2013/2009(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

(Ca) whereas, according to the most recent available data, the female unemployment rate in the European Union is 10.7% (or 22.7% in the case of women under the age of 25);

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

(14a) Supports the initiatives adopted by the Commission, such as the ‘WOmen Mobility ENhancement’ mechanism, and calls on the Commission to broaden and enhance the scope of projects designed to increase the professional mobility of women;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

(14a) Welcomes the measures proposed by the Commission to tackle the current, unacceptable levels of youth unemployment and social exclusion and offer young people jobs, education, and training;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

(14b) Stresses the conclusions of the Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations; points out the need to support voluntary activities and the exchange of knowledge and experiences between women from different age groups;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)

(14c) Calls on the Commission to support the reallocation of adequate financial resources to programmes that promote women’s employment and better education for disadvantaged groups;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

(Cb) whereas occupational mobility is a strategic objective of the European Union, as it increases the efficiency of the single market and helps to improve professional skills and employment levels, which are key factors of economic and social progress;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas there are significant gender differences as regards workers’ mobility within the EU – men move for jobs or job transfers far more often than do women (44 % compared with 27 %), while women are more often ~~make~~obliged to take a career break in connection with a long-distance move in order to follow their partner;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas gender segregation on the labour market, lack of adequate working conditions, persistent stereotypes and the risk of gender-based discrimination are major obstacles to women’s occupational mobility; whereas factors related to family, the considerable differences between the family benefits available in the various Member States, social networks, childcare facilities, housing and local conditions are also barriers to women exercising the right of free movement;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas gender segregation on the labour market, the lack of adequate working conditions, the wage gap, the difficulties of balancing family and working life, persistent stereotypes and the risk of gender-based discrimination are major obstacles to women’s occupational mobility; whereas factors related to family, social networks, ~~child~~care facilities for children and other dependants, housing and local conditions are also barriers to women exercising the right of free movement;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas gender segregation on the labour market, lack of adequate working conditions, inadequate measures to reconcile family and work life, salary gaps, persistent stereotypes and the risk of gender-based discrimination arincluding glass ceiling, are the major obstacles to women's occupational mobility; whereas factors related to family, social networks, childcare facilities, housing and local conditions, are a~~lso barriers to~~dditional barriers to other obstacles (language, lack or awareness of rights) preventing women from exercising the right of free movement, residence and work throughout Europe;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas gender segregation on the labour market, lack of adequate working conditions, persistent stereotypes and the risk of gender-based discrimination are major obstacles to women’s occupational mobility; whereas factors related to family, social networks, childcare facilities, – particularly the absence or inadequacy of public networks of day nurseries, crèches and public provision of free-time activities for children – housing and local conditions are also barriers to women exercising the right of free movement;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

(Ea) whereas women are exposed to social risks more often in their lifetime than men, the result of which is the growing feminisation of poverty;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

(Ea) whereas the most recent estimates suggest that in the EU women’s salaries are on average 16.4% lower than men’s, and that there are major differences between Member States, with the wage gap varying between 1.9% and 27.6%1; 1 Source: Eurostat 2010, except EE, EL (2008). AT, BE, ES, IE, FR, IT, CY: provisional source.

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas multidimensional policy solutions incorporating lifelong learning, working time ~~and work-life balanc~~, the reconciliation of professional, family and personal life, health and safety and work organisation practices are needed in order to improve the integration of women into the labour market;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the right to live and work in another country of the European Union is one of the Union’s fundamental freedoms;

Amendment 20 #

Barbara MATERA

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas multidimensional policy solutions incorporating lifelong learning, working time and work-life balance (particularly for single mothers), health and safety and work organisation practices are needed in order to improve the integration of women into the labour market;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas multidimensional policy solutions incorporating lifelong learning, ~~working time and work-life balance, health and safety an~~combating precarious work and promoting jobs with rights, working time and work-life balance, a public healthcare network, a public social security network and differentiated work organisation practices at women’s request are needed in order to improve the integration of women into the labour market;

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

(Fa) whereas a high-quality education provides women with better employment prospects, improved skills and key competences in a given field; whereas it also facilitates their participation in society and cultural activities and ensures better pay on the labour market;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises the need to increase awareness of the situation of women in the context of the EU’s policies on education, integration, migration and employment, and in its social policies, to protect the rights of women, to promote equality and equal employment opportunities and to combat all forms of exploitation in the labour market;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises the need to increase awareness of the situation of women in the context of the EU’s policies on education, integration, balancing family and working life, migration and employment, and in its social policies, to protect the rights of women, to promote equality and equal opportunities and to combat all forms of exploitation in the labour market;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises the need to increase awareness of the situation of women in the context of the EU’s policies on education, social integration, migration and employment, and in its social policies, to protect the rights of women, to promote equality and equal opportunities and to combat all forms of exploitation in the labour market;

Amendment 26 #

Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises the need to increase awareness of the situation of women of all age groups in the context of the EU’s policies on education, integration, migration ~~and~~, employment, poverty and health care and in its social protection policies, to protect the rights of women, to promote equality and equal opportunities for men and women, to ensure safe working conditions and to combat all forms of exploitation in the labour market;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises the need to increase awareness of the situation of women in the context of the EU's policies on education, integration, migration and employment, and in its social policies, to protect the rights of women, to promote equality and equal opportunities, equal access and career opportunities including the application of the same criteria for selection in matters of employment and to combat all forms of exploitation in the labour market;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises the need to increase awareness of the situation of women in the context of the EU’s policies on education, integration, migration and employment, and in its social policies, to promotect the rights of women, to promote equality and equal opportunities and to combat all forms of ~~exploit~~discrimination in the labour market;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

(1a) Emphasises that educational and occupational mobility has been recognised as offering added value to the EU;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the right to live and work in another country of the Union is one of the ~~Union’s~~ fundamental freedoms guaranteed to European citizens by the Treaty on European Union;

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

(1a) Stresses that the economic crisis is making it increasingly necessary to adapt one's choice of occupation to what is available on the labour market, and that it is increasingly vital for women to be more adaptable to the demands of new career opportunities when changing occupations;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

(1b) Calls on the Member States to work together to combat all forms of human trafficking which might arise in connection with the educational and occupational mobility of women, and especially prostitution and forced labour;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Member States to include provisions relating to the protection ~~of women’s~~– without any gender-based discrimination – of workers’ rights in respect of occupational mobility when designing their national strategies and reform programmes:

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Member States to include provisions ~~relating to the protection of women’s right~~to ensure transparency and awareness in the area of women’s rights and the rights of their family members in respect of occupational mobility when designing their national strategies and reform programmes;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Member States to include provisions relating to the protection of women’s rights in respect of ~~occupational~~ mobility when designing their national strategies and reform programmes:;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

(2a) Considers that professional mobility must not be unfavourable to women where social rights are concerned and that it is therefore necessary to guarantee the continuation and transfer of pension rights under the public social security system between countries, while recognising the diversity of pension regimes throughout the EU;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

(2a) Calls on the Member States to collect and analyse data on the difficulties, scale and structure of women’s mobility;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

(2a) Calls on the Member States to draw attention to and promote the benefits of employment mobility on their national markets and the benefits of educational and employment mobility in foreign countries;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

(2a) Calls on the Commission and Member States to monitor the situation of agencies and organisations offering jobs to workers from other Member States and to detect potential illegal or undeclared employment, or agencies or organisations providing fictitious jobs;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

(2b) Points out that, in order to boost employment, greater attention must be paid to cross-border cooperation, the exchange of best practices between educational institutions and professional bodies in the Member States, and that school systems must become more equal and inclusive;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

(Aa) whereas mobility is a multifaceted phenomenon having economic, social and family dimensions,

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

(2b) Calls on the Member States to step up efforts and cooperation to combat the human trafficking carried out by international networks that recruit workers, especially women, by falsely promising them jobs that do not actually exist and result in situations involving sexual exploitation and forced labour or services (begging, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude, the exploitation of criminal activities, or the removal of organs);

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)

(2c) Points out that mobility should be based on gender equality and combating discrimination on the grounds of gender, race, origins, religious beliefs, age and state of health;

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Points out that women moving abroad for jobs in~~volving chil~~ domestic service and involving care for children or disabled or elderly ~~car~~people are often employed without a contract or work illegally, and consequently have no rights or entitlement to social security, healthcare and other benefits;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Points out that women moving abroad for jobs involving child or elderly care are often employed without a contract or ‘have to’ work illegally, and consequently have no rights or entitlement to social security, healthcare and other benefits;

Amendment 44 #

Barbara MATERA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Points out that women moving abroad for jobs involving child or elderly care are often employed without a contract or work illegally, and consequently have no rights or entitlement to social security, healthcare and other benefits or in relation to pension contributions;

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

(3a) Calls on the Member States to: monitor the situation of workers who care for children and other dependants; provide enough information to women moving abroad to take on such jobs, including information on access to declared work and training in the relevant area, on social rights, on healthcare, etc.; provide these women with advice on declared jobs; and warn them of the possible dangers of the illegal labour market;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

(3b) Emphasises that European policies must also take into account the living and working conditions of women moving away for seasonal jobs in agriculture, especially as regards the need for adequate accommodation, social protection, medical insurance and healthcare, a balance between family and working life, and a decent wage; stresses the need to combat the exploitative situations that many of these women experience;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

Amendment 49 #

Licia RONZULLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that women moving abroad for employment are often offered the lowest-ranked jobs on the labour market in terms of skills, pay and prestige, and that women’s labour migration is often concentrated in a few female-dominated occupations associated with traditional gender roles; calls on the Member States, therefore, to endeavour to encourage adequate contractual arrangements and discourage excessive reliance on non- standard employment contracts;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas workers’ mobility and educational mobility contribute to a sense of European citizenship and involvement in democratic processes, and at the same time constitute a European principle for achieving cohesion and solidarity across the EU;

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

(4a) Calls on the Member States to work together to find solutions to prevent or compensate for the effects that occupational mobility has on some Member States in certain areas (such as the mobility of medical personnel, who are predominantly women) and which may affect human rights in the states of origin;

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

(4a) Draws attention to the considerable differences between Member States in terms of family benefits and social rights, and points out that these variations can present a real obstacle to the occupational mobility of men and women with dependent families;

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

(4a) Expresses concern at the extent to which women are involved in the phenomenon of ‘brain waste’, i.e. the under-use of the qualifications that mobile workers possess, which is particularly apparent in the domestic sector in which many women are employed; in this connection, urges the Member States to correctly apply EU legislation on the recognition of qualifications so that women are able to take on jobs that correspond with their training;

Amendment 53 #

Licia RONZULLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4a (new)

(4a) Stresses the need to ensure clear rules are in place to facilitate women’s access to senior management positions and notes that increasing the number of women on management boards increases competitiveness and productivity; welcomes, therefore, the Commission proposal to reserve for women, by 2020, a minimum quota of 40% of non-executive positions on the boards of European publicly listed companies with 250 or more employees and an annual total turnover of more than EUR 50 million;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission and on the Member States to monitor ~~violations of women’s rights in the labour market~~the labour market for violations of employment legislation in line with European directives, to provide women living abroad for work purposes with all the necessary information, including with regard to access to jobs and training in this field and to social rights, family benefits and healthcare, and to provide counselling in relation to employment opportunities at no extra cost;

Amendment 55 #

Rachida DATI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission and on the Member States to ~~monitor~~improve the detection and elimination of violations of women’s rights in the labour market, to provide women living abroad for work purposes with all the necessary information, including with regard to access to jobs and training in this field and to social rights and healthcare, and to provide counselling in relation to employment opportunities at no extra cost;

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission and on the Member States to ~~monitor~~effectively punish violations of women’s rights in the labour market, to provide women living abroad for work purposes with all the necessary information, including with regard to access to jobs and training in this field and to social rights and healthcare, and to provide counselling in relation to employment opportunities at no extra cost;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission and on the Member States to monitor violations of women’s rights in the labour market, to provide women living abroad for work purposes with all the necessary information, including with regard to access to jobs and training in this field and to social rights and healthcare, and to provide counselling in relation to employment opportunities at no extra costUrges Member States to provide migrant workers, their family members and partners with comprehensive information and the possibility to access information sites so that they can be informed of their rights and of the benefits that are potentially available to them in the host Member State, with particular reference to rights and benefits linked to social security, childcare, healthcare, training opportunities and local community activities;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

(5a) Calls on the Member States to take action to eliminate the barriers to professional and social advancement which women face in the countries to which they have transferred their centre of interests but which are not their country of origin;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas workers’ mobility and educational mobility ~~contribute to a sense of European citizenship and involvement in democratic processes~~help to deepen people’s attachment to their European citizenship;

Amendment 60 #

Rachida DATI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

(5a) Notes that women, including migrant workers, are much more likely than men to be subject to involuntary part-time working (with 32.1% of women working part-time in the European Union in 2011 as against 9% of men); calls on the Member States to take the necessary measures to discourage employers from recruiting employees on a part-time basis (by requiring justification, abolishing certain tax advantages, etc) and strengthen the rights of women who have no alternative but to work part-time (by means of priority recruitment, job insecurity payments in the event of dismissal, etc);

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the Member States and the Commission to strengthen the EU's policy on fighting direct and indirect discrimination against EU migrant workers and women in particular, hosted by another Member State and the abuse of their rights as a result of their insufficient knowledge of languages and of the laws applicable to their employment in the host Member State;

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the Member States and the Commission to strengthen the EU’s policy on fighting direct and indirect discrimination ~~against EU migrant workers hosted by another Member State and~~on the lab~~use of their rights as a result of their insufficient knowledge of languages and of the laws applicable to their employment in the host Member State~~our market;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

(6a) Calls on the Commission and the Member States, with the support of local stakeholders, the social partners and training bodies, to make women more aware of the opportunities offered by occupational mobility, with particular reference to personal development, career planning and their rights when moving from one Member State to another for professional reasons;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Member States to set up contact points for mobile domestic and care workers with individual employment relationships, so as to provide them with the means to establish a network enabling them to be informed of their rights, and to support non-governmental players active in this field;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Urges the Member States to make pay trends more transparent so as to avert continuing or widening pay gaps, including their implications for the cumulation of pensions in the Member State of origin and the host Member State;

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Urges the Member States to make pay trends more transparent so as to avert continuing or widening pay gaps, and to take the necessary steps to bridge the wage gap;

Amendment 67 #

Rachida DATI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Urges the Member States to make pay trends more transparent so as to avert continuing or widening pay gaps; asks the Commission to monitor the correct application and effectiveness of Directive 2006/54/EC on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation; calls on the Commission to propose new measures to penalise and effectively reduce the pay gap between men and women ;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Urges the Member States to make pay trends more transparent, particularly by promoting collective bargaining, so as to avert continuing or widening pay gaps;

Amendment 69 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Urges the Member States to make pay trends more transparent so as to ~~avert continuing or widening pay gaps~~reduce pay gaps for work of equal value;

Amendment 7 #

Ismail ERTUG

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

(Ba) whereas the Erasmus Programme in particular, which since 1987 has made it possible for more than 2.2 million Union citizens to study abroad, can make an especially positive contribution to cross- border worker mobility after the study period too;

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Urges themployers to provide Mem~~ber S~~ployees and their representatives ~~to make pay trends more transparent so as to avert continuing or widening pay gaps~~with wage statistics broken down by gender, while also taking personal data protection into consideration; believes that these statistics should be compiled at sectoral and national level in each Member State;

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Member States to provide ~~services for~~ workers who move with a spouse or partner and/or children~~, such as~~ with information about the family benefits available in the host State, and about childcare facilities, pre-schools, schools and medical services, along with free access to public employment services in accordance with the applicable national legislation in order to help spouses or partners moving to another Member State to find a job;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Member States to provide services for workers who move with a spouse or partner and/or children, such as ~~child~~care facilities for children and other dependants, pre-schools, schools and medical services, along with free access to public employment services in order to help spouses or partners moving to another Member State to find a job;

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Member States to provide services for workers who move with a spouse or partner and/or children, such as childcare facilities, pre-schools, schools and medical services, along with free access to public employment services in order to help spouses or partners moving to another Member State to find a job as the upbringing of children requires a sharing of responsibility between men and women and society as a whole;

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Member States to provide services for workers who move with a spouse or partner and/or children, such as childcare facilities, pre-schools, schools and medical services, along with free access to public employment services in order to help spouses or partners moving to another Member State to find a job, and to encourage families to come to host states together in order to avoid separations and their adverse effects, especially on minors;

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Member States to provide public services for workers who move with a spouse or partner and/or children, regardless of their level of pay or qualifications, such as childcare facilities, pre-schools, schools and medical services, along with free access to public employment services in order to help spouses or partners moving to another Member State to find a job; reasserts the need to guarantee the right to family reunification;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

(9a) Calls on the Member States to encourage employers to grant flexible working times for women, and especially those whose children have remained in the state of origin, so as to enable them to maintain a tangible physical link with their children;

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

(9a) Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage the use of teleworking in both private and public sector organisations, on the basis of fair pay and fair social conditions, to avoid the need for women to take career breaks in connection with their partners’ occupational mobility;

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Member States to remove obstacles to workers’ mobility by offering women who follow their husbands or partners to another Member State appropriate services such as courses to facilitate their integration into their new social and cultural environment, for example language and vocational courses at no extra cost, in order to ensure their independence and dignity;

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Member States to actively participate in removeing obstacles to workers’ mobility by offering ~~women who follow their husbands or partners to another Member State appropriate~~family members and partners services such as courses to facilitate their long-term integration into their new social and cultural environment, for example language and vocational courses ~~at no extra cost~~;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

(Ba) whereas the growth in education and vocational training for women is increasing their mobility,

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Reiterates its call on the Member States to promote learning and employment mobility by: (a) increasing awareness and making information easily accessible to all; (b) highlighting the added value of mobility in the early stages of education; (c) ensuring that learning outcomes from mobility experiences between Member States are validated; ~~and~~ (d) reducing administrative burdens and stimulating cooperation between the relevant authorities across the Member States and (e) recognising periods spent abroad for the purpose of calculating cumulative pension entitlement in the Member State of origin;

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

(11a) Calls on the Commission to pay particular attention to all aspects of educational and vocational training, higher education and adult education, with a view to improving the quality of education and enhancing employment prospects in the future;

Amendment 82 #