4 Amendments of Silvia COSTA related to 2009/2222(INI)
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to ensure availability, within policies geared to achieving a work-life balance, of accessible, affordable, high- quality, diversified forms of childcare provision as an essential step towards equal opportunities in employment for women and men, since childcare services not only facilitate participation by women in the labour market but also offer job opportunities mainly for women;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a . Calls on the Member States to promote agreements between the social partners on work-life balance policies and corporate and territorial welfare initiatives, with due regard for the positive measures taken on a contractual basis in recent years and experiments financed by the European Social Fund;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Commission to take an active part in efforts to achieve the objective of framing and adopting a set of rules agreed by the social partners at EU level aimed at upholding fundamental rights as regards equal opportunities and extending gender-related legal guarantees to cover access, pay and working conditions, life-work balancing measures, training, career development and safety;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to encourage, including by means of tax incentives and specific financial aid, forms of home help and support for elderly and vulnerable persons – especially women – and to reduce the negative impact on the employment of relatives, in particular women, who take care of dependent family members.