11 Amendments of Iliana IOTOVA related to 2012/2046(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A а (new)
Recital A а (new)
Aa. whereas, the services sector represents over 70 % of economic activity in the European Union and a similar and growing percentage in total employment;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas, currently nine out of ten jobs are created in the services sector, and studies indicate that further enhancement of the single market for services can help unlock considerable potential for employment — jobs which the EU needs urgently in this time of crisis
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas, the employment rate for women is 62.1 % compared to 75.1 % for men, which means that the primary goal of Europe 2020 for achieving an employment rate of 75 % by 2020 can be achieved only if more women have access to the labour market;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas the policies permitting better balancing of work and personal life will help trigger substantial employment potential for women and will facilitate better allocation of women in terms of available jobs and thus boost economic growth, employment and innovation; moreover, women in the services sector work mainly in areas such as retail sales and hotels, but do not yet work in higher positions;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas flexible employment contracts such as flexitime, part-time and short-term work, can help both male and female caregivers, if they have the ability to choose, to combine work and care, especially bearing in mind that the services sector offers many opportunities for such flexible options;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in consultation with the social partners, to develop strategies to set minimum standards in the service sector, including regular contracts, collective bargaining and statutory wage floors; calls for a special tax and benefits regime for the personal and household service sector in order to regularise the widespread phenomenon of undeclared work and thereby ensure decent working conditions; what is more, information on workers’ rights must be readily accessible;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 а (new)
Paragraph 2 а (new)
2a. Welcomes the working document of the Annual Growth Survey entitled ‘Utilisation of the Labour Potential of Personal and Household Services’ and calls on Member States, social partners and other stakeholders to actively accept the invitation of the Commission to conduct a discussion on this issue;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the importance of swiftly reaching an agreementWelcomes that Microfinancing will have a continuation as an own axis in the framework onf the Programme for Social Change and Innovation in order to enable workers and entrepreneurs in the service sector to benefit from its Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axisand highlights the importance of microfinancing as an instrument to support female entrepreneurs and persons who are in a disadvanteged labour market position in the service sector;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 а (new)
Paragraph 3 а (new)
3a. Notes that the phenomenon of undeclared and uncertain employment in the services sector, especially among women, is widespread; the Commission should encourage Member States to develop strategies and incorporate them in their national strategies for the implementation of Europe 2020 to combat this phenomenon. Workers in the services sector should have the opportunity for lifelong learning and access to programs to acquire/improve/change;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Stresses the challenges faced by workers in the service sector escpecially women in reconciling work and family life; calls therefore on affordable child care services, compatible schedules in order to ensure a better work-life balance and the promotion of gender equality as a pre-condition for increasing employment participation of men an women
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls for a strong social dialogue and the involvment of employers' and workers representatives in the setting of EU priorities in the field of the service sector with regard to the protection of social and working rights, unemployment benefits and representative rights