11 Amendments of Rovana PLUMB related to 2011/2285(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that protection of women through flexicurity contractual arrangements enhances social cohesion in the labour market, particularly for women who become mothers or may have caring responsibilities towards the elderly; notes that their working time arrangements should be sufficiently flexible to meet their needs and also to improve their work-life balance;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Member States to recognize the real added value of women in their workplaces and to create adequate conditions to improve their employability and increase their participation in the labour market, through affordable care and child-care, parental leave schemes and flexible working conditions, particularly when women return to the labour market after long periods of inactivity, due to birth-giving or other family commitments
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls on the European Commission to promote further research on flexicurity strategies in order to assess their impact on the gender pay gap and also determine how these strategies can tackle gender discrimination.
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that female workers performing jobs of similar skill, effort and responsibility to men's should have equal opportunities at all ages for training, advancement, re-skilling and re-training, as well as pension rights and unemployment benefits equal to those applicable to men;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to implement gender mainstreaming strategies because gender issues overlap with child-care, tax policies and public procurement;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that legislative and non- legislative measures are needed at the variousboth the national and EU levels, in order to overcome the wage gap, to enhance greater female participation in male- dominated sectors as well as further acknowledgment of women's skills and economic performance in their workplace, to overcome horizontal and vertical exclusion and also stereotyping of occupations and sectors as being typically the realm of women;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Member States to review wage structures in female-dominated professions and occupations, as a means to break down gender stereotypes anchored in the pay gap problem;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Member States to ensure women's access to education, training and lifelong learning at all levels, and to encourage them to pursue scientific studies and careers in order to combat the existing sexist stereotypes; stresses that a higher number of young qualified women involved in science and technology would boost Europe's growth and competitiveness;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on Member States to adopt extensive legally binding rules in order to implement in practical terms the principle of equal pay for equal work and work of equal value, as part of our common European responsibility to ensure fair employment and prevent undercutting of social protection, social rights, occupational and pension rights, and unemployment benefits;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Member States, in cooperation with the social partners, to promote gender-balanced employment policies and enforce a uniform gender- neutral job evaluation which should be applied to employers, in order to fight the gender pay gap and discrimination at work; stresses the need to strike a good work-life balance through high-quality childcare and flexible family-friendly work arrangements;
Amendment 129 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 – point e a (new)
Paragraph 13 – point e a (new)
(ea) establish as an objective the reduction of the gender pay gap by 1% each year, in order to achieve a target of 10% reduction by 2020;