11 Amendments of Ivo VAJGL related to 2015/2097(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to the Eurofound report 'Maternity leave provisions in the EU Member States: Duration and allowances' (July 2015);
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the connection between reconciliation of professional and family life and the principle of gender equality in employment is now established in EU legislation;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Directive 92/85/EEC grants rights to women workers during pregnancy, immediately after giving birth and while breastfeeding, Directive 96/34/EC recognises the reconciliation between professional and family life as a separate topic while Directive 2010/18/EU stipulates that all employees have a right to four months unpaid parental leave while one of those months must be granted on a non-transferable basis thus ensuring that reconciliation of professional and family life involves both men and women;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas Eurofound studies have illustrated aspects that influence fathers' take-up rate of parental leave which include the level of compensation, the flexibility of the leave system, the availability of information, availability and flexibility of childcare facilities and the extent to which workers fear isolation from the labour market when taking leave. Therefore these issues need to be addressed;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. Notes that where there are no provisions for leave, or where existing ones are considered 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;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas most EU Member States already comply with the minimum requirements of the Parental Leave Directive 2010/18/EU and in many Member States national provisions go beyond these requirements;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the provisions necessary for the transposition of Directive 2013/62/EU take different forms in the various Member States; believes that the transposition should therefore comply fully with legislation and usages in force in the area of collective bargaining between social partners;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that since not all Member States have followed the EU separate or sequential approach to maternity and parental leaves classifying the different types of leave at an EU level is problematic;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to introduce financial compensation for parental leave with a view to reaching a level that would act as an incentive for income replacement, over the minimum time period guaranteed by the directive, based on the average EU maternity leave income replacement rate, in order to safeguard families’ social and economic wellbeingin order to facilitate reconciliation between work and family life;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Believes that the promotion of individualisation of the right to leave and of positive action aiming at the promotion of the role of fathers is essential in helping to achieve gender balanced reconciliation of work and family life;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Believes that an integrated approach to gender equality and the reconciliation of work and family life in future EU legislation would bring coherence and transparency to the process and would help ensure the promotion of gender- balanced reconciliation of work and family life;