7 Amendments of Norica NICOLAI related to 2008/0192(COD)
Amendment 16 #
Council position
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In view of their participation in the activities of the family business, spouses or, when and insofar as recognised by national law the life partners, of self- employed workers who have access to a system for social protection, should also be entitled to benefit from social protection. Member States should be required to take the necessary measures to organise this social protection in accordance with national law. In particular, it is up to Member States to decide whether this social protection should be implemented on a mandatory or voluntary basis. Member States may provide that this social protection may be proportional to the participation in the activities of the self- employed worker and/or the level of contribution. Without prejudice to this Directive, Member States may maintain national provisions limiting access to specific social protection schemes, or to a certain level of protection, including special funding conditions, to certain groups of self-employed workers such as to disadvantaged self-employed workers who are a member of a minority or professions, provided that access to a general scheme is available.
Amendment 24 #
Council position
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Persons who have been subject to discrimination based on sex should have adequatsuitable means of legal protection. To provide more effective protection, associations, organisations and other legal entities should be empowered to engage in proceedings, as Member States so determine, either on behalf or in support of any victim, without prejudice to national rules of procedure concerning representation and defence before the courts.
Amendment 25 #
Council position
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) Self-employed workers and spouses of self-employed workers and, when and insofar as recognised by national law the life partners, of self-employed workers belonging to a disadvantaged category, such as a minority group, with physical impairments, or who would not otherwise have sufficient funds to pursue legal proceedings in the event of a breach of their legal rights, should be entitled to legal aid and counsel at a reduced rate or free of charge, insofar as is possible, by the respective legal associations, organisations and other entities.
Amendment 27 #
Council position
Article 5
Article 5
Member States may maintain or adopt measures within the meaning of Article 157(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union with a view to ensuring full equality in practice between men and women in working life, for instance aimed at promoting entrepreneurship initiatives among women.
Amendment 29 #
Council position
Article 8 - paragraph 1
Article 8 - paragraph 1
1. The Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that female self-employed workers and female spouses and life partners referred to in Article 2 may, in accordance with national law, be granted an adequate sufficient maternity allowance enabling interruptions in their occupational activity owing to pregnancy or motherhood for at least 14 weeks.
Amendment 30 #
Council position
Article 8 - paragraph 2
Article 8 - paragraph 2
Amendment 31 #
Council position
Article 8 - paragraph 3 - introductory part
Article 8 - paragraph 3 - introductory part
3. The allowance referred to in paragraph 1 shall be deemed adequatesufficient if it guarantees an income at least equivalent to: