;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Commission to adopt a post-2015 Gender Equality Strategy and to implement it through the European Semester, including the Annual Growth Survey and the country-specific recommendations; calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to integrate a gender pillar into the Europe 2020 strategy;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States to put in place proactive policies designed to support women entering, returning to and staying in the labour market with stable and quality employment; stresses the need to guarantee favourable conditions for the return to work of those who have benefited from family leave, especially concerning reinstatement to the same post or an equivalent or similar post, in accordance with the contract or terms of employment, changes to working hours and/or routines on their return to work (including the need for the employer to justify a refusal) to benefit from training periods, from protection against dismissal and less favourable treatment as a result of applying for or taking family leave, and a protection period after their return so that they can readjust to their job;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States to put in place proactive policies designed to support women entering, returning to and stay, staying and progressing in the labour market with stable and quality employment;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States to put in place proactive policies designed to support women entering, returning to and staying, and advancing in the labour market with stable and quality employment, particularly in sectors and positions where women are under- represented, such as science, technology, engineering, and green economy sectors, or senior management positions across all sectors;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Believes that an integrated approach to gender equality – including policies for overcoming stereotyped gender roles – and professional life- private life balance in all future EU initiatives would bring coherence and transparency to the process and would help ensure the promotion of a gender- balanced work-life balance; calls on the Commission and the Member States to raise awareness among society of the rights and legal action regarding work- life balance;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Strongly regrets that the Commission withdrew the revision of the Maternity Leave Directive and calls as a matter of urgencthe fact that that it did not plan, the context of the roadmap ‘New start to address the challenges of work-life balance faced by fwor it to return with an ambitiousking families’, to publish a final report on the implementation of the directive on parental leave; calls, therefore, on the Commission to put forward a new proposal; and' calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that women are paid in full for the duration of maternity leave; stresses that maternity leave must be accompanied by effective measures protecting the rights of pregnant and new mothers, reflecting the recommendations of the World Health Organisation21; __________________ 21 http://www.who.int/topics/breastfeeding/en /
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Strongly regrets that the Commission withdrew the revision of the Maternity Leave Directive and calls as a matter of urgency for it to return with an ambitious proposal; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that women are paid for the duration of maternity leave and are not economically penalized for having children; stresses that maternity leave must be accompanied by effective measures protecting the rights of pregnant and new mothers, reflecting the recommendations of the International Labour Organisation and the World Health Organisation21 ; __________________ 21 http://www.who.int/topics/breastfeeding/en /
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to publish an implementation report on the Parental Leave Directive and urges it to use the review clause to extend the minimum duration of paid leave from four to at least six monthssocial partners, on the basis of the various studies on the subject, to highlight shortcomings in the Parental Leave Directive, particularly in achieving its objectives in terms of professional life- private life balance, female labour market participation, demographic challenges and men’s share of family tasks, including the care of children and other dependants; considers that more effective measures should be taken to encourage a more equal sharing of family responsibilities between men and women;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses that satisfactory parental leave arrangements are closely linked to adequate pay; notes that where there are no provisions for leave, or where existing ones are considered to be insufficient, social partners, through collective agreements, may have an important role to play in establishing new provisions or updating current ones for maternity, paternity and parental leave; calls on the Member States, in agreement with the social partners, to reconsider their system of financial compensation for parental leave with a view to reaching a level that would act as an incentive for an adequate and decent level of income replacement, which also encourages men to take parental leave beyond the minimum time period guaranteed by the directive;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls on the Commission to improve and strengthen the provisions of Directive 2010/18/EU regarding the conditions of eligibility and detailed rules for granting parental leave to those who have children with a disability or serious or long-term incapacitating illness, taking account also of best practice in the Member States;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. BelievCalls on the Member States, that promoting the individualisation of the right to leave as well as the role of fathers is essentialogether with the Commission, to guarantee that family rights assigned by public policies, including parental leave, are equal in terms of individual rights and equally accessible for both parents, so as to encourage them to achieve a better work-life balance and in the best interest of their children; stresses that those rights should be individualised to help achieve the 75 % employment rate targets for women and men set in the Europe 2020 strategy and to promote gender equality; believes that a certain flexibility should be given to parents in the use of the parental leave, and that it should in no case constitute an obstacle to reachieving gender-balanced reconciliation of work and private lifng the 75 % employment rate targets for women and men; considers that the system adopted by the social partners should promote the solution whereby a significant part of the leave remains non-transferable; underlines that both parents have to be treated in the same way in terms of rights to income and the duration of leave;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14d. Stresses that satisfactory parental leave arrangements are closely linked to adequate pay; notes that where there are no provisions for leave, or where existing ones are considered to be insufficient, social partners, through collective agreements, may have a role to play in establishing new provisions or updating current ones for maternity, paternity and parental leave; calls on the Member States, in agreement with the social partners, to reconsider their system of financial compensation for parental leave with a view to reaching a level that would act as an incentive for an adequate and decent level of income replacement – based on the average replacement rate of maternity leave across the EU – which also encourages men to take parental leave beyond the minimum time period guaranteed by the directive;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 e (new)
Paragraph 14 e (new)
14e. Calls on the Commission and the social partners to offer an appropriate extension of the minimum duration of parental leave from four to at least six months to improve professional life- private life balance;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 f (new)
Paragraph 14 f (new)
14f. Stresses, furthermore, the need to extend the period in which both parents can exercise their right to take parental leave; calls on the Commission and the social partners to increase the age of the child for which parental leave can be taken to 12 years; calls on the Commission and the social partners to take into account that the fact that parental leave for parents of children with disabilities or long-term illnesses should be extended beyond the statutory age of the child provided for in the directive;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Believes, in view of the different types of family leave, that coherence among the various texts is required at EU level with the involvement of social partners in order to provide families with life-cycle leave perspectives to promote a more equal share of care responsibilities between women and men; is convinced that this would significantly increase workforce participation and improve the effectiveness of the models in place beyond current levels;
Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Urges the Member States to invest in and ensure the availability of and universal access to affordable and high- quality early childhood education and care, elderly and dependant care facilities that are available to all; encourages them to ensure the availability of and universal access to such services by, for example, increasing public expenditure on care services and incentivising employer contributions to care costs, including by making better use of EU funds, and calls for the MFF revision to be used to invest in social infrastructure in particular via the ESF, ERDF and EFSI;
Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the EU Council for the introduction of targets on care for elderly and other dependants, similar to Barcelona targets, with monitoring tools within the European Semester; calls on Eurostat and Eurofound to collect relevant data and to carry out studies;
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Supports ‘'smart working’' but rejects a shift from a culture of presence to a culture of permanent availability; calls on the Member States and the Commission, when developing smart working policies, to ensure these do not impose an additional burden on the worker, but rather reinforce a healthy work-life balance, and increase workers' well-being;
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Supports ‘smart working’ but rejects a shift from a culture of presence to a culture of permanent availability; calls on the Member States and social partners, when developing smart working policies, to ensure these do not impose an additional burden on the worker;
Amendment 403 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Highlights alternative business models such as cooperatives and mutuals have enormous potential to advance gender equality and a healthy work life balance, particularly in the emerging "smart working" digital environment, given higher levels of employee participation in decision-making; Calls on the Commission and Member States to research the impact of cooperatives and alternative business models on gender equality and work-life balance, especially in technology sectors, and set out policies to promote and share best practice models;
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Commission to map the situation in Member States of a "Right to request flexible working arrangements," which enables employees to request changes in the number of hours they work, their work schedule and their place of work and to consider if an initiative at the European level is needed;
Amendment 406 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to guarantee social security, social protection and remuneration in the case of maternity parental, paternity or sick leave in order to enable a genuine work-life balance;
Amendment 409 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Member states to step up their efforts to combat undeclared work, precarious jobs and the abuse of atypical forms of contract, including zero- hour contracts in some Member States; is concerned about the increased use of temporary contracts, as well as irregularity and unpredictability of working hours (often referred to as 'flexibility'), and unsocial hours working time arrangements which are a problematic issue from the perspective of reconciliation;
Amendment 412 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Stresses the urgent need to tackle the situation of precarious employment facing young professionals, including young women, including zero hour or exploitative contracts and low-quality internships, which make a healthy work- life balance impossible in the long-run;
Amendment 418 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Points out that excessive working hours and insufficient rest periods, as well as the disproportionate output required and job insecurity, are major factors in increased levels of occupational accidents and diseases, as well as stress and harm to mental health; calls on the Commission to initiate infringement proceedings against Member States who are failing to implement the Working Time Directive;
Amendment 420 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Amendment 430 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Considers that child poverty is linked to parents' poverty, and therefore calls on the Member States to implement the Recommendation on Child Poverty and well-being1a and to use the indicator- based monitoring framework therein; 1a.Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and 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 (recast), OJ L 204, 26.07.2006, p. 23.
Amendment 431 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Reiterates its call on the Commission and Member States to introduce a Child Guarantee with its specific fund, so that every child in poverty can have access to free healthcare, free education, free childcare, decent housing and adequate nutrition, as part of a European integrated plan to combat child poverty including both the Child Guarantee and programmes offering support and opportunities for the parents to come out of social exclusion situations and to integrate into the labour market1a; 1a.European Commission Recommendation on investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage, Brussels, 20.2.2013 COM(2013)0778.
Amendment 432 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)
Paragraph 25 c (new)
25c. Calls on Eurofound to continue measuring its concept of job quality1a as comprising: earning, prospects, working time quality, use of skills and discretion, social environment, physical risk, work intensity, social environment and to develop its research on policies, social partners agreement and companies practices supportive of job quality; 1a.Eurofound report on Trends in job quality in Europe (2012) and Eurofound report Convergence and divergence of job quality in Europe 1995-2010 (2015).
Amendment 433 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 d (new)
Paragraph 25 d (new)
25d. Calls on Eurofound to keep monitoring and provide analyses of public policies and social partners agreements through its surveys, in particular the EWCS, in order to ensure that working time arrangements are negotiated and support work life balance, and to develop research on how dual workers household manage their working time arrangements together;
Amendment 434 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 e (new)
Paragraph 25 e (new)
25e. Stresses the importance of the role of equality bodies in assisting victims of discrimination, addressing gender stereotypes and implementing this directive; also calls the Member States to ensure their independence and strengthen their capacities through the provision of adequate funding;
Amendment 435 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 f (new)
Paragraph 25 f (new)
25f. Calls for full implementation of Directive 2006/54/EC on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation, and for it to be revised with a compulsory requirement for companies to draw up measures or plans on gender equality, including actions on desegregation, the development of pay systems and measures to support women's careers;
Amendment 437 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Points out that 'quality of life' is a broader concept than 'living conditions' and refers to the overall well-being of individuals in a society;
Amendment 453 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Member States and social partners to develop and put in place policies for educational and training leave, as well as in-work vocational training and life-long learning, and to make learning inside and outside work accessible to workers, particularly those in disadvantaged situations, with an emphasis on women employees in sectors where women are structurally underrepresented;