Activities of Laura AGEA related to 2015/2097(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT 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 PDF (423 KB) DOC (129 KB)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
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; withouthereas, 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 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
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 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
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 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
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 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
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 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
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 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
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; urges the Commission to monitor carefully the implementation of the directive in the Member States so as to ensure that the flexibility offered by it is not abused; considers the principle of sharing good practices to be a useful means of achieving this objective;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
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 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
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 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
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 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
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 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
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 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
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;