2008/2039(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Juan Andrés NARANJO ESCOBAR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Finds it disturbing that women are continuing to suffer serious discrimination, as reflected in their unemployment rates, the more precarious forms of work in which they are employed, their lower pay, the fact that they are exposed to a higher risk of poverty and industrial accidents, ~~and~~ the greater difficulties that they encounter in terms of career advancement and very low pensions;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Finds it disturbing that ~~women are continuing to suffer serious discrimination, as reflected in t~~the employment situation for women is continuing to show higheir unemployment rates, ~~the~~ more precarious forms of work ~~in which they are employed, their lower pay, the fact that they are exposed to~~, lower pay, a higher risk of poverty and industrial accidents, and ~~the~~ greater difficulties ~~that they encounter~~ in terms of career advancement, which are exacerbated in the case of women who have a disability and/or are migrants;

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Finds it disturbing that women are continuing to suffer serious discrimination, as reflected in their unemployment rates, the more precarious forms of work in which they are employed, their lower pay, the fact that they are exposed to a higher risk of poverty ~~and industrial accidents,~~ and the greater difficulties that they encounter in terms of career advancement in the transition from education to the labour market and during reinsertion in the labour market after leave to care for children or relatives;

Amendment 16 #

Philip BUSHILL-MATTHEWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Finds it disturbing that women are continuing to suffer serious discrimination, as reflected in their unemployment rates, the ~~more precarious~~less secure forms of work in which they are employed, their lower pay, the fact that they are exposed to a higher risk of poverty and industrial accidents, and the greater difficulties that they encounter in terms of career advancement;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses that, even though the difference between the employment rate for women and for men has been reduced slightly, this difference still stood at more than 14% in 2006 and women's employment is more precarious, with increasing numbers of women working part-time and on temporary contracts;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Notes that the wage gap persists, with women earning wages that are on average 15% below those for men, that this gap was reduced by only 1% between 2000 and 2006, and that the percentage of women in management posts is still far lower than the percentage of men;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Calls on the Commission to examine to what extent Member States have availed themselves of the possibilities for taking specific positive measures where the disadvantages facing women in their professional careers are particularly serious and evident; calls on the Commission to draw up a report on this matter;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. Whereas indicators show that there were no effects worth mentioning on the ability of women to obtain employment and promotion in the years following the entry into force of the new, improved legislation on equal treatment,

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Calls on the Commission to examine whether women are adequately informed about their rights under Directive 2002/73/EC, have easy and unimpeded access to an ombudsman's office which supports them in exercising their rights and whether Member States, beyond the transposition of legislation, take further measures to support protection from discrimination for women in employment and training and further develop such protection by targeted preventive measures;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)

2e. Calls on the Commission to examine whether the ombudsman authorities for protecting victims in Member States are sufficiently well funded and staffed to enable them to fully to discharge their duties in accordance with Article 8a;

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)

2f. Calls on the Commission to examine whether Member States are ensuring that victims or associations and organisations which have a legitimate interest in compliance with the Directive are not prevented by legal or other barriers, for example excessively short deadlines, from initiating legal proceedings over infringements of discrimination protection and equal rights or from claiming the full rights of those concerned under Directive 2002/73/EC in other administrative procedures;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the ~~Commission and the~~ Member States to intensify their efforts and fight discrimination ~~as a matter of the utmost prio~~between men and women, particularly as regards equality of pay and the integration or reintegration in the labour market as a matter of the utmost priority and calls on the Commission to renew the planning of support measures for this purpose with due respect for the principle of subsidiarity;

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission carefully to monitor the transposition of Directive 2002/73/EC and compliance with the legislation arising from this transposition and to continue to exert pressure on Member States by initiating proceedings in the event of infringements or omissions so that they honour their legal obligations;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Maintains that steps need to be taken immediately in order to give full and productive effect to Directive 2002/73/EC with a view to combating discrimination; ~~urges~~calls upon the Member States to ~~attach greater importance to collective bargaining, give dignity to those who work, bring closer supervision to bear on working~~implement the Decent Work Agenda in accordance with condiventions~~, health and safety, and trade union freedom,~~ of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and, with the assistance of the social partners, draw up phased industry-wide plans, laying down clear-cut goals, to eradicate direct and indirect wage discrimination;

Amendment 26 #

Csaba SÓGOR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Maintains that steps need to be taken immediately in order to give full and productive effect to Directive 2002/73/EC with a view to combating discrimination; urges the Member States to attach greater importance to collective bargaining each according to its traditions, give dignity to those who work, bring closer supervision to bear on working conditions, health and safety, and ~~trade union freedom, and, with the assistance of the social partners, draw up phased industry- wide plans, laying down clear-cut goals, to~~ eradicate direct and indirect wage discrimination;

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Points out that collective negotiation and bargaining have an important role to play in combating discrimination against women, not least as regards access to employment, pay, working conditions, career advancement, and vocational training~~, and maintains that fixed-term contracts should be superseded by contracts concluded for an indefinite period~~;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission, Member States, trade union organisations, employers and all governmental and non- governmental players to do everything within their power to raise awareness of the rights arising from the directive in question and to improve information on the possibilities for redress in the event of discrimination;

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Urges the bodies promoting equal treatment provided for in the directive to ensure the independence of the assistance granted to victims of discrimination and of their supporting and investigations activities; calls also on Member States to ensure the equitable funding of structures and their activities;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)

Ac. Whereas, in many Member States, gender mainstreaming in political and administrative decisions is impossible due to a lack of knowledge and awareness of this approach,

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Points to the need for specific policies and goals aimed at achieving genuine equality between women and men (equal pay, parental leave, access to high-quality jobs with rights) and organising work and working time in ways making for a better work-life balance and equal access to lifelong learning;

Amendment 31 #

Marian HARKIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Points to the need for specific policies and goals aimed at achieving equality between women and men (equal pay, parental leave, access to high- quality jobs with rights, equal representation in decision making and the elimination of gender based violence in the work place) and organising work and working time in ways making for a better work- life balance for women and men;

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Points to the need to ensure greater flexibility regarding parental leave, particularly for mothers with handicapped children;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Points to the need for new and better educational and social facilities, both for children and young people and for older adults, including more (and better) learning opportunities,; calls on Member States to remove discrimination against girls and young women in the transition from school to training and from training to professional life by targeted measures; points to the need for public childcare and nursing services, and care of the elderly; draws the Member States’ attention to the commitment that they entered into regarding these matters at the 2002 Barcelona Summit.

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses the need to guarantee full rights, including maternity and social security rights, for all working women, including women who are self-employed or who work on family farms;

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Considers it important to look into the question of establishing a methodology for analysing exactly what jobs entail, that will guarantee the right to equal pay for women and men, give proper recognition to individuals and occupations and, at the same time, attach due dignity to work as a structuring factor, with a view to increasing the productivity, competitiveness and quality of undertakings and improving the lives of workers, both men and women;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Stresses the need to encourage initiatives that contribute to setting up and implementing in companies human resources policies and positive measures promoting gender equality, and to encourage information and training measures making it possible to promote, transfer and incorporate practices that have been successful in organisations and companies;

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)

7e. Emphasises the need to combat the specific obstacles faced by women and girls with disabilities and the mothers of children with disabilities as regards equal access to education and the labour market and the need to adapt measures to incorporate the gender dimension in all policies and to the particular needs of such groups.

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)

Ad. Whereas, in each Member State, at least one body with responsibility for promoting, analysing, monitoring and fostering gender equality has been set up,

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)

Ae. Whereas gender discrimination in other social and political aspects is worsened by the persisting gender pay gap, especially between the so called feminine and masculine economies and in the public sector,

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Deplores the fact that, although there have been some advances~~, genuine equality between men and women has still to be achieved as regards access to employment and on the labour market~~ as regards access to employment and to the labour market and as regards employment conditions, women are still being discriminated against and takes the view, therefore, that the full transposition of Directive 2002/73/EC in all Member States into national law and in practice in respect of indirect discrimination is indispensable also; points out that implementation must not be accompanied by a reduction in the existing level of protection for women;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that women's economic independence is fundamental for their emancipation, and employment with rights is therefore a guarantee for their personal development and for social inclusion;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls on the Commission to offer its expertise to the Member States, where needed and to take vigorous measures to support the exchange of good practices concerning the equal treatment of women and men in the employment market;

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to assess the activities of national gender equality bodies and to propose measures to strengthen their role and to improve the effectiveness of the application of relevant legislation;

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Amendment 1 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas ~~a definition of "sexual harassment" was set out the first time at EU level in Directive 2002/73/EC, and that Directive also~~Directive 2002/73/EC defined direct discrimination, indirect discrimination and harassment, prohibited discrimination against women on the grounds of pregnancy or maternity leave and provided for the right of return to the same job or an equivalent post after maternity leave, or after paternity or adoption leave, where such rights are recognised by Member States,

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Stresses the critical role of NGOs in providing assistance to victims of discrimination; asks public authorities to earmark resources for mediation and assistance projects, which are more ~~expensive and~~ complex to carry out than dissemination campaigns;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Points to the need to foster ~~social~~ dialogue between the social partners in order to apply the principle of equal treatment by means of the monitoring of workplace practices, collective agreements, codes of conduct~~, research~~ and exchange of experience and good practice;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Invites Member States to ~~incorporate in their national legislation the requirement for~~recommend to undertakings tohat they develop and implement ~~annual~~ corporate equality plans and ~~ensur~~promote gender balanced representation oin ~~corporate board~~management and decision-making bodies;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Invites Member States to incorporate in their national legislation the requirement for undertakings to develop and implement annual plans on corporate equality pland the rights of women and men caring for family members and ensure gender balanced representation on corporate boards;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Invites Member States to encourage employers to provide employees and their representatives with regular ~~gender-based informatio~~information on respect for the principle of equal treatment for women and men;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Invites Member States to encourage employers to provide employees and their representatives with regular ~~gender-based information~~information on gender issues and leave entitlement;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Insists on the need to develop national mechanisms aimed at monitoring the implementation of the equal pay principle and reinstatement at work following maternity leave, paternity leave or leave to care for dependent family members;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Reminds the Member States of the importance of actively implementing gender mainstreaming and seeking to reconcile family and working life when developing and implementing laws;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that close cooperation between the competent committees in national parliaments and the European Parliament in monitoring the transposition and implementation of gender equality legislation would bring gender equality closer to policy-makers and citizens;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Deplores the fact that several national legislations do not ~~defin~~include in a sufficiently clear and explicit manner ~~the no~~definitions of direct and indirect discrimination, harassment and sexual harassment;

Amendment 4 #

Hiltrud BREYER, Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Is concerned that in several Member States the field of application of the prohibited discriminations is not sufficiently wide as to comply with Directive 2002/73/EC; recalls that the prohibited discriminations affects both the private and public sectors;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Refers to the fact that equal treatment does not apply to all social security systems; calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure that occupational pension schemes in particular are not discriminatory against women and that they do not reinforce existing patterns that already put women at a disadvantage in terms of benefits and contributions;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Welcomes the efforts made by those Member States who have extended or reinforced the requirements of Directive 2002/73/EC, especially those initiatives that have introduced protection against discrimination into new sectors of society, such as information and communication technologies (ICT);

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Urges Member States to ~~develop the capacities and~~ ensure adequate resources for the ~~equality bod~~bodies promoting equal treatment and equal gender opportunities provided for in Directive 2002/73/EC, and recalls the Directive's requirement of ensuring the independence of those bodies;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Draws attention to the ~~low~~poor level of awareness of rights under Directive 2002/73/EC among women, as deduced from the low number of gender equality proceedings and complaints filed; calls on Member States, trade unions, employers and NGOs to intensify their efforts to inform women of the possibilities open to victims of discrimination under national legislation in force since 2005;

Amendment 9 #