Activities of Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS related to 2014/2152(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
EU Strategy for equality between women and men post 2015 (A8-0163/2015 - Maria Noichl) ES
EU Strategy for equality between women and men post 2015 (debate) ES
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the EU strategy for equality between women and men post 2015
Amendments (9)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on Member States to strengthen and enforce the full exercise of collective bargaining in the private and the public sectors, an indispensable tool in regulating labour relations, fighting wage discrimination and promoting equality;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Urges Member States to respect the principle of ‘equal pay for equal work and work of equal value’, to strengthen the state mechanisms of workplace inspection, to adopt methodologies to measure the value of work in the production chain and to identify within companies, for example, the creation of semi-skilled or unskilled pay bands occupied mainly by women;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that the unequal division of family responsibilities is at the root of the unequal position of women in the labour market; stresses that reconciliation of work and home duties is a key condition for gender equality, which should be promoted by investment in care infrastructure and encouragement of men’s participation in domestic labour by means of legislation on parental and paternity leave and flexible working time arrangements; , particularly by guaranteeing infants’ education from 0 years and the care of elderly and dependent persons by means of universal public services, in addition to encouraging men’s participation in domestic labour by means of legislation on parental and paternity leave. The trend should be towards establishing equal and non-transferable paternity and maternity leave for the birth and adoption of children, by increasing the length of paternity leave until it is the same as maternity leave. This would reduce the discrimination at work that women suffer, and guarantee the right of fathers to look after their children;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that flexible working hours should be an employee’s choice and not imposed by the employer; rejects flexibility and contractual uncertainty which does not allow employees an organised and stable family life;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Deplores the withdrawal of the draft maternity leave directive by the Council, which provided, inter alia, 20 weeks of guaranteed maternity leave and two weeks of fully paid paternity leave, and protected working mothers on returning to work. This undermines the consensus on strengthening the rights of families and working mothers;
Amendment 72 #
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 mainstreaming. In particular, older women suffer high rates of poverty because many of them have not worked outside the home long enough to have a decent pension; it is therefore necessary to increase the amount of non-contributory pensions;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need for transparency and greater gender balance in recruitment for decision-making positions, not just in the business world, but also in political institutions and in senior positions in the university system;
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. HighlightsCombating tax fraud – especially that committed by large companies, which has the biggest economic impact – is key to funding the extension of paternity leave and the necessary public services to encourage the incorporation of women into the labour market in conditions of equality. In addition, 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 workers to move from the informal to the formal economy.
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that the victims of undeclared work are mainly women, something which is not always their decision; calls for a comprehensive policy against employers who employ women in undeclared work.