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6 Amendments of Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES related to 2020/0310(COD)

Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) The European Social Charter establishes that all workers have the right to just conditions of work. It recognises the right of all workers to a fair remuneration sufficient for a decent standard of living for themselves and their families, contributing to reduce the existing pay gap between men and women. Article 4 of the Charter recognises the role of freely concluded collective agreements as well as of statutory minimum wage setting mechanisms, to ensure the effective exercise of this right.
2021/05/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 31 a (new)
(31 a) The process towards convergence on adequate and fairer minimum wages should go hand-in-hand with the Commission's legislative proposal for wage transparency measures. The Pay Transparency Directive is an important step needed for closing the gender pay gap.
2021/05/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States where collective bargaining coverage is less than 70% of the workers defined within the meaning of Article 2 shall in addition provide for a framework of enabling conditions for collective bargaining, either by law after consultation of the social partners or by agreement with them, and shall establish an national action plan to promote collective bargaining. These national action plans should upward wage convergence and establish most appropriate measures and mechanisms for wage setting and increasing coverage at national level, also in order to close the gender pay gap and to reduce inequalities and discrimination. The action plan shall be made public and shall be notified to the European Commission.
2021/05/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall establish consultative bodies to advise the competent authorities on issues related to statutory minimum wages. These constitutive bodies shall: - Aim at gender parity in their composition - Apply a gender perspective in all their analysis - Provide gender-sensitive evaluation on a regular basis
2021/05/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the urgent need and represents an opportunity to reassess the adequacy of wages in low-paid, mostly female-dominated sectors, such as care, cleaning, retail and education, which have proven to be essential and of high socio-economic value, but which are often less valued and lower paid than men dominated sectors such as manufacturing or technical professions. Gender-neutral job evaluation tools and classification criteria shall be developed in close cooperation with social partners taking into account factors such as working conditions, the degree of responsibility conferred on the worker, and the physical or mental requirements of the work, in order to apply the principle of equal pay for work of equal value between men and women across different occupational sectors.
2021/05/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the social partners are involved in a timely and effective manner in statutory minimum wage setting and updating, including through participation in consultative bodies referred to in Article 5(5) guaranteeing anti- discrimination and gender equality trainings for social partners and state authorities and notably as concerns:
2021/05/20
Committee: FEMM