7 Amendments of Edouard MARTIN related to 2014/2152(INI)
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights that while the differences between the employment and pay rates of men and women may have reduced slightly in recent years, this is not the result of an improvement in the position of women, but of the fact that men’s employment rates and levels of pay have fallen during the economic crisis;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to introduce compulsory paid paternity leave of a minimum of ten working days and to give priority to legislative and other measures which enable men, and fathers in particular, to exercise their right to reconcile their private and working lives, including promoting non-transferable parental leave, to be taken equally by both men and women during the early years;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the feminisation of poverty is the result of factors including women’s career breaks, the gender pay gap, the pension gap and poverty in households headed by single mothers, and that the reduction of poverty levels by 20 million by 2020 can be achieved by anti-poverty policies that are grounded in gender mainstreamingfact that they are often employed on non-standard contracts (such as involuntary part-time, temporary work, interim or zero hours contracts) and the absence of a social security status for partners assisting self-employed workers, leading to the gender pay gap, the pension gap and poverty in households headed by single mothers, and that the reduction of poverty levels by 20 million by 2020 can be achieved by anti-poverty policies that are grounded in gender mainstreaming; stresses that there is a continuing gender pay gap even for contracts of the same type and that the proper implementation by Member States of the directive against employment discrimination is key to the resolution of this problem;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the change in the burden of proof in Directive 2006/54/EC in favour of women who are presumed in legal proceedings to be the victims of sexual discrimination, but wishes to stress that this provision will not be effective unless there is a recognised right for such women to access information held by employers, as proposed by the European Commission for Directive 97/80/EC on the burden of proof in cases of discrimination based on sex, but ultimately not adopted;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need for transparency and greater gender balance in recruitment for decision-making positions; and considers that there is an urgent need for the Parliament and Council to reach an agreement on the presence of women on the boards of companies listed on stock exchanges;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the high levels of undeclared work which negatively impact on women’s social security and the EU’s GDP levels; calls for the creation of incentives for employers and waffect a large proportion of women, particularly those in domestic employment, and which negatively impact on women’s social security and the EU’s GDP levels; and considers it essential in this respect that all Member States should be required to participate in all the activities of the future European platform in orkders to move from the informal to the formal economy.strengthen cooperation for the prevention and deterrence of undeclared work;
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers that policies and instruments aimed at tackling youth unemployment, such as the Youth Guarantee and the Youth Employment Initiative, should meet the specific needs of young men and women in order to enable them to access the labour market; and notes that the proportion of young women not in employment, education or training (NEET) is higher than that of men;