12 Amendments of Claude ROLIN related to 2017/0085(COD)
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In order to facilitate the return to work following parental leave, workers and employers should be encouraged to maintain contact during the period of leave and may make arrangements for any appropriate reintegration measures, to be decided between the parties concerned, taking into account national law, collective agreements and practice
Amendment 291 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) “paternity leave” means paid leave from work for fathers to be taken on the occasion of the birth of a child;
Amendment 299 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) “parental leave” means paid leave from work on the grounds of the birth or adoption of a child to take care of that child;
Amendment 370 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States, after consulting the social partners, shall take the necessary measures to ensure that fathers have the rightobligation to take paternity leave of at least ten working days on the occasion of the birth of a child.
Amendment 437 #
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 yearsix months. 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. __________________ 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 445 #
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 timefor a maximum of six months on the grounds that it would seriously disrupt the good functioning of the establishment. Employers shall justify any postponement of parental leave in writing.
Amendment 454 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 6
Article 5 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers have the right to request parental leave also on a part-time basis, in blocks separated by periods of work or in other flexible forms. Employers shall consider and respond to such requests, taking into account the needs of both employers and workers. Employers shall justify any refusal of such a request in writing. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that, where such an application has been refused on grounds deemed insufficient, the worker concerned may lodge an appeal before the competent courts.
Amendment 465 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 7
Article 5 – paragraph 7
7. Member States shall assess the need fordapt the conditions of access and detailed arrangements for the application of parental leave to be adapted to the needs of adoptive parents, parents having a disability and parents with children with a disability or long-term illness.
Amendment 581 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall ensure that, at the end of the leave referred to in Article 5, workers can benefit, if necessary, from a reintegration plan to support their reintegration into the undertaking.
Amendment 588 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall define the periods of suspension of performance of the work contract, which must be treated as periods of work. Such periods of suspension of performance of the work contract could include periods of annual leave, leave days for marriage, death, etc.
Amendment 667 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. On the basis of the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 1, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report in which it reviews the application of this Directive, accompanied, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal. The Commission shall also assess the need to revise Council Directive 92/85/EEC on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding and, if appropriate, put forward a legislative proposal.
Amendment 678 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive, at the latest two years after the entry into force. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions. All these laws, regulations and administrative provisions must be the subject of a consultation procedure involving the social partners which takes account of specific national circumstances.