2 Amendments of Jens ROHDE related to 2008/0193(COD)
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The maternity leave stipulated in paragraph 1 shall include compulsory leave of at least sixtwo weeks after childbirthtaken before and/or after childbirth in accordance with national legislation and/or practice. The Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers within the meaning of Article 2 are entitled to choose freely the time at which the non- compulsory portion of the maternity leave is taken, before or after childbirth.
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 – point c
Article 1 – point 3 – point c
Directive 92/85/CEE
Article 11 – point 3
Article 11 – point 3
3. the allowance referred to in point 2(b) shall be deemed adequate if it guarantees income equivalent to the last monthly salary or an average monthly salary, subject to any ceiling laid down under national legislation. Such a ceiling may not be lower than the allowance received by workers within the meaning of Article 2 in the event of a break in activity on grounds connected with the worker's state of health. The Member States may lay down the period oat which the worker concerned would receive in the event of a break in activity on grounds connected with the worker's state of health, subject to any ceiling laid down under national legislation. The Member States and/or the social partners should set the allowance at a leverl which this average monthly salary is calculatedrespects and secures women's rights and full gender equality.