23 Amendments of Stéphane BIJOUX related to 2019/2169(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas gender equality is one of the common and fundamental principles of the European Union, enshrined in Articles 2 and 3(3) of the TEU, Article 8 of the TFEU and Article 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights; whereas Article 157 of the TFEU expressly states that the Member States must ensure that the principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value is applied;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Recital A g (new)
Recital A g (new)
Ag. whereas according to the latest figures from the Commission, the EU gender gap in hourly pay is 16%, although this varies significantly across Member States; whereas only 67% of women in the EU are employed, compared to 78% of men; whereas the gender pension gap stands at 37% and on average women’s pensions are 30.1% lower than men’s;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Recital A m (new)
Recital A m (new)
Am. whereas women’s economic empowerment is key to achieving gender equality, combatting poverty and social exclusion and improving the European economy; whereas the economic loss resulting from the gender employment gap amounts to around EUR 370 billion per year1a;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Recital A x (new)
Recital A x (new)
Ax. whereas one in three women in the EU has experienced physical and/or sexual violence since the age of 15;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Recital A y (new)
Recital A y (new)
Ay. whereas the participation of women in the labour market continues to grow; whereas women work more frequently in jobs that they are over- qualified for;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 e (new)
Paragraph -1 e (new)
-1e. Welcomes the new EU Strategy for Gender Equality 2020-2025, in particular the inclusion of the horizontal principles of gender mainstreaming and intersectionality; stresses the importance of ensuring that all women, including those from minority groups such as women with disabilities, migrant, women of colour and ethnic minority women, older women, single mothers and LGBTIQ people, benefit from its objectives and actions;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 f (new)
Paragraph -1 f (new)
-1f. Is concerned about the limited social mobility that hinders labour mobility amongst women; stresses the need to improve opportunities for labour mobility within the EU;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to amend Directive 2006/54/EC by including a binding definition of ‘work of equal value’ across all occupational sectors which, on the basis of its recent evaluation of the functioning and implementation of the EU’s equal pay laws, to present a timely revision of Directive 2006/54/EC inc orporates the gender perspectiveder to update and improve existing legislation and improve enforcement in line with ECJ case law;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its call on the Commission to present a legal instrument on gender pay transparency as soon as possibleWelcomes the Commission's commitment to table binding measures on pay transparency in order for workers to have the necessary information about pay levels in order to detect gaps and discrimination and take action where necessary; stresses the importance of delivering the proposal by the end of 2020 as promised; believes these measures should build upon the 2014 Recommendation on strengthening the principle of equal pay between men and women through transparency1b; stresses the importance of the social partners in efforts to improve gender employment, pay and pension gaps, in particular for the forthcoming pay transparency proposal;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure equal participation and opportunities in the labour market for men and women and to address the feminisation of poverty in all its forms, particularly by factoring gender into pension entitlements in order to eliminate the gender pension gap, and by improving working conditions in feminised sectors; points out the importance of addressing the cultural undervaluation of jobs dominated by women and the overrepresentation of women in atypical forms of work; emphasises the need to strengthen collective bargaining in order to foster stable and quality employment;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the feminisation of poverty in all its forms, particularly by factoring gender into availability of and access to pension entitlements in order to eliminate the gender pension gap, and by improving working conditions in feminised sectors; points out the importance of addressing the cultural undervaluation of jobs dominated by women and the need to combat such stereotypes and the overrepresentation of women in atypical forms of work; emphasises the need to strengthenpromote the role of social partners and collective bargaining in order to foster stable and quality employment;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement policies that promote the employment of women and their financial independence, including policies that promote the integration of women from marginalised groups into the labour market; calls on the Member States to combat gendered labour market segmentation by investing in education and training to ensure women's access to high-quality employment in future oriented sectors, in particular in the areas of entrepreneurship, STEM and digital education;
Amendment 123 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to put forward a Care Deal for Europe to covern EU framework for care services to set minimum standards and quality guidelines to address all care needs throughout the lifecycle in the context of demographic change; calls on the Member States to ratify ILO Convention No 189 on domestic workers and to fully implement and go beyond the Barcelona care targets as well as long- term care services and progressive working arrangements to facilitate women’s participation in the labour markets, ensuring the coverage of those needs through quality universal public, accessible and affordable care services; urges Member States to fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive1 as quickly as possible and invites them to go beyond the Directive’s minimum standards; __________________ 1 OJ L 188, 12.7.2019, p. 79.
Amendment 146 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is deeply worried about violence and harassment in the world of work; calls on the Commission to propose a directive on a holistic approach to combatting violence against women; calls on the Council to urgently conclude the EU ratification of the Istanbul Convention and to advocate its ratification and implementation by all Member States; calls on Member States to ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention and ILO Convention No 190 on combating violence and harassment in the world of work without delay;
Amendment 149 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is deeply worried about violence and harassment in the world of work; calls on the Commission to propose a directive on a holistic approach to combatting violence against women, taking into account the particular features and problems specific to the European Overseas Territories (both the outermost regions and the overseas countries and territories); calls on Member States to ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention and ILO Convention No 190 on violence and harassment;
Amendment 154 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is deeply worried about violence and harassment in the world of work; calls on the Commission to propose a directive on a holistic approach to combatting violence against women; calls on Member States to ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention and ILO Convention No 190 on violence and harassment; further calls on the European institutions to lead by example and introduce preventive and reactive measures to better combat harassment in the workplace;
Amendment 173 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to adopting an action plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights; underlines the need to emainsutream the gender sensitive rightsperspective using an intersectional approach in line with Principles 2 and 3 of the Pillar; calls on the Commission, to that end, to develop and include ainclude the EIGE's Gender Equality Index in the Social Scoreboard and CSRs in order to feed into the European Semester toprocess and monitor the gender effects of macroeconomic policies as well as of the green and digital transitions.;
Amendment 182 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to unblock the Women on Boards Directive and the horizontal Anti-Discrimination Directive which are key to achieving the aims of the Strategy; calls on the Commission to ensure that EU institutions lead by example and ensure a minimum of 50% of women in senior management positions; calls further on the Member States to establish transparency reporting by companies as to the percentage of women in their senior management positions and information on pay levels;
Amendment 183 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the Commission's commitment to gender mainstreaming throughout the Multiannual Financial Framework and in particular the European Social Fund Plus, in order to finance, inter alia, actions to promote women's participation in the labour market, work-life balance and female entrepreneurship;
Amendment 196 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recalls the importance of improving the collection of gender- disaggregated data, in particular on the participation of women in the labour market and the underlying causes of gender inequality;
Amendment 197 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to promote the participation of women as voters and candidates in the 2024 European Parliament elections; in this regard, stresses the need for a revision of the European Electoral Act in order to provide for the possibility of temporary replacement of a Member of the European Parliament that is availing of their right to maternity, paternity or parental leave; calls upon the European Commission to revise the Electoral Act accordingly and on the Council to endorse this revision;
Amendment 204 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)
Paragraph 6 h (new)
6h. Calls on the Member States to create a formal Council configuration on gender equality to provide Ministers and Secretaries of State in charge of gender equality with a dedicated forum for discussion and to better facilitate gender mainstreaming across all EU policies, including employment and social policy;
Amendment 207 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 j (new)
Paragraph 6 j (new)
6j. Calls on the European Commission to further strengthen the role of the EU as a catalyst for gender equality worldwide;