4 Amendments of Inês Cristina ZUBER related to 2013/2678(RSP)
Amendment 3 #
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, as a result of labour market policies seeking to do away with the principle and practice of collective bargaining, salaries are more frequently individually negotiated, resulting in a lack of information and transparency on the individualised pay system which leads to increased pay disparities among employees at similar levels, and can result in widening the gender pay gap;
Amendment 6 #
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas women earn on average 16,2% less than men in the European Union – despite the significant body of legislation in force for almost 40 years and the actions taken and resources spent on trying to reduce the gap – progress is extremely slow (the disparity at EU level was 17.7% in 2006, 17,6% in 2007, 17,4% in 2008, 16,9% in 2009 and 16,4% in 2010) and in some Member States the gap has even widened;
Amendment 9 #
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Requests the Commission to support Member States to reduce the gender pay gap at least 5 percentage points annually with the aim of eliminating the gender pay gap by 2020;
Amendment 10 #
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recognises that a multi-level, multifaceted approach requires that the Commission supports Member States to promote good practices and implement policies to address the gender pay gap;