2015/2097(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas the target of a 75 % employment rate set in the Europe 2020 strategy has already been met for men and is unlikely to be achieved for women (currently at 63.5 %) by 2020 should there be no large-scale ~~improvements in the provision of measures to support~~measures to allow effective work-life balance for women and mothers and to increase women’'s labour market participation~~, predominantly through policy packages equalising the workload related to family and domestic activities between men and women~~ through support of their return to professional life after maternity or parental leave;

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas, according to Eurostat data for 2010 (EU28), out of around 3 500 000 parents taking parental leave that year, 3 423 700 were women, while only 94 800 - a paltry 2.7% - were men;

Amendment 11 #

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the differences in men’s and women’s uptake of maternity, paternity, or parental leave amount to manifest gender discrimination as regards childcare and female labour market participation;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas adequate, individual, compensated parental leave is crucial for same sex parenting couples to be able to achieve work/life balance;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas a framework agreement between social partners respecting subsidiarity principle is the best possible way to achieve the minimum common standard regarding parental leave and any further regulatory effort in this regard might prove counterproductive;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas it is vital to ensure that women have the right to jobs with rights and the right to motherhood without being penalised for it, since women continue to be worst affected and suffer most discrimination; whereas examples of this discrimination include pressure from employers when women attend job interviews, when they are asked whether they have children and how old they are, with the aim of influencing women's decisions and opting for childless workers who are 'more available', along with growing economic and work-related pressures for female employees not to take maternity leave;

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)

C b. whereas women who exercise their right to work/life balance by taking parental leave are faced with a stigma when they return to the labour market, which results in less favourable working conditions and precarious contracts;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas many workers who are in precarious employment or unemployed do not have the right to parental leave;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for the social partners, on the basis of the draft implementation report, to acknowledge the failure of the EU directive on parental leave in achieving its objectives in terms of work-life balance, female labour market participation, demographic challenges and men’s share of family tasks, including the care of children and other dependants, a failure which contravenes EU principles and values regarding gender equality;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for the social partners, on the basis of the draft implementation report, to acknowledge the ~~failure~~limits of the EU directive on parental leave in achieving its objectives in terms of work-life balance, female labour market participation, demographic challenges and men’s share of family tasks;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for the social partners, on the basis of the draft implementation report, to acknowledge the failure of the EU directive on parental leave in achieving its objectives in terms of work-life balance, female labour market participation, demographic challenges and men’s share of family tasks, and considers as a result that more effective measures should be taken to encourage a more equal sharing of family responsibilities between men and women;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas the target of a 75 % employment rate set in the Europe 2020 strategy has already been met for men and ~~is unlikely to~~will most probably not be achieved for women (currently at 63.5 %) by 2020 should there be no large-scale improvements in the provision of measures to support women’s labour market participation, predominantly through policy packages equalising the workload related to family and domestic activities between men and women;

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Is of the opinion that the social partners should activate the review clause; calls for the revision of the directive, including adoption of~~Calls for further discussion on the directive in the context of the recently adopted staff working document of the Commission "Strategic engagement for gender equality 2016-2019", including recommending measures introducing adequate and incentive-based financial compensation for lost income for parents taking up parental leave, in order to secure families’' social and economic well-being ~~and to promote take-up of parental leave by fathers~~;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Is of the opinion that the social partners should activate the review clause; calls for the revision of the directive, including adoption of measures ~~introducing adequate and incentive-based financial compensation for lost income for parents taking up parental leave~~guaranteeing the allocation of parental leave allowances always on the basis of 100% of reference pay, in order to secure families’ social and economic well-being and to promote take- up of parental leave by fathers;

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Is of the opinion that the social partners should activate the review clause; calls for the revision of the directive, including adoption of measures introducing adequate and incentive-based financial compensation for lost income for parents taking up parental leave, in order to secure families’ social and economic well-being and to promote take-up of parental leave by fathers; underlines the importance of adopting an holistic approach including maternity, paternity and parental leave in any revision of the Directive;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Urges the Commission to consider encompassing maternity, paternity, and parental leave within a single directive, given that these types of leave all stem from the same reasons, namely the birth or adoption of a child and the need for parents to look after their children in the proper way;

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that family-related policy instruments such as parental leave should be designed asto in~~dividual, non- transferable entitlements in order to improve their efficiency and take-up rates, especially among men~~crease take-up rates, ultimately leading to a more ~~equitable~~valued position of men and women in the labour market and minimising the discriminatory effects that prolonged periods of labour market inactivity have on women who take up maternity and parental leave; emphasises the need for a balanced distribution of non-transferable parts of the parental leave between both parents; calls in that respect for thand economic and social well- being of parents; notes that the minimum 4-month entitlement as stipulated in the framework agreement should be main~~imum 4-month entitlement to be extended to 6 months~~tained;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that family-related policy instruments such as parental leave should be designed as individual, non-transferable entitlements in order to improve their efficiency and take-up rates, especially among men, ultimately leading to a more equitable position of men and women in the labour market and minimising the discriminatory effects that prolonged periods of labour market inactivity have on women who take up maternity and parental leave; ~~emphasises the need for a balanced distribution of non-transferable parts of the parental leave between both~~takes the view that the Member States should define ways in which leave can be shared or used simultaneously, in line with the outcome of consultations with women's organisations and trade unions, whereby this arrangement should not jeopardise the social rights already in place at paresents; calls in that respect for the minimum 4- month entitlement to be extended to 6 months; points out that consideration needs to be given to a minimum compulsory period of leave for mothers after confinement, in line with Parliament's proposal of 20 October 2010 with a view to amending Directive 92/85/EEC;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that ~~family-related~~work/life balance policy instruments such as parental leave should be designed as individual, non-transferable entitlements with a reasonable level of income replacement in order to improve their efficiency and take-up rates, especially among men, ultimately leading to closing the gender pay gap and a more equitable position of men and women in the labour market and ~~minimis~~reducing the discriminatory effects that prolonged periods of labour market inactivity have on women who take up maternity and parental leave; emphasises the need for a balanced distribution of non-transferable parts of the parental leave between both parents; calls in that respect for the minimum 4-month entitlement to be extended to 6 months;

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that family-related policy instruments such as parental leave should be designed as individual, non-transferable entitlements in order both to comply with the cardinal principle of welfare entitlements, namely that they are granted on an individual basis, as is the case with all other work-related benefits, such as entitlement to holidays, sick leave, or leave on other grounds, and with unemployment benefits, and to improve their efficiency and take-up rates, especially among men, ultimately leading to a more equitable position of men and women in the labour market and minimising the discriminatory effects that prolonged periods of labour market inactivity have on women who take up maternity and parental leave; urges the Commission and the Member States to establish a standard leave entitlement of the same duration for each parent, which should be absolutely non-transferable and non entail any loss of pay; emphasises the need for a balanced distribution of non- transferable parts of the parental leave between both parents; calls ~~in that respect~~ for the minimum 4-month entitlement to be extended to 6 months;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to consider whether it might be possible in future for maternity, paternity, and parental leave all to be paid at the same rate, proceeding, by way of a starting point, from the provisions of Directive 92/85/EEC concerning maternity leave;

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that higher cohesion and accessibility of the leave systems in Member States (encompassing maternity, paternity and parental leave) increases take-up rates and the overall efficiency of policy packages to support families.; emphasises that in order for workers to exercise their right to parental leave, Member States and/or the social partners must take the necessary measures to protect workers against less favourable treatment or dismissal on the grounds of applying for, or taking, parental leave;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas the target of a 75 % employment rate set in the Europe 2020 strategy has already been met for men and is unlikely to be achieved for women (currently at 63.5 %) by 2020 should there be no large-scale improvements in the provision of measures to support women’s labour market participation, predominantly through policy packages equalising the workload related to ~~family and~~ domestic activities, and the care of children and other dependants, between men and women;

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Deplores the fact that the Council has proved incapable of reaching an agreement to break the deadlock over the proposed amendment of the Maternity Leave Directive and that, five years after it was approved by Parliament, the Commission has decided to withdraw the proposal; urges the Commission to submit its road map as soon as possible in order to make a ‘New start to address the challenges of work-life balance faced by working families’, a document which, according to the Commission’s intention, is to replace the above-mentioned proposal revising the Maternity Leave Directive and will comprise a package of legislative and non-legislative measures related to work-life balance; maintains that this is an area in which the Commission has to submit legislative proposals;

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Underlines the importance of the public sector as an employer having a pioneering role, as more men in the public sector take parental leave and as a principle more protection is granted across the EU in the public sector than in the private one;

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that everyone should be guaranteed the right to parental leave without discrimination, regardless of the type of contract working fathers and mothers are employed under;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Calls on MS and the Commission to ameliorate access to justice in instances of discrimination and unlawful dismissal related to work/life balance, by ensuring an efficient judiciary system and widespread social awareness of the rights and remedies regarding work/life balance.

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. whereas other types of parental leave should also be guaranteed, and for example there is a need to create a specific form of maternity leave in the case of premature birth for as long as the newborn baby has to remain in hospital, guaranteeing payment of 100% of the corresponding allowance based on the reference salary, as well as leave where babies are born with conditions that require hospitalisation;

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Considers it crucial for Member States to ensure that the necessary inspection resources are in place to verify that legislation protecting parents' rights is being complied with;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas motherhood and maternity care are not sufficiently recognised and equalised to labour market participation, thus creating pressure on women to prioritise career over maternity;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas family policies should contribute to the achievement of gender equality and be considered in the context of demographic changes, the effects of an ageing population, closing the generation gap, promoting women’s participation in the labour force and the sharing of care responsibilities between women and men;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas in various EU countries with low birth rates, women and couples would like to have children but are prevented from doing so not at their own choosing, but by the growing deterioration in their living and working conditions as a direct result of so-called austerity policies, which have created unemployment and precarious employment and led to the absence of and violation of maternity and paternity rights at the workplace, increasing the cost of essential goods and services, destroying public services and making it more difficult to access facilities for children;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas, in many Member States, the measures taken to encourage men to assume an equal share of family responsibilities has not led to satisfactory results;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas available evidence confirms that unpaid or low-paid family-related periods of leave result in low take-up rates and that fathers ~~take~~represent only a small ~~proportions of parental leave periods if these~~minority of the parents taking parental leave if these periods are family-based, transferable entitlements; whereas, at the same time, non-transferable periods of leave are widely used by both parents if paid at or close to the level of income replacement;

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas the aim is to reduce the persisting gender pay, earnings and pension gaps and thereby inequality in access to financial resources of women throughout life, thus reducing the currently high poverty risk of women in old age;

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2016/01/29 EMPL 201 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Motion for a resolution
Heading 1

on the application of Council Directive 2010/18/EU of 8 March 2010 implementing the revised Framework Agreement on parental leave concluded by BUSINESSEUROPE, UEAPME, CEEP and ETUC and repealing Directive 96/34/EC(Does not affect the English version.)

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)

- having regard to the Commission recommendation of 20 February 2013 entitled 'Investing in Children: Breaking the Cycle of Disadvantage' (C(2013)778)

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes the flexibility the directive grants to the Member States to define forms of parental leave – part-time or full-time – and the working and notice periods established as conditions for granting parental leave; notes that workers on fixed-term contracts and zero-hour contract are not included in these measures and deplores the increase in these types of work contracts; welcomes the initiatives introduced by the Member States to give workers as much flexibility as possible in this area, ensuring that parental leave ties in with their professional and personal circumstances, but believes that any choices made to cede some of the decision- making power to employers should not undermine the target of increasing the taking of parental leave;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes the flexibility the directive grants to the Member States to define forms of parental leave – part-time or full-time – and the working and notice periods established as conditions for granting parental leave; welcomes the initiatives introduced by the Member States to give workers as much flexibility as possible in this area, ensuring that parental leave ties in with their professional and personal circumstances, but believes that any choices made to cede some of the decision- making power to employers should not undermine the target of increasing the taking of parental leave, in compliance with national legislation on the matter;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Notes that, more than a decade after the Member States transposed the Directive, the gender imbalance in taking parental leave persists, a direct result of the fact that such leave is neither transferable nor well paid and is thus not generally taken by men, thereby depriving them of the right to care for their offspring under equal conditions and causing women to continue to take time off work for childbirth or adoption, thus reducing both their income and the employment rate of mothers and women in general;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Stresses the importance of drawing useful lessons from the Member State legislation applicable and incorporating best practices at national level into Directive 2010/18/EU (e.g. exemption from overtime or night work until offspring reach a certain age), while ensuring at the same time that the instrument provides the necessary flexibility; stresses the need to incorporate within the text the various approaches adopted by the Member States;

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls on the Member States to adopt family policies that promote teleworking so as to facilitate optimum work-life balance; (Teleworking should be encouraged since it facilitates an ideal work-life balance.)

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Supports individual Member States having autonomy concerning their rules on parental leave, in line with their national employment laws, with a view to being smart in boosting birth rates across Europe;

Amendment 106 #

Luigi MORGANO, Silvia COSTA, Brando BENIFEI, Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls on the Member States when making their arrangements to ensure that enterprises can plan with certainty and to pay particular attention to the needs of the smallest and small and medium-sized enterprises in this regard;

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Calls for measures to improve and strengthen the provisions of Directive 2010/18/EU regarding the conditions of eligibility and detailed rules for granting parental leave to those who have children with a disability or serious or long-term incapacitating illness, taking account also of best practice in the Member States (extension of the age limit of the child regarding eligibility for parental or childcare leave, easier access to part-time work arrangements on return, extension of leave duration);

Amendment 108 #

Luigi MORGANO, Silvia COSTA, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Considers that a country’s policy on its birth rate, and all measures taken to raise it, are above all a matter for domestic policy, a major factor in the demographic survival of each Member State;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)

8c. Stresses the need to preserve and strengthen provisions relating to reinstatement in the same post or an equivalent or similar post, in accordance with the contract or terms of employment of a worker who has taken parental leave, changes to working hours and/or routines on return to work (including the need for the employer to justify any refusal) and protection against dismissal and less favourable treatment as a result of applying for or taking parental leave;

Amendment 11 #

Claude ROLIN

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)

- having regard to the 2015 Eurofound report entitled ‘Promoting uptake of parental and paternity leave among fathers in the European Union’,

Amendment 110 #

Luigi MORGANO, Silvia COSTA, Flavio ZANONATO, Brando BENIFEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)

8d. Stresses that satisfactory parental leave arrangements are closely linked to adequate pay and that any revision of Directive 2010/18/EU must, among its principal objectives, seek to improve the situation in this regard in the Member States;

Amendment 111 #

Luigi MORGANO, Silvia COSTA, Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 e (new)

8e. Stresses the favourable or unfavourable impact that satisfactory or unsatisfactory parental leave provisions may have on the physical and mental health of mothers, fathers and their children;

Amendment 112 #

Luigi MORGANO, Silvia COSTA, Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 f (new)

8f. Stresses the need to take account of the specific situation and particular needs of large families;

Amendment 113 #

Elena GENTILE

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2

Towards an effective directive to address the challenges of ~~work-life balanc~~reconciling work and family life

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Strongly deplores the fact that the proposed revision of the directive on maternity leave was withdrawn just before the publication of the roadmap ‘New start to address the challenges of work-life balance faced by working families’ and the fact that, in the context of this roadmap, the Commission does not at this stage intend to publish a final report on the implementation of the directive on parental leave;deleted

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Strongly deplores the fact that the proposed revision of the directive on maternity leave was withdrawn just before the publication of the roadmap ‘New start to address the challenges of work-life balance faced by working families’ and the fact that, in the context of this roadmap, the Commission does not at this stage intend to publish a final report on the implementation of the directive on parental leave;deleted

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Strongly deplores the fact that the proposed revision of the directive~~Notes the Commission's withdrawal of the maternity leave directive and welcomes the restart of debates on mnat~~ernity~~ional and European leave ~~was withdrawn just before the publication of the roadmap ‘New start to address the challenges of work life balance faced by~~l; believes that consideration should be given at Member State and if appropriate European level to promote equal opportunities for men and women in the reconciliation of work~~ing~~ and famil~~ies’ and the fact~~y life; stresses that, in the context of th~~is roadmap, the Commission does not at this stage intend to publish a final report on the implementation of the directive on parental leave~~e Commission's roadmap, any new proposal from the Commission in this area must be in full compliance with the principle of subsidiarity and proportionality;

Amendment 117 #

Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Anne SANDER, Jérôme LAVRILLEUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Strongly deplores the fact that the proposed revision of the directive on maternity leave was withdrawn just before the publication of the roadmap ‘New start to address the challenges of work-life balance faced byNotes the Commission's withdrawal of the maternity leave directive; believes that considerations should be given at Member State and if appropriate European level to promote equal opportunities for men and women in the reconciliation of work~~ing~~ and famil~~ies’ and the fact~~y life; Stresses that, in the context of th~~is roadmap, the Commission does not at this stage intend to publish a final report on the implementation of the directive on parental leave~~e Commission's roadmap, that any new proposal from the Commission in this area must be in full compliance with the principle of subsidiarity and proportionality;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Strongly deplores~~Takes note of the fact that the proposed revision of the directive on maternity leave was withdrawn ~~just before the publication of the roadmap ‘New start to address the~~due to the institutional deadlock into which it had sunk; challenges of work-life balance faced by working families’ and the fact that, in the context of this roadmap, the Commission does not at this stage intend to publish a final report on the implementation of the directive on parents on the Commission to return with an ambitious and realistic proposal that will effectively enable better reconciliation of family life and professional l~~eav~~ife;

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Strongly deplor~~Notes the fact that the proposed revision of the directive on maternity leave was withdrawn ~~just before~~and that the publication of the roadmap ‘'New start to address the challenges of work-life balance faced by working families’' was published; and the fact that, in the context of this roadmap, the Commission does not at this stage intend to publish a final report on the implementation of the directive on parental leave;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas there is little chance of the 75 % employment rate target set in the Europe 2020 strategy being achieved for women (it currently stands at 63.5 %) by 2020 without proactive policies designed to help women enter, stay and return to the job market, especially policies that promote a better work-life balance allowing women and men to better balance their work, family and care responsibilities;

Amendment 120 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Strongly d~~Deplores the fact that the proposed revision of the directive on maternity leave was withdrawn just before the publication of the roadmap ‘New start to address the challenges of work-life balance faced by working families’ and the fact that, in the context of this roadmap, the Commission does not at this stage intend to publish a final report on the implementation of the directive on parental leave;

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Strongly deplores the fact that the proposed revision of the directive on maternity leave was withdrawn just before the publication of the roadmap ‘New start to address the challenges of work-life balance faced by working families’ and the fact that, in the context of this roadmap, the Commission does not at this stage intend to publish a final report on the implementation of the directive on parental leave; urges the Commission to consider appropriate and urgent revision of that directive;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Believes that political discussions should also focus on a range of non- legislative initiatives with a view to joint action with Member States and civil society to emphasise the educational role that parents play and to promote work-life balance;

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Believes that considerations should be given to a broad non-legislative initiative to promote the reconciliation of work and family life in the Member States;

Amendment 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Believes, in view of the overlapping nature of the different types of ~~family~~legislation at EU leavel, that ~~a coherent revision of the various texts at EU level is required~~simpler, more clearly worded legislation that removes complexity, improves compliance, supports families, protects workers and enables businesses to grow and create more jobs is necessary;

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Believes, in view of the overlapping nature of the different types of ~~family~~legislation at EU leavel, that ~~a coherent revision of the various texts at EU level is required~~simpler, more clearly worded legislation that removes complexity, improves compliance, protects workers and enables businesses to grow and create more jobs is necessary;

Amendment 126 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Believes, in view of the overlapping nature of the different types of family leave, that a coherent revi~~sion~~ew of the various texts at EU level is required;

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Believes, in view of the overlapping nature of the different types of family leave, that a coherent revision of the various texts at EU level is required; in order to provide families with a life cycle leaves perspective; calls for this revision to also lead to a coherent legislative package that includes other forms of leave such as carer's leave, leave for in- vitro/artificial insemination, palliative care, educational leave, credit-time and, in the absence of a stand-alone directive, paternity leave to promote a more equal share of care responsibilities between women and men;

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Believes, in view of the overlapping nature of the different types of family leave, that a coherent revision of the various texts at EU level is required so as to recast them into a single European directive;

Amendment 129 #

Claude ROLIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Believes, in view of the overlapping nature of the different types of family leave, that a coherent revision of the various texts at EU level with the involvement of the social partners is required;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas there is little chance of the 75 % employment rate target set in the Europe 2020 strategy being achieved for women (it currently stands at 63.5 %) by 2020 without proactive policies designed to help women enter the job market~~, especially~~ and to safeguard and support their return as mothers to the job market, especially by means of policies that promote a better work-life balance;

Amendment 130 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls for the EU to adopt a single directive on leave for childbirth or adoption to replace the two existing directives (2010/18/EU and 92/85/EEC), thus putting an end to the situation whereby two unconnected directives regulate the same thing: the birth or adoption of a child and the right of its parents to care for it;

Amendment 131 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls for greater consistency between national laws in order to guarantee the same rights to all parents within the EU and stresses that, to ensure the economic well-being of families, Member States must ensure them a decent income, at least in the early years of children’s lives; (Different treatment in different Member States is a breach of the fundamental principle of equality and spawns unfair competition between Member States. Those who take parental leave must be sure of an adequate family income, so as to encourage fathers in particular to take parental leave also.)

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

~~11. Emphasises the need to activate the revision clause in EU legislation on parental leave for that purpose;~~deleted

Amendment 133 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

~~11. Emphasises the need to activate the revision clause in EU legislation on parental leave for that purpose;~~deleted

Amendment 134 #

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Patrick LE HYARIC, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Emphasises the need to activate the revi~~sion~~ew clause in EU legislation on parental leave for that purpose;

Amendment 135 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Emphasises the need to activate the revision clause in EU legislation on parental leave for that purpose, including, in particular: the adoption of measures guaranteeing the allocation of parental leave allowances always on the basis of 100% of reference pay, a specific form of maternity leave in the case of premature birth for as long as the newborn baby has to remain in hospital, and subsidised leave where babies are born with conditions that require hospitalisation;

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Underlines the importance of the public sector as an employer having a pioneering role, since more men in the public sector take parental leave and since, in general, more protection is granted here across the EU than in the private sector;

Amendment 137 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 138 #

Motion for a resolution
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, iconsider the strong social arguments in favour of introducing financial compensation for~~der to safeguard families’ social and economic wellbeing~~ parental leave;

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Member States to introduce financial compensation for parental leave and the educational role of parents 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 wellbeing;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas there is little chance of ~~the 75 % employment rate target set in the Europe 2020 strategy being achieved for women (it currently stands at 63.5 %) by 2020~~achieving the target of high-quality, stable and decent work for women, on equal conditions to men without proactive policies designed to help women enter the job market, especially policies that promote a better work-life balance;

Amendment 140 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 141 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Member States to ~~introduce~~reconsider their systems of financial compensations 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~~taking up the full parental leave available for both parents, in order to safeguard families’' social and economic wellbeing;

Amendment 142 #

Marian HARKIN, Ivo VAJGL, Renate WEBER, Martina DLABAJOVÁ

Motion for a resolution
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 wellbeing~~in order to facilitate reconciliation between work and family life;

Amendment 143 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Member States to introduce financial compensation to the tune of 100% of their wages for parental leave for all parents with a view to reaching a level that would act as an incentive for income replacement, over the entire minimum time period guaranteed by the single directive establishing an equal, non-transferable parental leave entitlement on full pay for each parent, based on the average EU maternity leave income replacement rate, in order to safeguard families’ social and economic wellbeing;

Amendment 144 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. ~~Calls on~~Recommends that 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~~ir national legislation, in order to safeguard families’ social and economic wellbeing;

Amendment 145 #

Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Anne SANDER, Jérôme LAVRILLEUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Member States to introduce an adequate level of financial compensation for parental leave with a view to reaching a level that would act as an incentive for income replacement, which also encourages men to take parental leave, 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 wellbeing;

Amendment 146 #

Enrique CALVET CHAMBON

Motion for a resolution
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 wellbeing~~facilitate the reconciliation of family life with work; considers that a step forward in this regard would contribute to lifting a significant part of the EU out of its demographic winter;

Amendment 147 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Emphasises the need to provide workers who opt for parental leave with a decent income that allows them to make a genuine choice between the pursuit of their professional activities and raising their children;

Amendment 148 #

Marian HARKIN, Ivo VAJGL, Renate WEBER, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Enrique CALVET CHAMBON

Motion for a resolution
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 149 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Proposes, while respecting the sovereignty of each Member State, a parental education salary up to the amount of the minimum wage provided for under each Member State’s legislation and corresponding to real family obligations, with a view to supporting birth rates;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas there is little chance of the 75 % employment rate target set in the Europe 2020 strategy being achieved for women (it currently stands at 63.5 %) by 2020; w~~ithout~~hereas, moreover, there is a need for proactive policies designed to help women enter the job market, especially policies that promote a better work-life balance;

Amendment 150 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

~~13. Calls on the Commission and the social partners to offer to extend this minimum duration from four to six months to improve work-life balance;~~deleted

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

~~13. Calls on the Commission and the social partners to offer to extend this minimum duration from four to six months to improve work-life balance;~~deleted

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission and the social partners to offer to e~~xtend this minimum duration from four to six m~~stablish a standard leave entitlement of the same duration for each parent, on full pay, to improve work- life balance; reiterates, therefore, the need to harmonise the applicable rules by submitting a legislative initiative on this ~~to improve work-life balance~~matter unifying maternal, paternal and parental leave entitlements with a view to addressing the real-life situation of women and men in the Member States of the EU;

Amendment 153 #

Elena GENTILE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

~~13. Calls on the Commission and the social partners to offer to extend this minimum duration from four to six months to improve work-life balance;~~Does not affect English version.

Amendment 154 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission ~~and the social partners to offer~~to allow the Member States to take the measures necessary at national level to extend this minimum duration from four to six months to improve work-life balance;

Amendment 155 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission and the social partners to offer ~~to extend this minimum duration from four to six months~~an appropriate extension of this minimum duration to improve work-life balance;

Amendment 156 #

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Patrick LE HYARIC, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission and the social partners to ~~offer to~~investigate the possibility of extend ~~this~~ing minimum duration of parental leave from four to six months to improve work-life balance;

Amendment 157 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission and the social partners to offer to extend this minimum duration from four to six months, paid at 100%, to improve work-life balance;

Amendment 158 #

Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Anne SANDER, Jérôme LAVRILLEUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission and the social partners to offer to extend this minimum duration from four to at least six months to improve work-life balance;

Amendment 159 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls for workers returning from parental leave to be able to benefit from training periods and from a period of protection against dismissal so that they can readjust to their job;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas there is little chance of the 75 % employment rate target set in the Europe 2020 strategy being achieved for women (it currently stands at 63.5 %) by 2020 without proactive policies designed to help women enter the job market, especially policies that promote a better work-life balance;(Does not affect the English version.)

Amendment 160 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Notes that return to work after parental leave can be a difficult and stressful situation for both a parent and a child. Encourages in this respect the use of modern technologies such as teleworking in order to assure a smooth and gradual return to work;

Amendment 161 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on the Commission and the social partners to increase the age of the child for which parental leave can be taken to cover the full span of childhood and adolescence to ensure that parents can avail of leave in cases of unexpected and non-detected special needs occurring beyond the age of 8; considers in particular that the possibility to take up parental leave for parents of children with disabilities or long-term illnesses should be extended beyond the statutory child age foreseen by the directive;

Amendment 162 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

Amendment 163 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

Amendment 164 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Stresses that improved coordination, coherence and accessibility in the Member States’ leave systems (maternity, paternity and parental) increases participation levels and overall efficiency; stresses in that regard that ~~an EU directive on a two-week paternity leave is ess~~integrated concepts and awareness-raising measures are necessary in order to make fathers Europe-wide much more aware of their responsibilities with respect to parential leave;

Amendment 165 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Stresses that improved coordination, coherence and accessibility in the Member States’ leave systems (maternity, paternity and parental) increases participation levels and overall efficiency; stresses in that regard that a~~n EU~~ single directive on ~~a two-week paternity leave is essential~~leave for childbirth or adoption is essential to replace the two existing directives (2010/18/EU and 92/85/EEC), thus putting an end to the situation whereby two unconnected directives regulate the same thing: the birth or adoption of a child and the right of its parents to care for it;

Amendment 166 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

Amendment 167 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

Amendment 168 #

Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

Amendment 169 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls on Member States and social partners to tackle the many obstacles to return to work after a period of long parental leave to avoid that this leave becomes a trap of exclusion from the labour market; recalls in this context that equality between men and women can only be achieved through a fair redistribution of paid and unpaid work as well as of work, family and care responsibilities;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas there is little chance of the 75 % employment rate target set in the Europe 2020 strategy being achieved for women (it currently stands at 63.5 %) by 2020 without proactive policies designed to help women enter the job market, especially policies that promote a better ~~work-life balanc~~balance between private life, family life and working life;

Amendment 170 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Stresses the need to extend the period in which both parents can exercise their right to take parental leave;

Amendment 171 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase benefits and protection for fathers and mothers of children with disabilities (Families including children with disabilities should be given assistance, especially of a financial nature, in view of the greater hardship they face in terms of both time and financial resources.)

Amendment 172 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14b. Calls on the Commission and the social partners to extend the possibility of exercising this right until the child reaches the age of 12;

Amendment 173 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

Amendment 174 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. ~~Urges~~Calls on the Member States ~~and the social partners~~ to continue with their efforts at ~~sharing best practices on positive action~~greater convergence towards best practices in the area of work- life balance, paying particular attention to policies that help mothers to enter the job market and fathers to participate in family life, so as to facilitate occupational mobility through procedures for the recognition of vocational qualifications in the single market;

Amendment 175 #

Claude ROLIN, Anne SANDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

Amendment 176 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Urges the Member States and the social partners to continue with their efforts at sharing best practices on positive action in the area of work-life balance, paying particular attention to policies that help mothers to enter the job market and fathers to participate in family life and that increase the participation of fathers in parental leave;

Amendment 177 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Urges the Member States and the social partners to continue with their efforts at sharing best practices on positive action in the area of work-life balance, paying particular attention to policies that help ~~mothers to enter~~women to enter the job market, that protect and support mothers in the job market, and that help fathers to participate in family life;

Amendment 178 #

Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Anne SANDER, Jérôme LAVRILLEUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Urges the Member States and the social partners to continue with their efforts at sharing best practices on positive action in the area of work-life balance, paying particular attention to policies that help mothers to enter, stay and return to the job market and fathers ~~to participate in family life~~as well as others taking on a parental responsibility to equally participate in family life, including policies for overcoming stereotyped gender roles;

Amendment 179 #

Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Urges the Member States and the social partners to continue with their efforts at sharing best practices on positive action in the area of work-life balance, paying particular attention to policies that help mothers to enter the job market and be able to have the chance of a successful professional career without renouncing to their family, as well as to fathers to participate more than now in family life;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A. whereas career equality for men and women would help resolve the problem of women faced with impoverishment being far more vulnerable;

Amendment 180 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Urges the Member States and the social partners to continue with their efforts at sharing best practices on positive action in the area of work-life balance, paying particular attention to policies that help mothers to enter the job market and fathers to participate in family life; encourages Commission to monitor and promote that actions;

Amendment 181 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Urges the Member States and the social partners to continue with their efforts at sharing best practices on positive action in the area of work-life balance, paying particular attention to policies that help mothers to enter the job market and fathers to participate in family life; welcomes initiatives seeking to establish a non- legislative family strategy at European level;

Amendment 182 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement social policies that can encourage and facilitate parenthood where the low birth-rate in Europe is mainly attributable to the current adverse economic and social conditions;

Amendment 183 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

~~16.~~ Believes that, alongside legislative measures to ~~promote work-life balance~~reconcile work and family life more effectively, the Member States, with the financial backing of the various EU instruments, should focus on introducing high-quality, accessible childcare facilities with a view to meeting the Barcelona objectives;

Amendment 184 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Believes that, alongside legislative measures to promote work-life balance, the Member States, with the financial backing of the various EU instruments, should focus on introducing high-quality, ~~accessible childcare facilities with a view to meeting the Barcelona objectives;~~ inclusive, affordable and accessible childcare, which is guaranteed and available from the moment a parent decides to return to the job market, as well as other dependent care facilities, including independent living initiatives, with a view to meeting the Barcelona objectives and increasing caring needs in society in general;

Amendment 185 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Believes that, alongside legislative measures to promote work-life balance, the Member States, with the financial backing of the various EU instruments, should focus on introducing high-quality, accessible childcare facilities, provided free of charge to families that are poor and at risk of social exclusion, with a view to meeting the Barcelona objectives;

Amendment 186 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

Amendment 187 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

Amendment 188 #

Marian HARKIN, Ivo VAJGL, Renate WEBER, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Enrique CALVET CHAMBON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Invites Member States to raise parents' awareness of the benefits of participation in early childhood education and care programmes for their children and themselves; calls on Member States to adapt the design and eligibility criteria of high-quality, inclusive early childhood education and care services to increasingly diverse working patterns, thereby helping parents maintain their work commitments or find a job, whilst keeping a strong focus on the child's best interests;

Amendment 189 #

Motion for a resolution
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;

Amendment 19 #

Elena GENTILE

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the harmonisation of work- life balance policies, including the parental leave instrument, is vital for worker mobility, also with regard to the stated will to facilitate the recognition of professional qualifications, thereby helping to achieve the 75 % employment rate target set out in the Europe 2020 strategy;

Amendment 190 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16b. Calls on the member states to step up protection against discrimination and unlawful dismissal related to work/life balance and to ensure and improve access to justice in such cases; calls on the Commission and member states to raise awareness across society of the rights and remedies regarding work/life balance;

Amendment 191 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

Amendment 192 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

Amendment 193 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

Amendment 194 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Call on the Commission, in that regard, to incorporate ~~workplace~~ gender equality objectives ~~into the European Semester for economic policy coordination to enable the targets of the Europe 2020 strategy to be met~~ and to gauge the positive influence of legislative measures on improving work- life balance with a view to redistributing family and domestic responsibilities;

Amendment 195 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Call on the Commission, in that regard, to incorporate workplace gender equality objectives into the European Semester for economic policy coordination to enable the targets of the Europe 2020 strategy to be met and to gauge the positive influence of legislative measures on improving work- life balance with a view to redistributing family and domestic responsibilities, taking into account also the particular responsibilities of those caring for children with disabilities, in a position of dependency and/or belonging to disadvantaged categories and groups;

Amendment 196 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission, ~~in that regard,~~ to incorporate workplace gender equality objectives into the European Semester for economic policy coordination to enable the targets of the Europe 2020 strategy to be met and to gauge the positive influence of legislative measures on improving work- life balance with a view to redistributing family, care and domestic responsibilities;

Amendment 197 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Call on the Commission, in that regard, to incorporate family recognition and workplace gender equality objectives into the European Semester for economic policy coordination to enable the targets of the Europe 2020 strategy to be met and to gauge the positive and negative influence of legislative measures on improving work- life balance with a view to redistributing family and domestic responsibilities;

Amendment 198 #

Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Calls the Commission to envisage how fiscal reforms could reinforce the objectives of maternity and paternity leaves as well as the conciliation of family and work;

Amendment 199 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Calls on the Commission to in future use the politically correct terms in German versions of all official documents: ‘Elternzeit’ for ‘parental leave’, ‘Mutterschaftskarenz’ for ‘maternity leave’ and ‘Vaterschaftskarenz’ for ‘paternity leave’;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1

Hhaving regard to Articles 2, 3(3) and ~~3(3)~~5 of the Treaty on European Union,

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the job performed by parents in the family and in raising children represents a measurable contribution to the economy which is furthermore of great importance in view of demographic developments in Europe;

Amendment 200 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Points out that where there are no provisions for maternity, paternity and parental leave, or where existing provisions are considered insufficient, social partners can play an important role in improving the situation;

Amendment 201 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Calls on the Commission to promote organisational models that promote work- life balance - such as teleworking, home working and smart working policies;

Amendment 21 #

Marian HARKIN, Enrique CALVET CHAMBON, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Renate WEBER, Ivo VAJGL

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas, according to Eurofound research, the gender gap in employment participation leads to serious consequences and losses for European economies which amounted in 2013 to around €370 billion, corresponding to 2.8% of the EU GDP; similarly the cost of the exclusion from employment of a woman all along her working life is estimated between €1.2 million and €2 million depending on her educational level;

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
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 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas available data confirms that unpaid or poorly paid family leave results in low participation rates, fathers make use of very few of their parental leave rights ~~and non-transferable~~, properly paid parental leave is used in a more balanced way by both parents;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas available data confirms that unpaid or poorly paid family leave results in low participation rates, fathers make use of very few of their parental leave rights and non-transferable, properly paid parental leave is used in a more balanced way by both parents; whereas a non- transferable paid leave entitlement of equal duration would ensure a fairer balance of responsibilities between men and women in care work and reduce discrimination against women in the labour market;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

Amendment 26 #

Marian HARKIN, Ivo VAJGL, Renate WEBER, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Enrique CALVET CHAMBON

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas numerous researchers suggest that fathers who take paternity leave build a better relationship with their children and are more likely to take active role in future child-care tasks; whereas parental leave have long-term benefits for child's development;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
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 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas a mixed model composed by both a maternity and a paternity and by a common, i.e., parental leave allows both parents to properly co-decide how they can manage their leaves, in the best interest of their children and considering their job specificities;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas, within the framework of public policies in force on the matter, fathers’ participation rate in parental leave in the EU Member States remains low, with only 10 % of fathers taking at least one day of leave; in contrast, 97 % of women use the ~~family leave~~parental leave that is available for both parents; but generally not taken by fathers since it is not provided on equal conditions, transferable between parents or paid at a rate of 100%;

Amendment 3 #

Claude ROLIN, Anne SANDER

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1

- having regard to Articles 2, 3(3) and ~~3(3)~~5 of the Treaty on European Union,

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas, within the framework of public policies in force on the matter, fathers’ participation rate in parental leave in the EU Member States is rising but remains low, with only 10 % of fathers taking at least one day of leave; in contrast, 97 % of women use the family leave available for both parents;

Amendment 31 #

Marian HARKIN, Ivo VAJGL, Renate WEBER, Enrique CALVET CHAMBON, Martina DLABAJOVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas Eurofound studies have illustrated that aspects influencing fathers' take-up rate of parental leave, are: 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;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
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 33 #

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Patrick LE HYARIC, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the EU as a whole is facing a serious demographic challenge as birth rates are constantly decreasing in most Member States, ~~and family policies that are fair to men and women should both improve women’s prospects on the job market and have a positive impact on demographic processes;~~ not because of a choice made by women and couples over whether to have children but because of the growing deterioration in their living and working conditions as a direct result of so-called austerity policies, which have created unemployment and precarious employment and led to the absence of and violation of maternity and paternity rights at the workplace, increasing the cost of essential goods and services, destroying public services and making it more difficult to access facilities for children;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the EU as a whole is facing ~~a serious~~ demographic challenges as birth rates are constantly decreasing in most Member States, and family policies that are fair to men and women should ~~both~~ improve women’'s prospects on the job market, reduce gender gaps with regards to pay, pensions and life-long earnings and have a positive impact on demographic processes;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the EU as a whole is facing a serious demographic challenge as birth rates are constantly decreasing in most Member States, and ~~family~~work-life balance policies that are fair to men and women should both improve women’s prospects on the job market and have a positive impact on demographic processes;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the EU as a whole is facing a serious demographic challenge as birth rates are constantly decreasing in most Member States, and whereas robust, cross- cutting, structural family policies that are fair to men and women must be considered the key instrument for dealing with this issue and should both improve women’s prospects on the job market and have a positive impact on demographic processes; stresses the importance of family mainstreaming in EU policies;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the EU as a whole is facing a serious demographic challenge as birth rates are constantly decreasing in most Member States, and family policies that are fair to men and women should ~~both~~ improve women’'s prospects on the job market, improve work-life balance and have a positive impact on demographic processes;

Amendment 38 #

Luigi MORGANO, Silvia COSTA, Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas a discriminatory leave system serves to widen the gender pay gap and undermines the right of children to enjoy the protection and parental care of both their mother and father, the right of its parents to care for their offspring and the right of all people to equal social entitlements; whereas introducing the element of transferability represents a break with the principle of individual social entitlements;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the evaluation of the effectiveness of Directive 2010/18/EU does not merely concern the issue of gender equality and women's access to employment, but also the need to enable parents to fulfil, as best they can, their responsibilities towards their children, including their own key educational role, and to spend quality time with their children;

Amendment 4 #

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4

having regard to Articles 237, 9, 23, 24 and 33~~(2)~~ of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas it is vital to ensure that women have the right to jobs with rights and the right to motherhood without being penalised for it, since women continue to be worst affected and suffer most discrimination; whereas examples of this discrimination include pressure from employers when women attend job interviews, when they are asked whether they have children and how old they are, with the aim of influencing women's decisions and opting for childless workers who are 'more available', along with growing economic and work-related pressures for female employees not to take maternity leave;

Amendment 41 #

Marian HARKIN, Ivo VAJGL, Renate WEBER, Enrique CALVET CHAMBON

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas one of the issues restricting women from entering the labour market, and staying there, is their responsibility to care for children with disabilities, who are not self-sufficient and are thus dependent and/or belong to disadvantaged categories and groups;

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
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 43 #

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Patrick LE HYARIC, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas the work-life balance is a fundamental right which should be fully incorporated into every EU text that might have an impact on the matter; highlights, more generally, the importance of having family-friendly working environments;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas many workers who are in precarious employment or unemployed do not have the right to parental leave;

Amendment 45 #

Marian HARKIN, Ivo VAJGL, Renate WEBER, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Enrique CALVET CHAMBON

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas the Commission should launch specific measures to foster a new kind of work organisation, through more flexible models which, through work-life balance instruments, enable parents to exercise their right to parenthood effectively;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
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 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)

Dc. whereas Member States should promote, in both the public and private sectors, business welfare models which require respect for the right to a work-life balance;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
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 national legislation and usages ~~in force in the area of collective bargaining between social partners~~;

Amendment 49 #

Marian HARKIN, Ivo VAJGL, Renate WEBER, Martina DLABAJOVÁ

Motion for a resolution
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 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9

~~— having regard to the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions study entitled ‘Promoting parental and paternity leave among fathers’,~~(Does not affect the English version.)

Amendment 50 #

Marian HARKIN, Ivo VAJGL, Renate WEBER, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Enrique CALVET CHAMBON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Points out again that the superimposition of additional national provisions could further complicate European framework legislation and reduce its regulatory effect; calls on the Member States, in accordance with the recommendations of the High-Level Group on Administrative Burdens, to avoid imposing additional bureaucratic burdens when transposing EU law and to commit with the EU institutions to the principle of smart regulation;

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
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 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recalls that gold-plating by Member States can add to the complexity of regulation and in effect reduce compliance; Calls on the Member States to avoid adding administrative burdens when transposing EU legislation;

Amendment 53 #

Claude ROLIN, Anne SANDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Stresses that levels of protection and benefits afforded to parents in the Member States vary considerably and that European rules should not have the effect of complicating, restricting or increasing the cost of national systems that already work well and offer a high level of performance;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Considers it regrettable that not all Member States have~~Encourages Member States that have not yet provided the Commission with correspondence tables between the provisions of the directive and the transposition measures to do so as soon as possible;

Amendment 55 #

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Patrick LE HYARIC, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Considers it regrettable that not all Member States have provided the Commission with correspondence tables between the provisions of the directive and the transposition measures; considers it crucial for Member States to ensure that the necessary inspection resources are in place to verify that legislation protecting parents' rights is being complied with;

Amendment 56 #

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Patrick LE HYARIC, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Considers it regrettable furthermore that the Commission is being led to give a ruling while not in possession of all the regulatory elements enabling transposition;

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers it regrettable that there are disparities between the transposition measures of the directive in the field of application, thus creating systems that benefit workers to varying degrees depending on their employment sector (public or private) and the length of their contract; stresses that everyone should be guaranteed the right to parental leave without discrimination, regardless of the type of contract working fathers and mothers are employed under;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers it regrettable that there are disparities between the transposition measures of the directive in the field of application, thus creating systems that benefit workers to varying degrees depending on their employment sector (public or private) and the length of their contract; considers that this risks affecting women more negatively and to a higher extent than men, since women are overrepresented in the public sector and more often work part-time;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers it regrettable that there are disparities between the transposition measures of the directive in the field of application, thus creating systems that benefit workers to varying degrees depending on their employment sector (public or private) and the length of their contract; recommends, to that end, that all possible measures be taken to enable the directive to be binding, in a uniform manner, on both the public and private sectors;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10

— having regard to the European Parliament Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union study entitled ‘Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave: Data Related to Duration and Compensation Rates in the European Union’,(Does not affect the English version.)

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the fact that some Member States have transposed the provisions of the directive beyond the minimum field of application, enabling freelance workers, apprentices~~, same-sex couples~~ and parents of adopted children to benefit;

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the fact that some Member States have transposed the provisions of the directive beyond the minimum field of application, enabling freelance workers, apprentices, same-sex couples and parents of adopted children to benefit; recommends, where this is not yet the case, that the necessary measures be adopted to extend these provisions to such categories, to ensure legal certainty across the EU;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Considers that the provision of social services is a matter for the Member States;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls for the adoption by the Member States of family social policies which provide for the application of all the benefits included in the directive in the event of a prolonged stay abroad by parents seeking to complete an international adoption procedure; (Parents who wish to carry out an international adoption must be supported by the EU institutions and by individual Member States.)

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Considers that application of these provisions to same-sex couples is a matter to be decided upon solely at national level;

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Firmly believes that the provision of social welfare is a Member States competence;

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Notes the high degree of variabil~~Regrets the great disparity between Member States regarding the maximum duration of parental leave; welcomes the various measures adopted to encourage fathers to ~~take~~use their parental leave;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Notes the high degree of variability between Member States regarding the maximum duration of parental leave and systems regarding pay during the leave period; welcomes the various measures adopted to encourage fathers to take parental leave; believes that the issue of pay during leave is crucial to ensure that low income parents and single parents benefit on an equal footing;

Amendment 69 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Notes the high degree of variability between Member States regarding the maximum duration of parental leave; ~~welcomes the various measures adopted to encourage fathers to take parental leave~~considers it essential to recast the existing directives into a single European directive providing for an equal and non- transferable parental leave entitlement on full pay for mothers and fathers;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

- having regard to the Eurofound Report on 'Maternity leave provisions in the EU Member States: Duration and allowances' (Eurofound, 2015);

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Notes the high degree of variability between Member States regarding the maximum duration of parental leave; welcomes the various measures adopted to encourage fathers to take parental leave, all the more so since having the father and mother present either jointly or in turn enables balance in the child’s mental, social and emotional development;

Amendment 71 #

Miroslav POCHE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Notes the high degree of variability between Member States regarding the maximum duration of parental leave; welcomes the various measures adopted to encourage fathers to take parental leave and calls for more effective sharing of best practices in this field;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Notes the high degree of variability between Member States regarding the maximum duration and statutory form of parental leave; welcomes the various measures adopted to encourage fathers to take parental leave;

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Recognises the potential value of the EU as a means to focus Member States' attention on the need for action and for brokering exchanges of advice and assistance for those Member States that need it, particularly in the field of social welfare rights;

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Notes that, according to Eurostat, the number of persons who took parental leave in 2010 was 3 518 600, and out of those were only 94 800 (2,7 %) men; considers that this is a far too low number and encourages the Commission to act and to propose measures that encourage and allow fathers to take more parental leave;

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Notes the importance of adopting measures to avoid inequalities between workers who have access to parental leave and those who do not benefit from such leave; stresses, therefore, the importance of providing for adequate penalties in case of discriminatory conduct; (The enjoyment of parental leave must not be a reason for discrimination, or be to the detriment of working life).

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Recognises the potential value of the EU as a means to focus Member States attention on the need for action and for brokering exchanges of advice and assistance for those Member States that need it, particularly in the field of social welfare rights;

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Condemns the decision taken by~~Regrets the fact that some Member States to only provide access to social welfare rights for a shorter duration than the maximum duration of parental leave, thus reducing the number of parents who actually use this maximum duration;

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Condemn~~Notes the decision taken by some Member States to only provide access to social welfare rights for a shorter duration than the maximum duration of parental leave, thus reducing the number of parents who actually use this maximum duration;

Amendment 79 #

Marian HARKIN, Ivo VAJGL, Renate WEBER, Enrique CALVET CHAMBON, Martina DLABAJOVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses the need to guarantee favourable conditions for the return to work of those who have enjoyed a lengthy period of parental leave;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)

- having regard to the Eurofound report 'Maternity leave provisions in the EU Member States: Duration and allowances' (July 2015);

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Emphasises~~Calls on the Member States to consider the benefits of ensuring that family rights assigned by public policies, including parental leave, ~~should~~to be individual rather than transferable, with a view to encouraging both parents to achieve a better work-life balance;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Emphasises~~Calls on the Member States to guarantee that family rights assigned by public policies, including parental leave, should be individual rather than transferable, with a view to encouraging both parents to achieve a better work-life balance;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises that family rights assigned by public policies, including parental leave, should be ~~individual rather than transferable,~~designed with a view to encouraging both parents to achieve a better work-life balance; while taking in consideration their individual situation and thus allowing certain flexibility; underlines in this respect that the main aim of measures undertaken in regard to the increased use of parental leave is the benefit of a child;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises that family rights assigned by public policies, including parental leave, should be ~~individual rather than transferable, with a view to encouraging both parents to achieve a better work-life balance;~~composed by a maternity and a paternity leaves, each one with a minimum duration and both non- transferable by a parental leave that can be used fully by one of the progenitors or by both in a shared system, with a view to encouraging both parents to achieve a better work-life balance; with this model of a parental leave is no possible any kind of pre-assumption of which parent is going to use the parental leave that covers, firstly, the best interests of children, contributing to a balanced model that fosters gender equity

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Emphasises~~Points out that ensuring that some parental leave is exclusively available for men prompts fathers to take it, thus promoting fatherhood; emphasises therefore that family rights assigned by public policies, including parental leave, should be individual ~~rather than transferable~~and non-transferable for the entire period, with a view to encouraging both parents to achieve a better work-life balance; stresses also that discriminations towards women and men in staying, accessing and returning to the labour market have to be eliminated;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises that family rights assigned by public policies, including parental leave, should be individual rather than transferable~~, with a view to~~; stresses however the need for those rights to be equal so that they encourag~~ing~~e both parents to achieve a better work-life balance; considers that transferable rights only leads to women taking up an unproportional amount, thus hindering their participation in the labour market ;

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises that ~~family~~ rights assigned by public policies to support families, including parental leave, should be individual rather than transferable, ensuring a flexible approach, with a view to encouraging both parents to achieve a better ~~work-life balanc~~balance between private life, family life and working life;

Amendment 89 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises that family rights assigned by public policies, including parental leave, should be individual rather than transferable, with a view to encouraging both parents to achieve a better work-life balance, to respecting the principle of individual social entitlements that automatically applies to all other work- related – such as the right to annual leave and sick leave – and unemployment- related entitlements and to improving their efficiency and take-up rates, especially among men;

Amendment 9 #

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Lynn BOYLAN, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Patrick LE HYARIC, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12

~~— having regard to its resolution of 11 March 2015 on the European Semester for Economic Policy Coordination: Employment and Social Aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 20151 , __________________ 1~~deleted Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0068.

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises that family rights assigned by public policies, including parental leave, should be ~~individual rather than transferable, with a view to encouraging both parents to achieve a better work-life balance;~~ designed to encourage both parents to achieve a better work-life balance, minimising the discriminatory effects that prolonged periods of labour market inactivity have on women who take up maternity and parental leave; takes the view that the Member States should define ways in which leave can be shared or used simultaneously, in line with the outcome of consultations with women's organisations and trade unions, whereby this arrangement should not jeopardise the social rights already in place at present;

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Emphasises that families with children and parents taking a career break to raise them have to bear not only a loss of income but also higher expenditure and far too low a valuation of their parental role; refers here particularly to the special situation of large families;

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Urges the Commission to respect the privacy, even intimacy, of family life and not establish any standards that would seek to impose ratios on the leave taken respectively by fathers and mothers;

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Reiterates that the decision to take parental leave is a matter for the father or mother alone and should not be done to meet a ratio of some kind imposed arbitrarily by the European Union;

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes the ~~flexibility the directive grants to the~~importance of providing flexibility to Member States in such directives in order to allow Member States to define and tailor forms of parental leave – part-time or full-time – ~~and the working~~ and notice periods ~~established~~ as conditions for granting parental leave; welcomes the initiatives introduced by the Member States to give workers as much flexibility as possible in this area, ensuring that parental leave ties in with their professional and personal circumstances~~, but believes that any choices made to cede some of the decision-making power to employers should not undermine the target of increasing the taking of parental leave~~;

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes the flexibility the directive grants to the Member States to define forms of parental leave – part-time or full-time – and the working and notice periods established as conditions for granting parental leave; ~~welcom~~notes the initiatives introduced by the Member States to give workers as much flexibility as possible in this area, ensuring that parental leave ties in with their professional and personal circumstances, but ~~believes tha~~refuses to accept any choices made to cede some of the decision- making power to employers s~~hould not~~ ince this runs coundter~~mine~~ to the target of increasing the taking of parental leave, and recommends the introduction of non-transferable parental leave entitlements of equal duration on full pay;

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes the flexibility the directive grants to the Member States to define forms of parental leave – part-time or full-time – and the working and notice periods established as conditions for granting parental leave; welcomes the initiatives introduced by the Member States to give workers as much flexibility as possible in this area, ensuring that parental leave ties in with their professional and personal circumstances, but believes that a~~ny choices made to cede some of the decision-making power to employers should not undermine the target~~ll arrangements should have the fundamental aim of increasing the taking of parental leave;

Amendment 97 #

Inês Cristina ZUBER, Lynn BOYLAN, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Patrick LE HYARIC, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Not~~Stresses the ~~flexibility~~need for the directive to grants to the Member States maximum flexibility to define forms of parental leave – part-time or full-time – and the working and notice periods established as conditions for granting parental leave; welcomes the initiatives introduced by the Member States to give workers as much flexibility as possible in this area, ensuring that parental leave ties in with their professional and personal circumstances, but believes that any choices made to cede some of the decision- making power to employers should not undermine the target of increasing the taking of parental leave;

Amendment 98 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes the flexibility the directive grants to the Member States to define forms of parental leave – part-time or full-time – and the working and notice periods established as conditions for granting parental leave, whereby these different arrangements should depend on requests being made by mothers and fathers; welcomes the initiatives introduced by the Member States to give workers as much flexibility as possible in this area, ensuring that parental leave ties in with their professional and personal circumstances~~, but~~; believes that any choices made to cede some of the decision-making power to employers ~~should not~~will undermine the target of increasing the taking of parental leave; points out that consideration needs to be given to a minimum period of leave of six weeks, which would be compulsory for mothers after confinement, in line with Parliament's proposal of 20 October 2010 with a view to amending Directive 92/85/EEC;

Amendment 99 #