Activities of Elena GENTILE related to 2015/2094(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Women domestic workers and carers in the EU (A8-0053/2016 - Kostadinka Kuneva) IT
Amendments (19)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas domestic workers are affected by significant discrimination regarding the level of the rights and protection that applies to them if compared to a country's general standards, especially where domestic work is regulated through specific legislation and/or collective bargaining instead of being simply covered by general labour law; whereas the most important forms of discrimination regard domestic workers' limited coverage by social security (particularly unemployment benefits, sickness and accident pays as well as maternity, parental and other care leaves) and their frequent exclusion from dismissal protection,
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas "care" means work carried out in public or private institutions or in private household(s) to provide personal care for elderly, ill or disabled people and whereas care work can be performed by professional carers who can be employed by public or private entities or families or be self-employed, and or it can also be performed by non-professional carers, who are usually family members,
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas the growing number of older people, the declining number of working age people, and public budget constraints are having a strong impact on social services and whereas this will also have an impact on persons having to combine work and care responsibilities often in challenging circumstances,
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas dependant people also live in areas affected by the lack of public resources, isolation or by other circumstances which make it difficult to have access to professional carers or public or private care institutions, and whereas these dependants might be only looked after by non-professional carers who, very often but not always, are family members,
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. having regard to the difficulties womenwhereas domestic workers and carers encounter difficulties in entering the regular labour market owing to legal, administrative or linguistic obstacles, difficulties combining work and personal life, or the fact of being under 18, among other barriers,
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas attention must be paid to child labour, harassment and extensive working rights abuses in the sector of domestic work, particularly in the diplomatic households of third countries established in the EU Member States, where domestic workers in most cases enter EU on a different work permit than other domestic migrant workers and where households enjoy ex-territoriality principle,
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. having regard to the particularunique relationship of dependency between a male employer and a female employee as a result of the latter's working within the former's private sparesidence,
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. EncouraUrges the Member States to ratify ILO Convention 189, and urges those who have already done so to apply it stringently; recalls that, in accordance with the ILO's Constitution, governments have the obligation to submit the Convention and Recommendation to their national legislatures in order to promote measures for the implementation of these instruments, and that, in the case of the Convention, the submission procedure also aims to promote ratification;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that ratification by all EU Member States would be an important step forward in the promotion and protection of human rights and a strong political signal against all forms of abuse, harassment and violence committed against all workers and namely women domestic workers;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to propose urgently Carers´ Leave Directive and a framework for recognition of non- professional carers' status which offers them minimum standards of social protection during the time they perform the care tasks and support in terms of training and specific actions helping them improve their living and working conditions;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Highlights that training, support and protection for non-professional carers is also important given the important task they carry in areas where other resources are not available; calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop initiatives, involving training courses, access to minimum social protection and income, addressed to this particular group in order to offer them adequate living and working conditions in carrying out their tasks;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the creation of workers' cooperatives in the care and household services sectors, with special attention to the rural areas, given the positive effects that this will have on the creation of quality and sustainable jobs, especially for those workers who have difficulties in integrating the labour market;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for measures to be taken to ensure full compliance with the law and social standards on issues affecting this group, to step up labour inspections so as to clamp down on unlawful behaviour and todeclared work and to appropriately facilitate and incentivise legal hiring practices;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for measures to be takenon the Member States to encourage the transition from the informal to the formal economy and to ensure full compliance with the law on issues affecting this group,sector and to step up labour inspections so as to clamp down on unlawful behaviour and to facilitate and incentivise legal hiring practices, especially regarding cases of human trafficking and labour exploitation and those involving companies providing domestic and care services using undeclared and bogus self- employment, so as to clamp down on the considerable amount of illegal work in this sector and protect workers, with especial attention to migrant women; hopes that the situation of domestic workers and carers will be sufficiently addressed in the future work of the European Platform against Undeclared Work;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to guarantee the same provisions on health and safety at work for all domestic workers and carers regardless the employment type, i.e. for formally employed workers and for workers directly employed by private households;
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. RecommendsCalls for the establishment of an office, ainformation office in each territory, a dedicated helpline and a website providing assistance and information on the rights of women workers in each Member State;
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recommends theat Member States, in cooperation with social partners, should consider establishment of an office, a helpline and a website providing assistance and information on the rights and obligations of wdomenstic workers in each Member Stateand carers as well as their employers, perhaps also offering model employment contracts in each Member State; recommends that national information campaigns should be organised to raise the awareness of the public about the possibilities of legal employment in domestic work and care sector, rights and obligations of both workers and employers, especially where schemes exist to incentivise legal employment in this sector;
Amendment 145 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses how important it is to ensure the professionalisation of the sector so as to foster the creation of quality jobs and bring better working conditions and access to training, to this end considers the establishment of training and retraining courses to be of fundamental importance;
Amendment 148 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses how important it is to ensure the professionaliszation of the sectordomestic work and care sector, as well as the recognition of qualifications and work experience so as to foster the creation of quality jobs and bring betterdecent working conditions and access to training;