Activities of Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA related to 2008/0193(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding - Precarious women workers (debate)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) A worker who has adopted a child should have the same rights as a natural parent and be able to take maternity leave on the same conditions.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Member States should take the necessary measures to ensure that the workers referred to in Article 2 of Directive 92/85/EEC are not obliged to perform night work.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) Care for children with disabilities represents a particular challenge for working mothers, which should be recognised by society. The increased vulnerability of working mothers of children with disabilities makes it necessary for them to be granted additional leave the duration of which should be laid down in this Directive.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) A post termed ‘equivalent’ pursuant to Article 11(2)(c) should mean a post that is the same as the former post, as regards both the salary paid and the duties to be performed or where this is not possible, a similar post corresponding to the worker's qualifications and existing salary.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point -1 d (new)
Article 1 – point -1 d (new)
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 2 – point b
Article 2 – point b
-1d Article 2 point b is replaced by the following: "(b) worker who has recently given birth shall mean a worker who has recently given birth within the meaning of national legislation and/or national practice and who informs her employer of her condition, in accordance with that legislation and/or practice; for the purpose of this Directive it also should mean a worker who recently adopted a child;"
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 2a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2a (new)
2a. In relation to multiple births, the maternity leave shall comprise 31, 33, 35 and 37 weeks where respectively, two, three, four or five children are born at once.
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that additional leave is granted in the case of premature childbirth, children hospitalised at birth, children with disabilities and multiple births. The duration of the additional leave should be proportionate and allow the special needs of the mother and the child/children to be accommodated. In the case of children with disabilities an additional leave of at least eight weeks shall be granted.
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)
(5a) Member States shall be encouraged in the framework of national law, to cover self-employed workers under legal provisions similar to those contained in this Directive.