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Activities of Elena LIZZI related to 2021/0050(COD)

Shadow reports (1)

REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms
2022/03/22
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Dossiers: 2021/0050(COD)
Documents: PDF(373 KB) DOC(168 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Samira RAFAELA', 'mepid': 197868}, {'name': 'Kira Marie PETER-HANSEN', 'mepid': 197573}]

Amendments (9)

Amendment 582 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Whenever differences in pay can be attributed to a single source establishing the pay conditions, the assessment whether workers are carrying out the same work or work of equal value shall not be limited to situations in which female and male workers work for the same employer but may be extended to that single source. The assessment shall also not be limited to workers employed at the same time as the worker concerned. Where no real comparator can be established, a comparison with a hypothetical comparator or the use of other evidence allowing to presume alleged discrimination shall be permitted, such as reference to a classification based on the sector-specific collective agreements of the social partners.
2021/10/26
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 602 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Applicants for employment shall have the right to receive from the prospective employer information about the initial pay level or its range, based on objective, gender-neutral criteria, to be attributed for the position concerned. S, such information shall be indicated in a published job vacancy noas reference to a classification based on the sector-specific collecticve or otherwisagreements of the social partners. Such information shall be provided to the applicant prior to the job interview without the applicant having to request it.
2021/10/26
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 609 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. An employer shall not, orally or in writing, personally or through a representative, ask applicants about their pay history during their previous employment relationships.
2021/10/26
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 619 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
The employer shall make easily accessible to its workers a description of the criteria used to determine pay levels and career progression for workers. These criteria shall be gender-neutral. the classification of the minimum pay level based on the sector- specific collective agreements of the social partners, as well as fixed bonuses and/or higher bonuses linked to personal and/or company results.
2021/10/26
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 639 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Workers in undertakings with more than 250 employees shall have the right to receive information on their individual pay level and the average pay levels, broken down by sex, for categories of workers doing the same work as them or work of equal value to theirs, in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4.
2021/10/26
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 664 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. Workers shall not be prevented from disclosing their pay for the purpose of enforcing the principle of equal pay between men and women for equal work or work of equal value.deleted
2021/10/26
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 905 #
3. The compensation shall place the worker who has suffered harm in the position in which that person would have been if he or she had not been discriminated based on sex or if no infringement of any of the rights or obligations relating to equal pay between men and women for equal work or work of equal value had occurred. It shall include full recovery of back pay and related bonuses or payments in kind, compensation for lost opportunities and moral prejudice. It shall also include the right to interest on arrears.deleted
2021/10/26
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 942 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that thestablish limitation periods for bringing claims are set at three years at leastppropriate to their national legislation.
2021/10/26
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 954 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Claimants who prevail on a pay discrimination claim shall haveThe Member States shall identify the cright to recover from the defendant, in addition to any other damages, reasonable legal and experts’ fees and costs. Defendants who prevail on a pay discrimination claim shall not have the right to recover any legal and experts’ fees from the claimant(s) and costs, unless the claim was brought in bad faith, was clearly frivolous or where such non-recovery is considered manifestly unreasonable under the specific circumstances of the caseteria for settlement of legal and judicial costs in the context of pay discrimination claims, in accordance with their judicial systems.
2021/10/26
Committee: EMPLFEMM