Activities of Marian HARKIN related to 2015/2094(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Women domestic workers and carers in the EU (A8-0053/2016 - Kostadinka Kuneva)
Women domestic workers and carers in the EU (short presentation)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on women domestic workers and carers in the EU
Amendments (20)
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, according to the ILO there are approximately 2.5 million domestic workers in the EU, but given the high degree of informality that characterises domestic work, it is likely that this figure underestimates the reality and whereas 88% of them are women,
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas women domestic workers and carers is a growing category of workers, representing on average around 1% of total employment,
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas two major demographic trends influence the demand for domestic workers namely the ageing of the European population and the increased participation of women in labour markets,
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. Whereas real change in the lives of domestic workers requires facilitating social and attitudinal change, which are complex and long processes,
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. having regard to the difficulties women domestic workers and carers often encounter in entering the regular labour market owing to legal or linguistic obstacles, difficulties combining work and personal life, or the fact of being under 18, among other barriers,
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the provision of care is both formal and informal and policy must address this dual approach,
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. having regard to the particular relationship of dependency between a male employers and a female employees as a result of the latter's workoften working as well as sometimes living in the former's private space,
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Notes the economic significance of the sector which provides job opportunities for a high proportion of the work force particularly those that are low skilled,
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. having regard to the increase in recent years in the proportion of female domestic workers who are migrants,
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Encourages the Member States to urgently ratify ILO Convention 189, and urges those who have already done so to apply it stringently;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes the prevalence of undeclared work in the sector which affects the quality of care and working conditions for many informal carers and stresses the role the European Platform on the prevention and deterrence of undeclared work can play in combatting this;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recommends the establishment of an office, a helpline and a website providing assistance and information on the rights of wdomenstic workers and carers in each Member State;
Amendment 141 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses how important it is to ensure the professionalisation of the sector so as to foster the creation of quality jobs and bring better working conditions and access to training, and ensure the validation of acquired experience;
Amendment 149 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses howthe important it is toce of ensureing the professionalisation of the sector so as to foster the creation of quality jobs and bringdecent jobs leading to quality employment with better working conditions and access to training;
Amendment 151 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the need to create specific learning paths for both male and female students and also to improve the relationship between this labour market and educational institutions;
Amendment 155 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. For those already working in this sector, emphasises the need to improve standards through practice oriented training and retraining schemes; Such training should encompass managing the risks around posture and movement related tasks and biological and chemical risks as well as the use of assistive technology;
Amendment 169 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recommends affording women domestic workers and carers through labour legislation the same status as the rest of the labour force particularly in regard to the use of formal contracts and the provision of maternity leave;
Amendment 171 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Encourages the exchange of best practice between Member States to enhance actions and impacts;
Amendment 181 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 188 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the necessity of adapting European migration policies to the needs of the labour market in terms of domestic workers, in order to protect female migrants from ending up in illegal work situations.