Activities of Marie PANAYOTOPOULOS-CASSIOTOU related to 2008/0193(COD)
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Amendments (4)
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Women should therefore be protected from discrimination on grounds of pregnancy or maternity leave, and should have adequate means of legal protection, in order to safeguard their rights to decent working conditions and a better balance between family life and work.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Directive 92/85/EEC
Recital 15
Recital 15
- 1) Recital 15 is replaced by the following: “Whereas the vulnerability of pregnant workers, workers who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding makes it necessary for them to be granted the right to maternity leave of at least 16 continuous weeks, allocated before and/or after confinement, and renders necessary the compulsory nature of maternity leave of at least four weeks [...] after confinement;”
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers within the meaning of Article 2 are entitled to a continuous period of maternity leave of at least 186 weeks allocated before and/or after confinement.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The maternity leave stipulated in paragraph 1 shall include compulsory leave of at least sixfour weeks after childbirth. The Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers within the meaning of Article 2 are entitled to choose freely the time at which the non- compulsory portion of the maternity leave is taken, before or after childbirth.