17 Amendments of Arne GERICKE related to 2017/0085(COD)
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Articles 7 and 9 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union provide for respect for private and family life and the right to marry and found a family.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Family- and child-friendliness are proven key factors in the global competition for skilled workers and employees. The EU, as an internal market and regional economic power, must take due account of this. Family-friendliness must therefore be a cross-cutting objective in all policy areas and be given practical expression in a European family strategy and under the Pillar of Social Rights.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In line with the European Social Charter, the Additional Protocol thereto and the revised version thereof, in particular Part I, Part II, and Articles 2, 4, 16 and 27 of the latter, workers with family responsibilities should be granted equal opportunities and equal treatment, including right to workers’ rest time, which should take into account, where applicable, a common weekly day of rest recognised by tradition and custom in the country or region. Work-life balance remains however a considerable challenge for many parents and workers with caring responsibilities, with a negative impact on female employment. A major factor contributing to the underrepresentation of women in the labour market is the difficulty of balancing work and family obligations. When they have children, women tend to work less hours in paid employment and spend more time fulfilling unpaid care responsibilities. Having an ill or dependent relative has also been shown to have a negative impact on female employment, leading some women to drop out of the labour market entirely. Moreover, working hours are more often extended until late in the evening, workers are faced with night work, work on public holidays and Sundays without break and rest periods, which makes it difficult for workers to reconcile work with duties towards children and dependents.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) This Directive acknowledges the exceptional work done by mothers and fathers in raising their children and regards that work as a vital long-term contribution to society.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10b (new)
Recital 10b (new)
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to encourage a more equal sharing of caring responsibilities between women and men, the right to paternity leave for fathers to be taken on the occasion of the birth of a child should be introduced. In order to take account of differences among Member States, the right to paternity leave should be irrespective of marital or family status as defined in national law. The work involved in caring for one’s own children at home should be acknowledged to a much greater degree than hitherto.
Amendment 337 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) "relative" means a worker's son, daughter, mother, father, spouse or partner in civil partnership, where such partnerships are envisaged by national law, and grandparents;
Amendment 382 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that fathers have the right to take paternity leave of at least ten working days on the occasion of the birth of a child or adoption.
Amendment 422 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Where Member States allow one parent to transfer their parental leave entitlement to the other parent, they shall ensure that at least four months of parental leave cannot be transferred. Grandfather and grandmother, where transferability exists, should also have the right to benefit of this transferability;
Amendment 439 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Member States may make the right to parental leave subject to a period of work qualification or a length of service qualification which shall not exceed one year. In the case of successive fixed-term contracts, within the meaning of Council Directive 1999/70/EC21 , with the same employer, the sum of those contracts shall be taken into account for the purpose of calculating the qualifying period. Also taken into account should be the periods of training and apprenticeship when similar to working obligations. __________________ 21 Council Directive of 28 June 1999 concerning the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP (OJ L 175, 10.7.1999, p.43).
Amendment 442 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. Member States may define the circumstances in which an employer, following consultation in accordance with national law, collective agreements and/or practice, may be allowed to postpone the granting of parental leave by a reasonable period of time on the grounds that it would seriously disrupt the good functioning of the establishment. Employers shall justify any postponement of parental leave in writing. In case of disagreement those documents should be examined by the proper instance.
Amendment 467 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. The right to parental leave referred in this article shall be granted irrespective of marital or family status as defined in national law with the condition of a mutual agreement between the parents.
Amendment 468 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 7 b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. The individual right to parental leave shall be granted according to marital or family status or at least upon a proof of mutual agreement between the parents.
Amendment 469 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 7 c (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. In case of a proved lack of involvement of one of the parents, in the children’s education, the whole parental leave should be transferred to the involved parent to the grandparents or the stepparents.
Amendment 488 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers have the right to carers' leave of at least five working days per year, per worker. Such right may be subject to appropriate substantiation of the medical condition of the worker's relative. Parents of children with special needs, single parents and parents of large families should be granted five more working days as carers' leave.
Amendment 543 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers with children or grandchildren up to a given age, which shall be at least twelve, and carers, have the right to request flexible working arrangements for caring purposes. The duration of such flexible working arrangements may be subject to a reasonable limitation.
Amendment 561 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Employers shall consider and respond to requests for flexible working arrangements referred to in paragraph 1, taking into account the needs of both employers and workers. Employers shall justify any refusal of such a request in writing.