8 Amendments of Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ related to 2014/2152(INI)
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that economic growth and competitiveness in the EU are dependent on closing the gap between women’'s educational attainment and their participation and position in the labour market; calls on the Member States to guarantee adequate social security and to ensure that social services are made more accessible for women, single mothers, because they are the most vulnerable in the labour market and highlights that women are at a greater risk for poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on Member States to invest in affordable, high-quality facilities for the care of children, the sick, the disabled, the elderly, and other dependent persons, making sure that they have flexible opening times compatible with full-time working days and are accessible so that as many people as possible can combine work with family and private life; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that men and women caring for children or other dependants receive recognition in the form of dependency allowances and are accorded individual social security and pension entitlements; calls on the social partners to put forward specific initiatives serving to validate skills acquired during care-related leave periods;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Member States to safeguard their maternity entitlements, to take measures to prevent the unfair dismissal of employees during pregnancy and to protect women and men with care responsibilities from unfair dismissal; calls also on the Council to speed up the adoption of the directive concerning the implementation of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of pregnant workers, workers who have recently given birth and women who are breastfeeding;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need for transparency and greater gender balance in recruitment for decision-making positions; calls also on the Council to speed up the adoption of the directive on improving the gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges and related measures;
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the high levels of undeclared work which negatively impact on women’s social security and the EU’s GDP levelsthe EU’s GDP levels and on women’s social security, especially in those sectors where mostly women are working; such as work in private households – cleaning services, babysitting or taking care of the elderly or disabled people; calls for the creation of incentives for employers and workers to moveimprove the transition from the informal to the formal economy.
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on Member States to step up their efforts to combat undeclared employment and precarious work, including 'mini jobs' and false part-time jobs, and to ensure that all workers enjoy appropriate social protection; deplores, furthermore, the abuse of non‑standard employment contracts in order to avoid having to comply with employment and social protection obligations.
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses on high levels of undeclared work that can be observed especially in female dominated sectors, such as work in private households – cleaning services, babysitting or taking care of the elderly or disabled people, which in turn negatively impact on women's social security and add to the risk of poverty among women, particularly in the later age,; in this context calls on a swift establishment of the European Platform to better prevent and deter undeclared work;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission in the new strategy to pay special attention to the various ways of reconciling family life and work and regrets in this connection the faltering of the negotiations on the adoption of the Maternity Protection Directive and reiterates Parliament’'s unrestricted willingness to cooperate; in the meantime, calls on the Member States to safeguard their maternity entitlements, to take measures to prevent the unfair dismissal of employees during pregnancy and to protect women and men with care responsibilities from unfair dismissal;