4 Amendments of Csaba MOLNÁR related to 2014/2160(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the ‘recast Directive’ was meant to make EU legislation in this area more coherent and bring it into line with CJEU case law and to bring about the simplification and modernisation of the relevant equality laws at national level, thus contributing to the improvement of the situation of women in the labour market; whereas the proportion of women in senior management posts in companies operating in the EU was still below 18% in 2014;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas relative progress has been made as regards women’s employment rates, but despite the existing framework at EU and national level, the level of occupational and sectoral segregation of women and men into different types of jobs remains relatively high, a situation which also has an impact on the gender pay gap over the course of a lifetime; whereas the average difference between men’s and women’s pay in the European Union is 16%; whereas vertical segregation, whereby women feature predominantly in lower-paid occupations or are in lower- level positions in the hierarchy, also contributes to the pay gap;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note that, in general, Members States have brought their national laws into line with EU law4; points out that simply transposing correctly the provisions of the ‘recast Directive’ into national law has proved insufficient in order to achieve the full application and effective enforcement thereof; regrets that some EU Member States have still not ratified the Istanbul Convention prohibiting violence against women; __________________ 4 According to Commission report on the application of the recast Directive (COM(2013)0861),
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Underlines the fact that only the effective implementation of the equality treatment principle would lead to a real improvement of the situation of women in the labour market and that this requires strategic cooperation between different actors at European, national, sectoral and organisational level; confirms its aspiration that the Commission should require companies quoted on the stock exchange to have at least 40% representation of both sexes on their boards of directors by 2020;