5 Amendments of Romana TOMC related to 2015/2228(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
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1. Considers that closing the gender pay gap requires increased transparency in pay systems, gender-neutral classification, increased participation of women in the labour market, a reversal of the onus of proof when it comes to challenging gender discrimination in the workplace, and desegregation of the workforce;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
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2. Considers that efforts to close the gender pay gap will benefit from measures that improve conditions for all low- and medium-waged workers, including reversing the trend of declining labour income share and linking wage growth to productivity1, increasing the minimum wage, reducing unemployment and boostingand recognises the importance of collective bargaining rights; __________________ 1 International Labour Organisation, Global Wage Report 2012/13: Wages and equitable growth, 2013.
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
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3. Notes that women are disproportionately and often involuntarily concentrated in precarious work; urges the Member States to consider implementing the International Labour Organisation (ILO) recommendations intended to reduce the scale of precarious work2, such as restricting the circumstances in which precarious contracts can be used and limiting the length of time workers can be employed on such a contract, after which they must be given a permanent contract; __________________ 2 International Labour Organisation, Policies and regulations to combat precarious employment, 2011.
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
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4. Notes that the lack of affordable childcare contributes to the gender employment gap, the pay gap and related pension gap, and the disproportionate number of women who are in precarious work and; notes that retired women are the most vulnerable group and often live in or at risk of poverty; urges the Member States, therefore, to ensure access to childcare by, for example, increasing expenditure on the provision of childcare services and/or subsidies to households, incentivising employer contributions to childcare costs, and making better use of EU funds, to increase the presence of women in the labour market through measures which will make better coordination of professional and private life possible and take particular account of difficult family situations, such as bringing up children with special needs, and calls on the Member States to treat the issue of reducing the pension gap as an economic objective which is closely linked with achieving the goals of the Europe 2020 strategy;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 5
5. Notes that women’s economic independence plays a crucial role in their lives and their ability to escape situations of domestic violence, and that women who have exhausted their paid leave are at risk of losing their jobs and economic independence; calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider and introducing a statutory right to paid domestic violence leave.e further measures to raise awareness of the problem of domestic violence and to help the victims of such violence;