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Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on creating labour market conditions favourable for work-life balance PDF (496 KB) DOC (192 KB)
Amendments (24)
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas in all industrialised countries the structure and organisation of work are changing radically, as working hours are being reduced in terms of both hours and days worked, and the place of work is increasingly the worker's home;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas among the various occupational categories, it is the self- employed and businesswomen who are having the greatest difficulty in achieving a work-life balance;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas not all Member States encourage fathers to make the most of paternity leave as a useful tool for making them feel responsible for looking after their own children and families; whereas, meanwhile, this is actually a valid tool for achieving genuine equality between women and men;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the lack of sufficient infrastructure offering quality and accessible childcare services for all income levels is contributing to the abandonment of work by mothers, who have to look after their own children;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the reduction of working hours does not necessarily entail reduced productivity;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas difficult working conditions may have a negative impact on family life;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that workers live up to their full potential when they are content and can decide when and where to do their work;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. WelcomNotes the Commission’s approach to work-life balance policies as key in addressing socio-economic challenges; calls on the European Social Partners to come forward with an agreement on a comprehensive package of legislative and non-legislative measures regarding the reconciliation of professional, private and family life; calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal for such a package in the context of the announced European pillar of social rights, should it not be possible for an agreement between the social partners to be reached;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to put in place policies that acknowledge the increasing diversity of family relationships, civil partnerships and parenting arrangements, in particular to guarantee that a child is not discriminated against because of its parents’ marital status or family constitutionthe composition of its family;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement economic policies and measures that support the weakest and most vulnerable types of families, particularly families with children, single mothers, fathers who are divorced and/or separated with children, and families in which one or more members have a disability;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to step up protection against discrimination and unlawful dismissal related to work-life balance and to ensure access to justice and legal action; calls on the Member States, on the one hand, to introduce measures to support businesses in their efforts to combat discrimination, and, on the other, to take steps themselves to clamp down on discrimination;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Commission to adopt a post-2015 Gender Equality Strategy and to implement it through the European Semester, including the Annual Growth Survey and the country-specific recommendations;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Member States to uphold the rights of female workers who are increasingly turning to low-wage jobs and are the victims of discrimination, particularly when they become mothers and are therefore excluded from the world of work because they need to take care of their children;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement economic policies and measures that support families with children, divorced and/or separated mothers and fathers, and vulnerable family units in general, as these are the most fragile and vulnerable types of families;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission (and the Member States) to safeguard the rights of mothers and, therefore, the mother’s job, the progress she has made in her career and her pay;
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Urges the Member States to invest in, and guarantee access to free services for individuals facing poverty and social exclusion and to ensure the availability of and universal access to affordable and high-quality early childhood education and care, along with services providing care to the elderly and dependant cares, by, for example, increasing public expenditure on care services and incentivising employer contributions to care costs, including by making better use of EU funds, and calls for the MFF revision to be used to invest in social infrastructure;
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Urges the Commission to support the Member States, including through the provision of EU funding, in developing facilities that offer high-quality and affordable childcare services to the poorest members of society;
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses the importance of improving protection for older workers who lose their jobs before they become eligible for a pension; stresses the importance of implementing policies and measures to help older workers find new jobs;
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Points out the high levels of working poor throughout Europe, with people having to work more and longer, even combining several jobs, in order to earn a decent income; calls on the Member States and social partners to develop measures ensuring adequate wages for all workers, and to close the gender pay gap and to introduce a minimum wage that guarantees dignified living conditions;
Amendment 391 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to introduce a minimum subsistence wage that will give women a basic income on which to live and take care of their loved ones and children;
Amendment 399 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Supports ‘smart working’ and working from home, but rejects a shift from a culture of presence to a culture of permanent availability; calls on the Member States, when developing smart working policies, to ensure these do not impose an additional burden on the worker; stresses the need to strengthen, in such cases, the concept of ‘working to targets’ to prevent abuse of these new forms of work;
Amendment 419 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Points out that excessive working hours and insufficient rest periods, as well as the disproportionate output required, are major factors in increased levels of occupational accidents and diseases; calls on the Commission to initiate infringement proceedings against Member States who are failing to implement the Working Time Directive; recommends, to this end, close monitoring of takeovers and/or sales of companies with the aim of countering the trend towards the weakening of the provisions in employment contracts on working hours and rest periods;
Amendment 425 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Stresses that a proper work-life balance helps to make workers more productive;
Amendment 458 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop and implement policies that also give disadvantaged workers access to training and paid study opportunities, including in Member States other than their own;