Activities of Kathy SINNOTT related to 2007/0300(CNS)
Plenary speeches (1)
Employment Policy Guidelines for Member States (debate)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex – paragraph following Guideline 17 – indent 1
Annex – paragraph following Guideline 17 – indent 1
- attract and retain more people in employment, by facilitating reconciliation of work and family life, increase labour supply and modernise social protection systems,
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex - paragraph following Guideline 17 - indent 3 a (new)
Annex - paragraph following Guideline 17 - indent 3 a (new)
- facilitate quality employment for those who re-enter the workforce.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex - paragraph following Guideline 17 - indent 3 b (new)
Annex - paragraph following Guideline 17 - indent 3 b (new)
- ensure flexible working conditions for those workers who combine the responsibilities of paid employment with unpaid care for relatives.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Section 1 – paragraph 2
Annex – Section 1 – paragraph 2
The right conditions must be put in place to facilitate progress in employment, whether it is first time entry, a move back to employment after a break or the wish to prolong working lives. The quality of jobs, including pay and benefits, working conditions access to lifelong learning and career prospects, are crucial for a flexicurity approach, as are support and incentives stemming from social protection systems. To enhance a life cycle approach to work and to promote reconciliation between work and family life policies towards childcare and eldercare provisions are necessary. In addition, against the backdrop of an ageing population, the increasing need for long-term care and the declining family care potential (due to the increasing number of women entering the labour market), the foundation of care provision should be safeguarded. Unpaid care provided by relatives, friends and neighbours accounts for the majority of care provided. This should be safeguarded by putting in place provisions enabling carers to combine work and family life.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Section 1 – Guideline 18 – indent 1 a (new)
Annex – Section 1 – Guideline 18 – indent 1 a (new)
- ensure that people combining work and care are not penalised later in life as regards pensions and social security benefits,
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex − Section 1 –Guideline 18 − indent 5
Annex − Section 1 –Guideline 18 − indent 5
- modern social protection systems, including pensions and healthcare, ensuring their social adequacy, financial sustainability and responsiveness to changing needs, including the increasing need for long-term care, which, in the vast majority of cases, is provided by relatives, neighbours and friends, so as to support participation and better retention in employment and longer working lives.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Section 1 – Guideline 20 – indent 4 a (new)
Annex – Section 1 – Guideline 20 – indent 4 a (new)
- prevention of the brain drain from peripheral regions or Member States through regional economic, social and structural investment;
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Section 2 – Guideline 21 – indent 5 a (new)
Annex – Section 2 – Guideline 21 – indent 5 a (new)
- including adequate provisions for family structures.