12 Amendments of Marina YANNAKOUDAKIS related to 2011/2285(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the recast Directive 2006/54/EC has contributed to the improvement of women's situation in the labour market but has not profoundly changed the legislation on closing the gender pay gap; whereas preliminary studies by experts show that little or no change has been made in Member States' legislation and no sanctions have been taken against employers; whereas the complexity of the issue requires not only improvement of the legislation but also; whereas the complexity of the issue requires a Europe-wide strategy to address the gender pay gap, which, in turn, requires strong EU leadership in coordinating policies, promoting good practices and involving various actors;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas there is a need for a continued multifaceted approach to further close the gender pay gap, that includes existing Member State led strategies ranging from education, awareness raising and the rewarding of best practice; whereas an EU legislative proposal that increases the administrative burden on SMEs through forced sanctions and internal audits is not required; whereas SMEs are the engine for Europe's economic growth and recovery and to saddle them with extra costs, in a time of harsh economic austerity, is not the sensible or realistic answer for sustainable reductions in gender inequality;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas trends show that salaries are more frequently individually negotiated, resulting in a lack of information and transparency on the individualised pay system which leads to increased pay disparities among employees at similar levels, and can result in widening the gender pay gap; whereas a more decentralised and individualised system of wage setting should therefore be assessed as a rather worrying development, while data protection cannot be taken as a legitimate excuse for not publishing statistical information on salaries;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 8
Paragraph 1 – indent 8
Amendment 64 #
Annex to the draft motion for a resolution
Recommendation 2, Paragraph 3
Amendment 68 #
Annex to the draft motion for a resolution
Recommendation 2, Paragraph 5
Amendment 74 #
Annex to the draft motion for a resolution
Recommendation 3, Paragraph 2
3.2. The Commission’s initiative should invite Member States to introduce job classification complying with the principle of equality between women and men, enabling both employers and workers to identify possible pay discrimination based on a biased pay-scale definition. Respecting national laws and traditions concerning industrial relations system remains important. Such elements of work evaluation and classification should also be transparent and be made available to all stakeholders and to labour inspectorates and equality bodies,
Amendment 77 #
Annex to the draft motion for a resolution
Recommendation 4
Equality promotion and monitoring bodies should play a greater role in diminishing GPG. The bodies should be empowered to monitor, report, and, whe and re possible, enforce gender equality legislation more effectively and more independently while they should be adequately fundedrt. Article 20 of Directive 2006/54/EC should be revised so as to enhance the bodies’ mandate by: - supporting and advising victims of pay discrimination; - providing independent surveys concerning the pay gap; - publishing independent reports and making recommendations on any issue relating to pay discrimination; - legal powers to initiate their own investigation; - legal powers to impose sanctions in cases of breaching the principle of equal pay for equal work and/or to bring wage discrimination cases to court; - providing special training for the social partners and for lawyers, judges and ombudsmen based on a toolbox of analytical instruments and targeted measures to be used either when drawing up contracts or when checking whether rules and policies to address the pay gap are being implemented, as well as providing training courses and training materials on nondiscriminatory job evaluation for employers.
Amendment 79 #
Annex to the draft motion for a resolution
Recommendation 5, Paragraph 2
Amendment 81 #
Annex to the draft motion for a resolution
Recommendation 6, Paragraph 1, indent 2
- specific policies to make it possible to reconcile work with family and personal life, covering childcare and other care services, flexible work organisation and hours, and affordable, reasonable and sustainable maternity, paternity, parental and family leave,
Amendment 83 #
Annex to the draft motion for a resolution
Recommendation 6, Paragraph 1, indent 3
- concrete affirmative actions (under Article 157(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) to redress the pay gap and gender segregation, to be given effect by the social partners and equal opportunity organisations at various levels, both contractual and sectoral, such as: promoting pay agreements to combat GPG, investigations in relation to equal pay for equal work, setting of qualitative and quantitative targets and benchmarking and supporting the exchange of best practice.
Amendment 86 #
Annex to the draft motion for a resolution
Recommendation 8