2015/2094(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Draft opinion
Citation 1 (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 12 May 2011 on the proposed ILO convention supplemented by a recommendation on domestic workers,

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. having regard to the varying conditions under which women are employed as domestic workers or carers, which can be as undeclared, undocumented, casual or migrant workers with no contract, or no recognition of their qualifications,

Amendment 100 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Calls on the Commission to include discussions on the situation of domestic workers and carers sectors in the agenda of the Employment Committee (EMCO);

Amendment 101 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Calls on the Commission to urge the Member States to invest in more and better ways of preventing, detecting and combating illegal employment through better, more streamlined labour control and inspection mechanisms that penalise employers who break the law, without this having a detrimental or harmful effect on the person who has complained about their employer, irrespective of the former’s legal-administrative situation;

Amendment 102 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Calls on the Commission to provide new lines of funding with sufficient resources to raise awareness among and provide specific training to the relevant authorities (labour, judicial, immigration, State security bodies, etc.), enabling more efficient coordination between all of these entities, the introduction of protocols to upgrade and enhance the skills of civil servants responsible for assessing and suitably dealing with complaints raised by these female workers;

Amendment 103 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)

2e. Calls on the Commission to urge the Member States to commit more public investment to cover families’ care needs (elderly care homes, day-care centres, centres for dependants, nurseries, etc.) to ensure that families who provide care are able to do so on a voluntary basis rather than as punishment for having a low income, as a result of having been abandoned by the State;

Amendment 104 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

~~3. Recommends the establishment of an office, a helpline and a website providing assistance and information on the rights of women workers in each Member State;~~deleted

Amendment 105 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

~~3. Recommends the establishment of an office, a helpline and a website providing assistance and information on the rights of women workers in each Member State;~~deleted

Amendment 106 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recommends the establishment of an office, a helpline and a website providing assistance and information on the rights of women workers in each Member State, above all with the aim of clarifying their right to report illegal activities;

Amendment 107 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recommends the establishment of an information service in each Member State (including an office, a helpline and a website) to provid~~ing~~e assistance and information to domestic workers and carers, and their employers, on the rights of ~~women worker~~these employees in each Member State as well as best practice, advice and guidance for employers;

Amendment 108 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recommends the establishment of an office, a helpline and a website providing assistance and information on the rights ~~of women work~~and responsibilities of workers and their employers in each Member State;

Amendment 109 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Recommends the establishment of an office, a helpline and a website providing assistance and information on the rights of women workers in each Member Stat~~Calls for the Member States to put in place and improve, in collaboration with social partners, the channels of information on the rights of women and men domestic workers and carers and to make sure that all of these workers actually receive this information; recommends to that end the establishment of an office, a helpline and a website providing assistance and information on the rights of women and men domestic workers and carers in each Member State; these three tools must also be developed so that they are able to answer any questions employers may have;

Amendment 11 #

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. having regard to the varying job types and conditions under which women are employed as domestic workers or carers, which can be, among other possibilities, as undeclared, undocumented, ~~casual or migrant workers with no contract, or no~~migrant workers with no contract, with a casual contract, workers on full- or part-time contracts, working for one or more employers, hired by individuals or companies, internally or externally, with or without recognition of their qualifications,

Amendment 110 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recommends the establishment of an office, a helpline and a website providing assistance and information on the rights of women workers in each Member State in the national language and other appropriate languages;

Amendment 111 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Recommends~~Calls for the establishment of an ~~office, a~~information office in each territory, a dedicated helpline and a website providing assistance and information on the rights of women workers in each Member State;

Amendment 112 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recommends the establishment of an office, a helpline and a website providing assistance ~~and~~, with information on the rights ~~of women workers in each Member State;~~ and responsibilities of workers and employers (families or agencies) in each Member State, and a European Observatory of Domestic and Care Work tasked with devising methods for providing protection, lodging complaints and raising awareness;

Amendment 113 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recommends the establishment of an office, a helpline and a website providing assistance and information on the rights of women workers in each Member State; and relevant advice and assistance to those who might employ them or are in contact with them, so as to ensure they can carry out their responsibilities

Amendment 114 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recommends the establishment of an office, a helpline and a website providing assistance and information on the rights of wo~~men workers~~rkers in each Member State, taking into account the legal, administrative and cultural differences that exist in each Member State;

Amendment 115 #

Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jutta STEINRUCK, Elena GENTILE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recommends the establishment of ~~an office,~~ a helpline and a website providing assistance and information on the rights of wdomenstic workers and carers in each Member State;

Amendment 116 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recommends theat Member States, in cooperation with social partners, should consider establishment of an office, a helpline and a website providing assistance and information on the rights and obligations of wdomenstic workers ~~in each Member State~~and carers as well as their employers, perhaps also offering model employment contracts in each Member State; recommends that national information campaigns should be organised to raise the awareness of the public about the possibilities of legal employment in domestic work and care sector, rights and obligations of both workers and employers, especially where schemes exist to incentivise legal employment in this sector;

Amendment 117 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Reminds Member States that under Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, it is the duty of diplomatic delegations to respect the laws and regulations of their host State, including labour law, and encourages Member States to enforce it effectively so as to avoid impunity of diplomatic households when domestic workers are abused;

Amendment 118 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Underlines the need to provide women domestic and care workers with an understanding of the employment conditions stipulated in their job contract, access to information on resources and services available to them, knowledge of existing legislation, rules and collective agreements, access to and knowledge of trade union activities and the advantages of collective organisation;

Amendment 119 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Recommends that a consensual contract be drawn up for domestic and care work in each Member State, following a social dialogue between social workers, employers and female workers;

Amendment 12 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. having regard to the varying conditions under which ~~women~~people are employed as domestic workers or carers~~, which can be as undeclared, undocumented, casual or migrant workers with no contract, or no recognition of their qualifications,~~;

Amendment 120 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Stresses the need to raise awareness among employers of their obligations, and to provide them with information on good hiring practices, their legal obligations, penalties in the event of infringement and information and assistance available to the parties, and emphasises the need for the employer to recognise this group as workers with rights;

Amendment 121 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3d. Recommends that the Member States develop campaigns to improve visibility, enhance understanding and raise awareness among public and private bodies, families and public opinion as a whole with a view to dignifying the profession and gaining recognition for the important work and contribution of women domestic and care workers to the functioning of society;

Amendment 122 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)

3e. Reminds the Commission of its obligation to verify the application of the European Convention on the legal status of migrant workers, the Council of Europe Convention on action against trafficking in human beings, and the International Convention on the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and members of their families, adopted by UN General Assembly Resolution 45/158 of 18 December 1990;

Amendment 123 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)

3f. Calls for the provision of public aid and subsidies to establish and support cooperatives, autonomous associations and women domestic and care worker platforms, as these organisations contribute to the collective defence of these people’s rights;

Amendment 124 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 g (new)

3g. Stresses the importance of taking action to ensure the full application of the laws for the prevention of occupational hazards in the homes of employers, in order to guarantee occupational health and safety at the same levels as those enjoyed by other workers and prevent work-related accidents, risks of illness and exposure to hazards, such as intoxication with cleaning products, which are detrimental to health and well- being;

Amendment 125 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

~~4. Supports the promotion of organisations working to safeguard the labour rights of women workers;~~deleted

Amendment 126 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Supports the promotion of organisations working to~~Calls upon social partners to ensure they are fully aware of the challenges of safeguarding the labour rights of women ~~work~~employed as domestic workers or carers;

Amendment 127 #

Jean-Marie CAVADA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Supports the ~~promotion of~~good representation of women workers within professional organisations working to safeguard their labour rights ~~of women workers~~;

Amendment 128 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Supports the promotion of organisations working to safeguard the labour rights of wdomenstic workers and carers;

Amendment 129 #

Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Supports the promotion of organisations working to safeguard the labour rights of wo~~men worker~~rkers and to recognise their responsibilities;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. ~~having regard to the varying~~whereas, the conditions under which wdome~~n are employed as domestic workers or carers, which can be as~~stic workers or carers are employed vary greatly from one Member State to another from undeclared workers, undocumented~~, casual or~~ and undeclared migrant workers ~~with no contract, or no recognition of their qualification~~to domestic work and care being provided as public social service or as private social service provided by businesses, agencies, associations and cooperatives, or as direct employment by private entities,

Amendment 130 #

Enrique CALVET CHAMBON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Supports the promotion of organisations working to~~Urges and calls on organisations to take responsibility for safeguarding the labour rights of ~~women~~existing workers;

Amendment 131 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Supports the promotion of organisations working to safeguard the labour rights of women worker~~Calls on the social partners at European and at national levels, and in particular trade unions, to intensify sectorial collective bargaining in order to effectively advance and enforce decent working conditions in these sectors; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote and support trade union actions to organize domestic and care workers and to raise public awareness for their working conditions, in order to empower them to collectively stand up for their rights and to defend their employment and social protection rights;

Amendment 132 #

Emilian PAVEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls for measures to improve the image and status of domestic work and carers by the setting of minimum standards, notably with regard to maximum working hours and minimum social security coverage, professional training, reception facilities to promote integration, and information campaigns to inform workers and employers concerning their rights and duties;

Amendment 133 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Sees no need, given the existing national legislation, for a further European legal framework;

Amendment 134 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls for resolute action to be taken against undertakings in either sector whose business model relies on exploiting illegal workers so as to minimise operating costs, maximise profits and drive lawful undertakings out of the industry;

Amendment 135 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on policy makers to recognise household services, family employment and home care as a valuable economic sector that needs to be better regulated within Member States with a view to create a friendly environment for domestic workers and provide families with a capacity to assume their role as employers;

Amendment 136 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Recommends a dedicated training programme for those social agents directly involved in the handling of this problem (police officers and social workers), to enable the latter to provide assistance to victims of such discrimination with greater efficiency;

Amendment 137 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on Member States to strictly enforce legislation on protecting the health of domestic workers and carers, as well as regulations regarding occupational injuries and disease;

Amendment 138 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Regrets that women domestic and care workers continue to be poorly represented in trade union organisations in the various Member States and stresses the need to encourage these female workers to join trade unions;

Amendment 139 #

Jérôme LAVRILLEUX

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses how important it is to ensure the professionalisation of the sector so as to foster the creation of quality jobs and bring better working conditions ~~and~~, access to training and better social recognition;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the situation of male domestic servants and carers must not be overlooked and that a report on their specific problems and challenges should be drawn up sooner rather than later,

Amendment 140 #

Jean-Marie CAVADA, Marian HARKIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses how important it is to ensure the professionalisation of the sector as well as specific training for individuals working with elderly people and children, so as to foster the creation of quality jobs and bring better working conditions and access to training;

Amendment 141 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses how important it is to ensure the professionalisation of the sector so as to foster the creation of quality jobs and bring better working conditions and access to training, and ensure the validation of acquired experience;

Amendment 142 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses how important it is to ensure the professionalisation of the sector so as to foster the creation of quality jobs and bring better working conditions and access to training and enable the validation and certification of skills acquired so as to promote career development;

Amendment 143 #

Claude ROLIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses ~~how important it is~~the need to ensure the professionalisation of the sector ~~so as~~with a view to fostering the creation of quality jobs and bringing better working conditions and access to training together with the validation of qualifications and skills;

Amendment 144 #

Emilian PAVEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses how important it is to ensure the professionalisation of the sector so as to foster the creation of quality jobs and bring better working conditions and access to training such as free language courses in destination countries;

Amendment 145 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 146 #

Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jutta STEINRUCK, Elena GENTILE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses how important it is to ensure the professionalisation of the sector so as to foster the creation of quality jobs and bring better working conditions including the provision of formal contracts and access to training;

Amendment 147 #

Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses how important it is to ensure the professionalisation of the sector, and the validation of skills acquired, so as to foster the creation of quality jobs and bring better working conditions and access to training;

Amendment 148 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses how important it is to ensure the professionaliszation of the ~~sector~~domestic work and care sector, as well as the recognition of qualifications and work experience so as to foster the creation of quality jobs and bring ~~better~~decent working conditions and access to training;

Amendment 149 #

Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Elena GENTILE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses ~~how~~the importan~~t it is to~~ce of ensureing the professionalisation of the sector so as to foster the creation of ~~quality jobs and bring~~decent jobs leading to quality employment with better working conditions and access to training;

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas domestic workers are affected by significant discrimination regarding the level of the rights and protection that applies to them if compared to a country's general standards, especially where domestic work is regulated through specific legislation and/or collective bargaining instead of being simply covered by general labour law; whereas the most important forms of discrimination regard domestic workers' limited coverage by social security (particularly unemployment benefits, sickness and accident pays as well as maternity, parental and other care leaves) and their frequent exclusion from dismissal protection,

Amendment 150 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Welcomes national initiatives to introduce state-supported ‘household checks’(titres services) and welcomes the comprehensive social effect of such professionalisation, especially in rural areas;

Amendment 151 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses the need to create specific learning paths for both male and female students and also to improve the relationship between this labour market and educational institutions;

Amendment 152 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Recommends that the Commission promote the exchange of best practices between the Member States, following the example of successful models that have had a positive impact on the sector in social and labour terms, e.g. the ‘service vouchers’ introduced by Belgium and the ‘universal service employment cheque (CESU)’ in France;

Amendment 153 #

Anne SANDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses the importance of promoting the recognition of the skills and qualifications of domestic workers and carers, in order to make them more employable and thereby provide them with more prospects for career development and professional mobility;

Amendment 154 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Stresses the importance of professional domestic services for alleviating the burdens on extended families and families with children;

Amendment 155 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. For those already working in this sector, emphasises the need to improve standards through practice oriented training and retraining schemes; Such training should encompass managing the risks around posture and movement related tasks and biological and chemical risks as well as the use of assistive technology;

Amendment 156 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Calls on the Commission to urge the Member States to commit more public investment to creating stable, high-quality jobs in the sector;

Amendment 157 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Calls on the Commission to encourage the Member States to establish systems for professionalisation, training, continuous skills development and recognition of women domestic and care workers’ qualifications, including literacy (if applicable), to enhance their prospects of personal, professional and career development;

Amendment 158 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5d. Expresses concern over the lack of inspections to oversee, monitor and supervise the hiring of women domestic and care workers carried out by companies or recruitment agencies and reiterates the need to increase the number of public inspectors and inspections to ensure compliance with the law;

Amendment 159 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

~~6. Recommends affording women domestic workers and carers the same status as the rest of the labour force;~~deleted

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas, according to the ILO there are approximately 2.5 million domestic workers in the EU, but given the high degree of informality that characterises domestic work, it is likely that this figure underestimates the reality and whereas 88% of them are women,

Amendment 160 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Recommends affording women domestic workers and carers the same status as the rest of the labour force, in accordance with the principle of non-discrimination of Article 3(3) TEU;

Amendment 161 #

Jérôme LAVRILLEUX

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Recommends affording women domestic workers and carers the same status as the rest of the labour force and recommends that the Member States take decisive action in this sector that brings high added value to the economy, so as to ensure fair working conditions;

Amendment 162 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Recommends affording women domestic workers and carers the same status as the rest of the labour force~~Calls upon the Member States to establish a dedicated legal framework in order to set out the rights and responsibilities of those concerned; asks that the specific details of the working contract be taken into account accordingly, as well as the fact that many employers are private individuals who may be unfamiliar with legal protocols;

Amendment 163 #

Claude ROLIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Recommends, taking account of the specifics of the sector, affording women and men domestic workers and carers the same ~~statu~~rights as the rest of the labour force, and placing particular emphasis on health and safety concerns;

Amendment 164 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Recommends affording ~~women~~ domestic workers and carers the same status as the rest of the labour force;

Amendment 165 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Recommends affording women domestic workers and carers the same status as ~~the rest of the labour force~~any other worker in any Member State, recognising their work as an occupation in its own right and paving the way for working conditions to be genuinely afforded the same status as the rest of the productive sectors in fundamental aspects such as the following: a minimum wage, working days of the same length as the rest of the country’s workers, a weekly rest period and the right to holidays, recognised paid sick, maternity, paternity and breastfeeding leave, unemployment benefits, social security, occupational health and safety, restrictions on cash-in- hand pay, paid overtime, a precise definition of the tasks involved in the position and clear information on general working conditions, freedom of association, the right to collective bargaining and the right to a pension, etc.;

Amendment 166 #

Emilian PAVEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Recommends affording women domestic workers and carers the same status as the rest of the labour force by including domestic work and carers in European labour codes and regulated as such, as well as ensuring collective labour contracts for such jobs (similar to other jobs in the EU like agricultural or season work);

Amendment 167 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Recommends affording women domestic workers and carers the same status as the rest of the labour force; which would include the recognition of skills and the evaluation of skills that are informally acquired;

Amendment 168 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Recommends affording women domestic workers and carers the same status as the rest of the labour force, in terms of wages, working conditions, rights and responsibilities;

Amendment 169 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Recommends affording women domestic workers and carers through labour legislation the same status as the rest of the labour force particularly in regard to the use of formal contracts and the provision of maternity leave;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. having regard to the importance of the domestic work sector, which employed over 52 million people around the world in 2010, according to figures from the International Labour Organization (ILO), and a further 7.4 million domestic workers under the age of 15,

Amendment 170 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Repeats the European Parliament's call for the need for a structured sectoral dialogue in the care work sector[1] [1] http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getD oc.do?type=TA&reference=P7-TA-2013- 0328&language=EN&ring=A7-2013-0221

Amendment 171 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Encourages the exchange of best practice between Member States to enhance actions and impacts;

Amendment 172 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Recommends stepping up labour inspections so as to clamp down on any violations of the legislation on working time and rest breaks;

Amendment 173 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. recalls that, pursuant to the Vienna Convention of Diplomatic Relations of 1961, civil servants from the diplomatic corps must respect the laws and regulations of the State, including employment law, but that, owing to the fact that employers have immunity from the criminal justice system of the host State and their homes enjoy inviolability, the latter are protected against prosecution, leaving their employees defenceless and without access to justice if they suffer abuse or any prospect of changing employer due to the risk of losing their residence permit;

Amendment 174 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses, in this context, that there is an urgent need to tackle the problem of undeclared or illegal work;

Amendment 175 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Recalls the need to have au pairs given formal recognition, so that they do not become informal substitute domestic and care workers;

Amendment 176 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls for compliance with the European Convention on au pair placement and for an increase in inspections as this employment method is sometimes exploited by employers to obtain cheap internal female domestic workers;

Amendment 177 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Recalls that any framework or statute created must be sufficiently flexible so as not to drive employees and employers into situations involving undeclared or illegal work;

Amendment 178 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for the establishment of a European legal framework, encompassing the rights set out in Convention 189, that covers female carers and those providing care services on a casual, occasional or ad hoc basis;deleted

Amendment 179 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas domestic and care work is primarily characterised by the following: job instability, geographical mobility, ad- hoc hours, seasonal work patterns, shifts, lack of job security, casual employment, mainly undeclared labour,

Amendment 180 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

Amendment 181 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

Amendment 182 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

Amendment 183 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for the establishment of a European legal framework, encompassing the rights set out in Convention 189, that covers female carers and those providing paid care services on a casual, occasional or ad hoc basis.

Amendment 184 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission for the establishment of a European legal framework~~, encompassing the rights set out in~~ along the lines of ILO Convention No 189, t~~hat covers female carers and those providing care services on a casual, occasional or~~o protect the employment rights of domestic workers and ~~hoc basi~~carers.

Amendment 185 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that domestic workers and carers in Europe are valued as human beings and are able to have a work-life balance, including being covered by the Working Time Directive (2003/88/EC), in order that the employees are able to have essential periods of rest and are not forced into working excessive hours;

Amendment 186 #

Ádám KÓSA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Asks the European Commission to investigate the connection between expected technological advances and the possibility of using technology to replace household chores and, furthermore, to look into the possibilities for further development.

Amendment 187 #

Jean-Marie CAVADA, Marian HARKIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Repeats the demands of the European Parliament for adequate and appropriate support for informal carers.

Amendment 188 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses the necessity of adapting European migration policies to the needs of the labour market in terms of domestic workers, in order to protect female migrants from ending up in illegal work situations.

Amendment 189 #

Anne SANDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses how important it is to guarantee an adequate level of protection for domestic workers and carers, but also to avoid slowing down or complicating the recruitment process for these workers, which could discourage some employers from hiring them; encourages Member States, in this context, to develop official schemes for the employment of domestic staff, like the service voucher scheme which provides a simple and fast system for private households to pay these employees and ensure they receive social security cover.

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. having regard to the fact that this sector employs a large number of undeclared, undocumented, casual or migrant workers with no contract, or no recognition of their qualifications,

Amendment 190 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Asks the EU institutions to amend all EU Directives which conflict with ILO Convention 189;

Amendment 191 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Calls on EU institutions to remove all discrimination in EU legislation against domestic workers and carers in the EU, such as their exemption in Occupational Health and Safety Directive 89/391/EEC, to ensure that these employees receive the same level of protection as those in other sectors;

Amendment 192 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)

7d. Calls on Member States to ensure that the visas of domestic workers and carers allow employees to change employer if they have been subjected to abuse, removal of human rights, a substandard working environment or any conditions deemed as below national standards as set in national or European employment legislation;

Amendment 193 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)

7e. Calls on the Member States with a national minimum wage to ensure that all domestic carers and workers are paid at this rate as a minimum;

Amendment 194 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 f (new)

7f. Calls on Member States to consider introducing a service/voucher scheme, if not already in existence, to make domestic work and caring more official, in order to stamp out undeclared work;

Amendment 195 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 g (new)

7g. Calls on Member States to ensure that domestic workers and carers receive pension contributions in line with national legislation.

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Citation 2 (new)

- having regard to ILO Convention No 189 and Recommendation n° 201 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers adopted on 16 June 2011 by the ILO's International Labour Conference,

Amendment 20 #

Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas men are also employed in the domestic work sector, in particular as carers in the EU, and therefore require the same levels of protection and support to prevent any kind of sex-based discrimination and to ensure that there is equality with regard to labour market opportunities, pursuant to Articles 19 and 153 TFEU respectively,

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas according to the ILO Convention 189 a "domestic worker" is any person engaged in domestic work within an employment relationship, whether for one or more households, but a person who performs domestic work only occasionally or sporadically and not on an occupational basis is not a domestic worker,

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas women domestic workers and carers is a growing category of workers, representing on average around 1% of total employment,

Amendment 23 #

Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jutta STEINRUCK, Elena GENTILE

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. having regard to the considerable feminisation of this sector in which, according to the ILO, women account for 83 % of the global domestic workforce in 2010,

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas "care" means work carried out in public or private institutions or in private household(s) to provide personal care for elderly, ill or disabled people and whereas care work can be performed by professional carers who can be employed by public or private entities or families or be self-employed, and or it can also be performed by non-professional carers, who are usually family members,

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas two major demographic trends influence the demand for domestic workers namely the ageing of the European population and the increased participation of women in labour markets,

Amendment 26 #

Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jutta STEINRUCK, Elena GENTILE

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)

Ac. having regard to the fact that women and men employed as domestic workers or carers play an important role both economically and socially, as they enable their employers to have a better work-life balance as well as making it possible for many people to be available for work,

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)

Ad. whereas the growing number of older people, the declining number of working age people, and public budget constraints are having a strong impact on social services and whereas this will also have an impact on persons having to combine work and care responsibilities often in challenging circumstances,

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)

Ad. Whereas real change in the lives of domestic workers requires facilitating social and attitudinal change, which are complex and long processes,

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)

Ad. having regard to the fact that many employed in this sector are undeclared workers, minors, migrant workers, workers with no contract or social security cover, casual workers or those with no recognition of their rights and qualifications,

Amendment 3 #

Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jutta STEINRUCK, Elena GENTILE

Draft opinion
Citation 3 (new)

- having regard to Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961,

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)

Ae. whereas dependant people also live in areas affected by the lack of public resources, isolation or by other circumstances which make it difficult to have access to professional carers or public or private care institutions, and whereas these dependants might be only looked after by non-professional carers who, very often but not always, are family members,

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Recital A f (new)

Af. whereas professionalization means granting workers of certain sector employment and social protection rights that are equivalent to those held by employees working under employment contracts regulated by law, including decent wage, regulated working hours, paid leave, health and safety at work, pension, maternity/paternity and sick leaves, compensation in the event of invalidity, rules governing dismissal or termination of the contract, redress in the event of abuse and access to training; whereas domestic work and care sector can be professionalised through a combination of public finance (tax breaks), social finance (family allowances, aid to businesses, mutual societies and health insurance, works councils, etc.) and private finance (payment for services by private individuals),

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. having regard to the difficulties women domestic workers and carers encounter in entering the regular labour market owing to ~~legal or~~ linguistic obstacles, and difficulties combining work and personal life, ~~or the fact of being under 18, among other barriers,~~ among other barriers, Or. fr (Some of the text deleted from here has been incorporated into a new recital.)

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. having regard to the difficulties women domestic workers and carers encounter in entering the regular labour market owing to legal or linguistic obstacles, in some countries a longstanding tradition of undeclared work in the domestic sector, difficulties combining work and personal life, or the fact of being under 18, among other barriers,

Amendment 34 #

Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jutta STEINRUCK, Elena GENTILE

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. having regard to the difficulties women domestic workers and carers often encounter in entering the regular labour market owing to legal or linguistic obstacles, difficulties combining work and personal life, or the fact of being under 18, among other barriers,

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. ~~having regard to the difficulties women~~whereas domestic workers and carers encounter difficulties in entering the regular labour market owing to legal, administrative or linguistic obstacles, difficulties combining work and personal life, ~~or the fact of being under 18,~~ among other barriers,

Amendment 36 #

Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jutta STEINRUCK, Elena GENTILE

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas illicit employment and exploitation are widespread in both sectors,

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas attention must be paid to child labour, harassment and extensive working rights abuses in the sector of domestic work, particularly in the diplomatic households of third countries established in the EU Member States, where domestic workers in most cases enter EU on a different work permit than other domestic migrant workers and where households enjoy ex-territoriality principle,

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the provision of care is both formal and informal and policy must address this dual approach,

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

Ba. having regard to the fact that, in the more specific case of undocumented migrants, it is even more difficult to establish the identity and therefore the age of the worker,

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Recital -A a (new)

-Aa. whereas domestic work and carers contribute greatly to gender equality targets of the Europe 2020 strategy by effectively providing infrastructure to achieve work-life balance for many families in the EU; whereas, on the other hand, domestic work and carers´ constitute a big sector of employment in itself where 83 % of employees are women and which is largely undeclared work,

Amendment 40 #

Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas undocumented female migrant workers are the subject of worrying levels of discrimination, and fail to report instances of abuse, unfair dismissal, non-payment of wages, violence, discrimination, maltreatment, forced labour, servitude or confinement owing to a lack of awareness about their rights, obstacles such as a language barrier or out of fear of being arrested, deported or losing their job,

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas the current Directive on Safety and Health at Work (Directive 89/391/EEC) covers formally employed domestic workers and carers with the exceptions of workers directly employed by private households,

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas domestic and care work is a sector that creates jobs; these jobs must be of a high quality, as it is because of the work carried out by workers in this sector that many people are able to be economically and socially active outside of the home,

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Recital C

~~C. having regard to the particular relationship of dependency between a male employer and a female employee as a result of the latter's working in the former's private space,~~deleted

Amendment 44 #

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. having regard to the particular relationship of dependency between a male employer and a female employee as a result of the latter'’s working in the former'’s private space,

Amendment 45 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. having regard to the ~~particular~~unique relationship of dependency between a male employer and a female employee as a result of the latter's working within the former's private ~~spa~~residence,

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. having regard to the particular relationship of dependency between a male or female employer and a female employee as a result of the latter's working in the former's private space,

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. having regard to the particular relationship ~~of dependency between a male employer and a female employee as a result of the latter's working in the former's private space~~in a domestic setting, and with work in an employer’s private space; having regard to the right to protection from harassment and exploitation,

Amendment 48 #

Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. having regard to the particular relationship ~~of dependency~~ between a ~~male~~n employer and a ~~female~~n employee as a result of the latter's working in the former's private space,

Amendment 49 #

Enrique CALVET CHAMBON

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. having regard to the particular relationship ~~of dependency~~ between a male employer and a female employee as a result of the latter's working in the former's private space,

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Recital -A b (new)

-Ab. whereas despite the added value it brings to the society and the economy and the potential it holds, domestic work remains undervalued in monetary terms, often informal, undocumented and perceived as something other than regular employment,

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. having regard to the particular relationship of dependency between ~~a male~~ employers and ~~a female~~ employees as a result of the latter's ~~work~~often working as well as sometimes living in the former's private space,

Amendment 51 #

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas it is estimated that jobs and services provided for families represent 4.9% of European jobs, totalling 10.7 million, which demonstrates the economic significance of this type of service,

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas social standards, safety at work and social recognition must also encompass those women and men who perform mostly unremunerated domestic work as mothers or fathers,

Amendment 53 #

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the work of domestic workers and carers makes the lives of older people, parents, including single parents, and children substantially easier and that they therefore deserve a high level of social recognition; equally, the huge commitments to caregiving made by volunteers and family members cannot be valued highly enough,

Amendment 54 #

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

Ca. Having regard to social challenges such as population ageing or social exclusion as well as the need to facilitate reconciliation of work with family life,

Amendment 55 #

Jean-Marie CAVADA, Marian HARKIN

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

Ca. Notes the economic significance of the sector which provides job opportunities for a high proportion of the work force particularly those that are low skilled,

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

Ca. having regard to the increase in recent years in the proportion of female domestic workers who are migrants,

Amendment 57 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

Ca. having regard to the absence of a legal framework at EU level and the variety of ways of arranging and proposing legislation over domestic and care work, which differ between the Member States,

Amendment 58 #

Enrique CALVET CHAMBON

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

Ca. having regard to the important role played by domestic and care workers in the emancipation of women in the workplace in the EU,

Amendment 59 #

Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas households across Europe, especially families with children and extended families, benefit from the relief provided by professional domestic service providers,

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Recital -A c (new)

-Ac. whereas the ILO Convention n° 189 and Recommendation n° 201 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers represent a historical set of international standards aimed at improving the working conditions of tens of millions of domestic workers worldwide; whereas most domestic workers are women and the new standards set up in the ILO Convention are an important step to advance gender equality in the world of work and ensure women's equal rights and protection under the law; whereas, however, the ILO Convention n° 189 has to date been ratified by 22 States, of which only 6 are Member States of the EU,

Amendment 60 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)

Cb. having regard to the fact that household services, family employment and home care have a potential to improve economic and social cohesion in the EU,

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas the observation and application of existing national laws for the protection of domestic and care workers’ labour rights remains an outstanding issue for some Member States,

Amendment 62 #

Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas in the absence of the necessary professionalisation, the market for domestic services is a hive of illegal, unsocial black-market labour,

Amendment 63 #

Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)

Cc. having regards to the fact that an adequate regulation of this sector would contribute to fighting with undeclared work,

Amendment 64 #

Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas regulated and declared domestic and care work improves the quality of life of the people who carry it out, provides them with social services and protection against abuse and discrimination, reduces the risk of poverty, marginalisation, stigmatisation and loss of face, and also gives the employer a better guarantee of a quality service and helps to increase revenue for the Member States’ social security funds,

Amendment 65 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Recital C d (new)

Cd. whereas providing adequate protection for people with disabilities, the elderly, ill people, dependants and minors is a fundamental EU principle and domestic and care work is a sector that is essential to ensuring that it is maintained,

Amendment 66 #

Draft opinion
Recital C e (new)

Ce. whereas austerity measures introduced as a result of the crisis have reduced public investment in the care sector, which has forced many people, mainly women, to cut their working hours or return to the home to take care of dependants, elderly people, ill people or children,

Amendment 67 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Recital C f (new)

Cf. whereas the place in which these people carry out their work does not make the employer exempt from complying with health and safety and risk prevention requirements, or from respecting the privacy of those who stay overnight on the premises,

Amendment 68 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Encourages ~~the~~all Member States to ratify ILO Convention 189, and ~~urges those who have already done so to~~ensure that it is appl~~y it~~ied stringently;

Amendment 69 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Encourages the Member States to ratify ILO Convention 189, and urges those who have already done so to apply it ~~stringently~~as soon as possible so as to improve working conditions;

Amendment 7 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Recital -A d (new)

-Ad. whereas to this day domestic work and carers work in the EU are very scarcely and unevenly regulated in the Member States, and although being a growing sector due to demographic change in Europe, very little is known about its´ real size in the economy and there is a lack of reliable statistical data on it,

Amendment 70 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Encourages the Member States to ratify ILO Convention 189, and urges those who have already done so to apply it ~~stringently~~in its entirety, implementing the appropriate measures to ensure compliance with the articles of said Convention and ILO Recommendation R-201 of 2011 on decent work for domestic workers;

Amendment 71 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Encourages the Member States to ratify ILO Convention 189, and urges those who have already done so to apply it stringently; and also to consider how those working for and in the diplomatic corps can be better protected and to afford domestic workers the right to change job;

Amendment 72 #

Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jutta STEINRUCK, Elena GENTILE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Encourages the Member States to urgently ratify ILO Convention 189, and urges those who have already done so to apply it stringently;

Amendment 73 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Encoura~~Urges the Member States to ratify ILO Convention 189, and urges those who have already done so to apply it stringently; recalls that, in accordance with the ILO's Constitution, governments have the obligation to submit the Convention and Recommendation to their national legislatures in order to promote measures for the implementation of these instruments, and that, in the case of the Convention, the submission procedure also aims to promote ratification;

Amendment 74 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality to table a document that reflects gender equality, tackling the rights of both women and men carers and domestic workers without discrimination;

Amendment 75 #

Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jutta STEINRUCK, Elena GENTILE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recognises the reluctance of some Member States to legislate for the private sphere, nevertheless considers that non- action will come at a high cost for both society and the concerned workers; stresses that the predicted growth of demand for care workers in particular in the home sphere makes such legislation a necessity in order to fully protect such workers;

Amendment 76 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Considers that ratification by all EU Member States would be an important step forward in the promotion and protection of human rights and a strong political signal against all forms of abuse, harassment and violence committed against all workers and namely women domestic workers;

Amendment 77 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls for the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women domestic and care workers through the removal of EU labour provisions that specifically exclude women domestic and/or care workers with a view to ensuring that these people are included;

Amendment 78 #

Anne SANDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Reminds the Member States of the importance of effectively combating situations of undeclared work in which domestic workers and carers often find themselves; that undeclared work deprives them of social security cover and has a negative impact on their working conditions in terms of health and safety; and that the underground economy accounts for more than 15 % of Europe’s GDP, which represents a shortfall of over EUR 2 000 billion;

Amendment 79 #

Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jutta STEINRUCK, Elena GENTILE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls on the Commission to propose urgently Carers´ Leave Directive and a framework for recognition of non- professional carers' status which offers them minimum standards of social protection during the time they perform the care tasks and support in terms of training and specific actions helping them improve their living and working conditions;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. having regard to the varying conditions under which women are employed as domestic workers or carers, which can be as underpaid, undeclared, undocumented, casual or migrant workers with no contract, or no recognition of their qualifications,

Amendment 80 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Urges the Commission and Member States to revise any European Directives and national legislation which contain discriminatory policies towards domestic workers and carers, such as specifically excluding them from certain rights; calls on those Member States which have not yet done so develop clear framework regulation in their national law allowing for legal and organised employment of domestic workers and carers, in order to provide legal certainty for both – workers of this sector and their potential employers;

Amendment 81 #

Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jutta STEINRUCK, Elena GENTILE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Recommends Member States that clear regulation for legal employment of domestic workers and carers should be supported by incentives for domestic workers as well as their potential employers to choose the legal way of employment;

Amendment 82 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)

1e. Highlights that training, support and protection for non-professional carers is also important given the important task they carry in areas where other resources are not available; calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop initiatives, involving training courses, access to minimum social protection and income, addressed to this particular group in order to offer them adequate living and working conditions in carrying out their tasks;

Amendment 83 #

Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jutta STEINRUCK, Elena GENTILE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)

1f. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the creation of workers' cooperatives in the care and household services sectors, with special attention to the rural areas, given the positive effects that this will have on the creation of quality and sustainable jobs, especially for those workers who have difficulties in integrating the labour market;

Amendment 84 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for measures to be taken to ensure full compliance with the law on issues affecting this group, to step up labour inspections and ensure that these can take place in private residences, so as to clamp down on unlawful behaviour and to facilitate and incentivise legal hiring practices;

Amendment 85 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for measures to be taken to ensure ~~full~~ compliance with the law ~~on issues affecti~~, to streng th~~is group, to step up labour inspections so as to clamp down~~en inspection departments so as to tackle the problem onf un~~lawful behaviour and to facilitate and~~declared work and to incentivise legal hiring practices;

Amendment 86 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for measures to be taken to ensure full compliance with the law on issues affecting this group~~, to step up labour inspections so as to clamp down on unlawful behaviour~~ and to facilitate and incentivise legal hiring practices;

Amendment 87 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 88 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for measures to be taken to ensure full compliance with the law and social standards on issues affecting this group, to step up labour inspections so as to clamp down on un~~lawful behaviour and to~~declared work and to appropriately facilitate and incentivise legal hiring practices;

Amendment 89 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for ~~measures to be taken to ensure full~~improvements to the existing national labour legislation through the development of systems to ensure effective application and greater compliance with th~~e law~~is legislation on issues affecting this group, to step up labour inspections in the workplace so as to clamp down on unlawful behaviour ~~and to facilitate and incentivise legal hiring practices;~~ ;

Amendment 9 #

Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jutta STEINRUCK, Elena GENTILE

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. having regard to the varying conditions under which women are employed as domestic workers or carers~~, which can be as undeclared, undocumented, casual or migrant workers with no contract, or no recognition of their qualifications;~~ ; Or. fr (Some of the text deleted in this amendment has been moved to another recital (A d))

Amendment 90 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls ~~for measures to be taken~~on the Member States to encourage the transition from the informal to the formal economy and to ensure full compliance with the law on issues affecting this ~~group,~~sector and to step up labour inspections ~~so as to clamp down on unlawful behaviour and to facilitate and incentivise legal hiring practices~~, especially regarding cases of human trafficking and labour exploitation and those involving companies providing domestic and care services using undeclared and bogus self- employment, so as to clamp down on the considerable amount of illegal work in this sector and protect workers, with especial attention to migrant women; hopes that the situation of domestic workers and carers will be sufficiently addressed in the future work of the European Platform against Undeclared Work;

Amendment 91 #

Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Elena GENTILE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Member States to consider the adoption of tax incentives for families that employ or contract the provision of services to their family unit, examples of which include support and/or care for children and older people, and domestic workers, as a means of combating undeclared work and promoting adequate training of these workers;

Amendment 92 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to guarantee the same provisions on health and safety at work for all domestic workers and carers regardless the employment type, i.e. for formally employed workers and for workers directly employed by private households;

Amendment 93 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Notes the prevalence of undeclared work in the sector which affects the quality of care and working conditions for many informal carers and stresses the role the European Platform on the prevention and deterrence of undeclared work can play in combatting this;

Amendment 94 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls for maternity protection guarantees to be put in place, said guarantees then also encompassing employment protection and salary protection from the start of pregnancy through to the infant’s upbringing;

Amendment 95 #

Claude ROLIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Encourages the Member States to put in place tax aid and simple declaration systems so as to discourage and tackle the issue of illegal employment, as recommended by the European Economic and Social Committee in its opinion on developing services to the family to increase employment rates and promote gender equality at work 1 a ; __________________ 1a SOC/508

Amendment 96 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Member States to better regulate the labour market to create high- quality jobs, and recalls that not regularising undocumented workers causes the underground economy to grow and results in workers being unable to defend or protect themselves;

Amendment 97 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Emphasises that these inspections must assess the actions of both the employer and the employee;

Amendment 98 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to gather, analyse and publish reliable statistical data broken down by age, sex and nationality so as to enable informed discussions while looking for best solutions on how to professionalise the sector of domestic work;

Amendment 99 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Welcomes the initiatives for preventing and discouraging undeclared work, as the underground economy threatens job security, reduces the quality of work available, puts the sustainability of the social welfare system at risk and reduces the tax income to the State’s coffers; insists that female workers should not be held responsible or face penalties;

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2015/11/11 FEMM 165 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2

– having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in particular Articles 1, 3, 5, 27, 31, 32 and 33 thereof,

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

– having regard to the Fundamental Rights Agency study "Severe labour exploitation: workers moving within or into the European Union,

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Asks the Member States, in the meantime, to regulate and implement comprehensive legal frameworks establishing clear labour contracts that ensure workers´ rights, among others health and safety at work for domestic workers and carers directly employed by any labour relationship between householders – when acting as employers – and an employee/worker providing remunerated services within the employer’'s household or by a legal third party : cooperative, association or company;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Member States to include domestic workers and carers in all national labour ~~and anti-discrimination laws;~~ , healthcare, social care, insurance and anti-discrimination laws, recognising their contribution to the economy and society. Urges accordingly the European Commission to consider revising any European Directives that exclude domestic workers and carers from rights that other categories of workers enjoy;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Member States to work together to lay down common rules on domestic work, in order to have the same occupational categories, pay and conditions throughout the EU;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. S~~trongly s~~upports ILO convention 189 concerning decent work for domestic workers, supplemented by Recommendation No 201, as it globally addresses the needs for workers to be covered by labour law and asks for social rights, non-discrimination and equal treatment; ~~asks the Member States therefore to adopt, ratify and implement the ILO convention as soon as possible;~~

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Considers it essential to combat precarious and undeclared work, given that this phenomenon severely affects domestic workers ~~and~~, including migrant women workers ~~in particular~~, thus worsening their ~~already vulnerable position~~position in instances of vulnerability;

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Considers it essential to combat precarious and undeclared work, given that this phenomenon severely affects domestic workers and migrant women workers in particular, thus worsening their already vulnerable position; in this regard supports the integration of the situation of domestic workers and carers within the framework of the European Platform against undeclared work;

Amendment 106 #

Maria NOICHL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Considers it essential to combat precarious and undeclared work, given that this phenomenon severely affects domestic workers and migrant women workers in particular, thus worsening their already vulnerable position; stresses the importance of eradicating such practices and vigorously prosecuting and punishing employers;

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the social partners at European and at national levels, and in particular trade unions, to intensify sectorial collective bargaining in order to effectively advance and enforce decent working conditions in these sectors; stresses the important role that trade unions can play in organising and informing workers on their rights and obligations; notes that this is a way for domestic workers to be represented with one voice, to be able to collectively bargain their contracts and to defend their rights and interests;

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls for proper effect to be given to maternity protection safeguards, with job and pay being guaranteed from the start of pregnancy until the infant reaches early childhood;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Takes the view that a common definition of ‘workplace exploitation’ is needed at European level so that data from different Member States can be compared more easily and exploitation can be combated more effectively, particularly in the field of domestic work; calls on the Commission to promote the harmonisation of the definition of ‘workplace exploitation’ at European level, on the basis of objective criteria;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

– having regard to Fundamental Rights Agency 2015 report on 'Severe labour exploitation: workers moving within or into the European Union. States' obligations and victims' rights',

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Calls on the Member States to promote recruitment in social care services and to work on increasing the attractiveness of the sector as a viable career option;

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Calls on the Member States to combat stereotypes to ensure that care work and household tasks are seen as activities for both men and women;

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Asks the Member States to immediately apply guidelines deriving from Directive 2006/54/EC on equal pay and~~Calls on the Commission to review Directive 2006/54/EC on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment ofor men and women in ~~employment~~matters of employment and occupation; also calls on the Member States to implement this Directive consistently;

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Notes that there is an increase in the number of people living in long-term institutional care and further social exclusion of persons with disabilities in the EU, which is in direct violation of the EU's commitments under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020;

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls on Member States strictly to enforce legislation to protect the health of domestic workers and carers, as well as rules on occupational injuries and disease;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Asks the Member States to adopt measures reconciling work and family life, as this will have the benefit of supporting women to stay in paid employment and reduce their later pension gap;

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Affirms the need for effective application of the rules that already protect migrant domestic workers and requests the necessary reforms or additional regulations required at European level to that end;deleted

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Urges the European Commission and the Member States to reassure the availability of legal avenues to migrate to the EU and to introduce targeted legal migration programmes; stresses the need for the Member States to establish bilateral agreements with those states that the statistics show as the sending country of domestic workers and carers, in order to regularise the sending and receiving flow, helping by this way to combat trafficking and forced labour networks deterring nevertheless the phenomenon of social dumping; calls on the Member States to ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 18 December 1999;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Urges the Member States to undertake the necessary efforts, and to find innovative inspection methods, in order to eliminate ~~mistreatment, financial exploit~~possible cases of mistreatment, wage discrimination and a~~cts~~ny form of violence ~~or sexual abuse~~ against domestic workers;

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Urges the Member States to undertake the necessary efforts, and to find innovative inspection methods, and mechanism to control, monitor and submit complains in order to eliminate mistreatment, financial exploitation and acts of violence or sexual abuse against domestic workers; asks the Member States to revise those regulations that exempt the domestic workplace from inspections and to implement all the necessary measures to assure that all domestic and care workers victims of abuses and of gender based violence will have the necessary information and mechanisms to access to the Judicial system, providing the adequate level of protection;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)

– having regard to Fundamental Rights Agency 2011 report 'Migrants in an irregular situation employed in domestic work: fundamental rights challenges for the European Union and its Member States',

Amendment 120 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Urges the Member States to undertake the necessary efforts, and to find innovative inspection methods, in order to eliminate mistreatment, financial exploitation and acts of violence or sexual abuse against domestic workers; calls for Member State police forces to cooperate more closely in carrying out such inspections, including by pooling the results of innovative oversight procedures;

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Urges the Member States to undertake the necessary efforts to step up inspections, and to find innovative inspection methods, in order to eliminate mistreatment, financial exploitation and acts of violence or sexual abuse against domestic workers;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Urges the Member States to undertake the necessary efforts, and to find innovative inspection methods, respecting privacy, especially regarding private homes where inspectors cannot enter without a court authorisation and to adequately brief and train inspectors in order to eliminate mistreatment, financial exploitation and acts of violence or sexual abuse against domestic workers;

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Urges the Member States to undertake the necessary efforts, and to find innovative inspection methods, in order to eliminate mistreatment, exploitation including financial exploitation, and acts of violence or sexual abuse against domestic workers;

Amendment 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Points out that the role played by labour inspectorates in monitoring and improving labour relations is of benefit to both employers and workers and should not be viewed in a negative light by, or penalise, either;

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Member States to ~~endorse road ma~~develop programmes aiming to inform and educate workers on the impact of precarious work; suggests that Member States, in cooperation with social partners, should also consider establishment of information centres ~~and~~, helplines ~~for domestic workers so that they can obtain easily accessible information about their rights~~and a website providing assistance and information on the rights and obligations of domestic workers and carers as well as their employers, perhaps also offering model employment contracts in each Member State;

Amendment 126 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Member States to endorse road map programmes aiming to inform and educate workers on the impact of precarious work and to fund and launch campaigns to raise awareness of the rights and duties of domestic and care workers and employers and to promote the recognition of the domestic and care work; suggests that Member States should also establish information centres and helplines for domestic workers so that they can obtain easily accessible information about their rights;

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Member States to endorse road map programmes aiming to inform and educate workers on the impact of precarious work and the risks of exploitation in the domestic work sector; suggests that Member States should also establish information centres and helplines for domestic workers so that they can obtain easily accessible information about their rights;

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Urges the Member States to promote the empowerment of domestic workers for reporting a crime or discrimination, as well as training for the police and judiciary to identify racist and xenophobic motives when faced with a migrant or an irregular victim;

Amendment 129 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Recommends that EU Member States establish a national, independent control, counselling and complaint service that can assist the domestic workers and carers in case of problems, especially high stress and depression; such institution should have the possibility to pay visits to the domes where workers and cares have been placed undertaking a follow-up visit and react in case of problems brought forward by the domestic workers and carers;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)

– having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 16 October 2014 on developing services to the family to increase employment rates and promote gender equality at work,

Amendment 130 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on trade unions to approach all those performing domestic work and care with appropriate attention, using methods adapted to the specific working environment of these workers and the precariousness of their jobs; stresses the important role that trade unions can play in organising and informing workers on their rights and obligations; notes that this is a way for domestic workers to be represented with one voice, to be able to collectively bargain their contracts and to defend their rights and interests;deleted

Amendment 131 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on trade unions to approach all those performing domestic work and care with ~~appropriate~~ attention, using methods adapted to the specific working environment of these workers and the precariousness of their jobs; stresses the important role that trade unions can play in organising and informing workers on their rights and obligations; ~~notes that this is a way for domestic workers to be represented with one voice, to be able to collectively bargain their contracts and to defend their rights and interests;~~

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on trade unions to approach all those performing domestic work and care with appropriate attention, using methods adapted to the specific working environment of these workers and the precariousness of their jobs; stresses the important role that trade unions can play in organising and informing workers, especially migrants, on their rights and obligations; notes that this is a way for domestic workers to be represented with one voice, to be able to collectively bargain their contracts and to defend their rights and interests;

Amendment 133 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Asks the Commission to exchange information and best practice of associations and cooperatives of domestic and care workers inserted in social economy models in the EU;

Amendment 134 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. ~~Strongly u~~Urges the Member States ~~not to penalise~~to support and protect undeclared domestic workers or carers when they decide to come out of the vicious circle of ‘hidden’ work~~, but instead to support and protect them~~;

Amendment 135 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Strongly urges the Member States not to penalise undeclared domestic workers or carers, especially migrants who should not be threatened with expulsion, when they decide to come out of the vicious circle of ‘'hidden’' work, but instead ~~to support~~encourage and protect them to come forward and report;

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. SCalls on the Commission and Member States to promote regularisation schemes based on lessons learned from past experiences as a means to reduce the exposure of migrant workers in an irregular situation to exploitation and abuse; strongly urges the Member States not to penalise undeclared domestic workers or carers when they decide to come out of the vicious circle of ‘hidden’ work, but instead to support and protect them;

Amendment 137 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the Commission to take the necessary steps ~~to establish an EU observatory on domestic and care work~~ in order to better monitor and document the vulnerable and underestimated profession of domestic workers and carers, and to propose actions to tackle the phenomenon;

Amendment 138 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the Commission to take the necessary steps to establish an EU observatory on domestic and care work in order to better monitor and document the vulnerable and underestimated profession of domestic workers and carers and to propose actions to tackle the phenomenon within the European Platform against Undeclared Work;

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage and promote innovative solutions and investment in social and healthcare services which have great potential for job creation, are essential for addressing the needs of our ageing societies and demographic change in general, as well as necessary to avert the negative social consequences of the crisis;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 13 May 2015 on the EU Strategy for equality between women and men post 20151 b, __________________ 1bTexts adopted, P8_TA - PROV(2015)0218.

Amendment 140 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Asks the Commission and the competent European agencies to conduct a study comparing different systems of regularised domestic work and to collect data with regard to the situation in the Member States; also calls on the Commission to launch a study on the contribution of carers and domestic workers to social protection systems throughout Europe;

Amendment 141 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Asks the Commission and the competent European agencies to conduct a study comparing different systems of regularised domestic work and to collect data with regard to the situation in the Member States; asks the Commission to launch a study on the contribution of carers and domestic workers to social protection systems throughout Europe;

Amendment 142 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Asks the Commission and the competent European agencies to conduct a study comparing different systems of regularised domestic work and to collect data with regard to the situation in the Member States; asks the Commission to commission a study on the contribution domestic workers and carers make to social protection systems in the EU;

Amendment 143 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Asks the Commission and the competent European agencies to conduct a study comparing different systems of regularised domestic work and to collect data with regard to the situation in the Member States; also calls on the Commission to launch a study to determine the wealth, value and contribution of carers and domestic workers to the EU and Member States economies;

Amendment 144 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Asks the Commission and the competent European agencies to conduct a study comparing different systems of regularised domestic work and to collect data with regard to the situation in the Member States; takes the view that this data should be used in a exchange of good practice among Member States, in order in particular to optimise the fight against the exploitation of domestic workers;

Amendment 145 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Highlights the need for the Member States to ensure broader access to easily available and affordable high-quality childcare, disability care and elderly care facilities, thus minimising the reasons to undertake these duties on an informal or precarious basis and improving the recognition of the value of the work undertaken by professional care-givers; highlights the need for the Member States to develop services that support family, formal and informal carers, aiming to avoid exposing them to situations of excessive stress that impacts their mental and physical health;

Amendment 146 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Highlights the need for the Member States to ensure broader access to easily available and affordable high-quality and community-based childcare, disability care and elderly care facilities, through adequate financing, thus minimising the reasons to undertake these duties on an informal or precarious basis and improving the recognition of the value of the work undertaken by professional care-givers;

Amendment 147 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Highlights the need for the Member States to ensure broader access to easily available, suitably funded and affordable high-quality, inclusive childcare, disability care and elderly care facilities, thus minimising the reasons to undertake these duties on an informal or precarious basis and improving the recognition of the value of the work undertaken by professional care-givers;

Amendment 148 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Calls on Member States to require appropriate professional qualifications for some types of domestic work (care for the elderly, children and disabled persons) which call for specific skills;

Amendment 149 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to broaden the scope of application of existing instruments and mechanism established to address trafficking to cases of severe labour exploitation;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 c (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 10 March 2015 on progress on equality between women and men in the European Union in 20131 c, __________________ 1c Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0050.

Amendment 150 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Urges the Member States to invest on creating stable, high-quality jobs in the sector of domestic work and care, also by means of EU Funds, such as the European Social Fund (ESF) and the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI);

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Believes that adopting and adjusting best practices from certain ~~regions or~~ Member States could lead to regular forms of employment for domestic workers and carers;

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Believes that encouragement should be given for the development of subsidised home care arrangements that allow disabled people to live independently and to choose the qualified professionals who will care for them in their own homes, in particular in cases of severe disability;

Amendment 153 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

~~19. Urges the EU and the Member States to enact and enforce policies and measures that rectify the exclusion of domestic workers and carers from society;~~deleted

Amendment 154 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Notes that good practices such as job-sharing and incentivise special leaves could be applied, especially for the cases of migrant domestic workers and carers who live in a transnational family, in order to allow them to properly rest and to keep their ties with their family;

Amendment 155 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Member States to ~~include domestic workers and carers in their educational systems and to~~ make sure that domestic workers of a young age do not abandon school in order to take up work;

Amendment 156 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Notes that private household employers have a primordial role to play in observing fair labour standards and rights realizing that they are simultaneously an employee and an employer themselves; calls on the Member States to ensure that relevant information on the regularization of domestic work and care must be available to employers and employees;

Amendment 157 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Calls on the Member States to place EU and non-EU au pairs on equal footing, by granting them combined residence/work permit that specifies working hours, type of contract, terms of payment; calls on the Member States to ratify the Council of Europe Agreement on au pair placement; demands that Member States to improve the accreditation system and control mechanisms on au pair placement agencies;

Amendment 158 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Calls on the Member States to organise campaigns stressing the importance and the benefits of regularized domestic work and care and increase awareness among the general public of the existence of severe exploitation in private households setting the goal of zero tolerance of exploitation of such workers;

Amendment 159 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)

21b. Reminds Member States that under Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, it is the duty of diplomatic delegations to respect the laws and regulations of their host State, including labour law, and encourages Member States to enforce it effectively so as to avoid impunity of diplomatic households when domestic workers are abused;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 d (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 4 February 2014 on undocumented women migrants in the European Union1 d, __________________ 1d Texts adopted, P7_TA(2014)0068.

Amendment 160 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

~~22. Asks the Member States to consider incentives for employers, such as subsidies or tax deductions, to encourage the use of declared domestic workers and carers;~~deleted

Amendment 161 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Asks the Member States to consider incentives for ~~employers~~household employers, especially those in weak financial situation, such as subsidies or tax deductions, to encourage the use of declared domestic workers and carers;

Amendment 162 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. ~~Calls on the~~Recommends Member States t~~o enforce simplified administrative procedural systems to be applied to all domestic workers and carers, thus allowing employers to establish easily a legal labo~~hat clear regulation for legal employment of domestic workers and carers should be supported by incentives for domestic workers as well as their potential employers to choose the legal way of employment; also calls on the Member States to eliminate the legal barriers that are cur re~~lationship with them~~ntly significantly reducing the declared, direct employment of employees by families;

Amendment 163 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Asks the European Commission and Member States to enlarge the instruments and mechanism established to address trafficking such as referral mechanisms or temporary residence permits – and to review them with a view to broadening their scope of application to cases of severe labour exploitation that do not involve trafficking;

Amendment 164 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)

24b. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to promote the investigation of cases of trafficking for human exploitation, and more specifically in the domestic work, to improve the mechanism of identification and protection of this victims and to involve NGOs, trade unions, public authorities and all citizens in the detection process of the trafficking and severe exploitation phenomena;

Amendment 165 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, and the Commission ~~and the ILO~~.

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)

– having regard to the Council Decision authorising Member States to ratify, in the interests of the European Union, the Convention concerning decent work for domestic workers, 2011, of the International Labour Organization Convention No 189, COM (2013) 152 of 21 March 2013,

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16

– having regard to the opinion of the Section for Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship of the European Economic and Social Committee of 126 May 2010 on ‘The professionalisation of domestic work’7 , __________________ 7 SOC/372 – CESE 336/2010 fin.

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)

– having regard to the 2015 report by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions titled 'Working and caring: Reconciliation measures in times of demographic change',

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2

– having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in particular Articles 1, 3, 27, 31, 32, 33 and 3347 thereof,

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)

– having regard to United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 b (new)

– having regard to the Joint report by the Social Protection Committee and the European Commission on "Adequate social protection for long-term care needs in an ageing society,

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 c (new)

– having regard to the 2014 report by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions entitled 'Residential care sector: Working conditions and job quality',

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 d (new)

– having regard to the 2013 report by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions entitled 'Women, men and working conditions in Europe',

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 e (new)

– having regard to the 2011 report by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions entitled "Company initiatives for workers with care responsibilities for disabled children or adults",

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)

– having regard the 2015 FRA report "Severe labour exploitation: workers moving within or into the European Union",

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 b (new)

– having regard the 2011 FRA report "Migrants in an irregular situation employed in domestic work: Fundamental rights challenges for the European Union and its Member States",

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas ~~in industrialised countries~~ domestic work acnd carers count~~s for between 5 and 9% of all employment and, according to the ILO findings, the majority of workers employed in this sector are women, the percentage figure of ov~~ribute greatly to gender equality targets of the Europe 2020 strategy by effectively providing infrastructure to achieve work-life balance for many families in the EU; whereas, on the other hand, domestic work and carers´ constitute a big sector of employment in itself where 83 % ~~translating into 2.5 million in the EU~~of employees are women and which is largely undeclared work;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas in most Member States current policy models for long-term care are not suitable for meeting the needs of our ageing societies and whereas most Member States to this day have not addressed demographic change in their policy initiatives;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas domestic and care work has been socially constructed by patriarchal societies as a gender activity and it has been traditionally characterised by its low recognition and invisibility, and still current societies do not consider this work, a work with a value; whereas paid domestic and care work is also undervalued, underpaid, unprotected and poorly regulated despite of the contributions that domestic workers make to the care and welfare of millions of households;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)

– having regard to Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast)1 a, __________________ 1a OJ L 204, 26.7.2006, p. 23.

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas the term domestic and care workers includes diverse groups of workers such as, but not only, life-in workers, external workers, hourly workers in several households, family workers, daily or night care workers, babysitters, au pairs, gardeners, the reality and conditions of which may vary in a significant manner;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas "care" means work carried out in public or private institutions or in private household(s) to provide personal care for children, elderly, ill or disabled people and whereas care work can be performed by professional carers who can be employed by public or private entities or families or be self-employed, and or it can also be performed by non- professional carers, who are usually family members;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)

Ad. whereas professionalisation means granting workers of certain sector employment and social protection rights that are equivalent to those held by employees working under employment contracts regulated by law, including decent wage, regulated working hours, paid leave, health and safety at work, pension, maternity/paternity and sick leaves, compensation in the event of invalidity, rules governing dismissal or termination of the contract, redress in the event of abuse and access to training;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas domestic workers and carers who are excluded from labour laws cannot be guaranteed a safe and healthy work environment or avoid workplace discrimination; whereas, moreover, they have no right, or are unaware of how or experience difficulties, to participate in unions or other forms of collective bargaining, which makes them particularly vulnerable;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas some sectoral supporting measures, such as the Swedish tax deduction for domestic services, the French "service employment voucher" or the Belgian "service voucher", have proven their effectiveness in reducing undeclared work, improving working conditions and granting regular labour rights to domestic and care workers;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas it is estimated that most care in the EU is currently being provided by informal, unpaid carers who themselves can be considered a vulnerable group due to increasing pressures to provide more sophisticated and technical levels of care; whereas 80 % of all caregivers are women, and that this challenges employment levels amongst women, work- life balance, gender equality and healthy ageing;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the Fundamental Rights Agency has considered domestic and care work as one of the sectors with higher risks of severe labour exploitation in the EU; whereas this exploitation is often shown by a lack of formal contract or contracts that are not equivalent to the real tasks performed, by too low salaries, irregular payments and often even absence of payment, by too long working hours and absences of leaves and by experiences of sexual, racial and/or sexist abuses;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas many jobs in the health and care sector in some Member States are still poorly paid, often not offering formal contracts and other basic labour rights and have low attractiveness because of the high risk of physical and emotional stress, the threat of burnout, and a lack of career development opportunities; whereas the sector offers little training and, moreover, its employees are predominantly ageing people, women and migrant workers;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)

Dc. whereas a number of Member States lack a quality care service that is available to all regardless of income, i.e. services need to be accessible and affordable for all users and their families;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)

– having regard to Council of Europe's Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence,

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas more than one-third of women domestic workers are not entitled to maternity leave and related rights and allowances10 and in some countries domestic and care workers have no unemployment benefits rights; __________________ 10 Ibidem.

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas domestic workers often work in deplorable or hazardous conditions or lack appropriate training to perform specific tasks that might result in on-the-job injuries~~, for which, moreover, they lack access to healthcare~~; whereas the same provisions on health and safety should be guaranteed at work for all domestic workers and carers regardless the employment type, i.e. for formally employed workers and for workers directly employed by private households;

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the majority of domestic workers and carers are migrant women, a~~nd are therefore often~~ big percentage of which are in an irregular situation, and in the first stages of the migration process they might be unaware of their rights, have restricted access to public services or encounter problems accessing these services, have limited knowledge of the local language and lack social inclusion;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas au pairs are a group of domestic workers who are often not regarded as regular workers; whereas numerous reports indicate that this can lead to abuse by, for example, forcing au pairs to work excessive hours; whereas au pairs must receive protection equal to other domestic workers;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas migrant workers such as domestic workers may be exposed to multiple discrimination, since they often work under poor, irregular conditions; whereas concrete efforts should be made to avoid mistreatment of, irregular payments to, and acts of violence or sexual abuse ~~against migrant workers~~;

Amendment 45 #

Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas migrant workers such as domestic workers may be exposed to multiple discrimination, since they often work under poor, irregular conditions; whereas concrete efforts should be made to avoid mistreatment of, irregular payments to, unfair dismissal of and acts of violence or sexual abuse against migrant workers;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas migrant workers such as domestic workers may be exposed to multiple discrimination, and they are specifically vulnerable to gender-based form of violence and discrimination since they often work under poor, irregular conditions; whereas concrete efforts should be made to avoid mistreatment of, irregular payments to, and acts of violence or sexual abuse against migrant workers;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas the access to justice mechanisms is often difficult for labour law violations as well as for victims of abuse or exploitation; whereas fear of deportation, isolation at the work place and difficulties in accessing legal support may play a determinant obstacle for migrants domestic and care workers in irregular situation;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas undocumented migrants who turn to domestic work are at particular risk of suffering discrimination and being exploited; whereas their undocumented status deters such people from standing up for themselves and seeking help because they are afraid of being detected and deported; whereas this situation is exploited by unscrupulous employers;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas the domestic sphere represents a grey area where labour exploitation is sometimes not perceived as a violation of Fundamental and Human Rights;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 b (new)

– having regard to the 1979 UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW),

Amendment 50 #

Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas female migrants are often forced into illicit employment;

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas the growing demand for domestic help and care for children, disabled and the elderly has led to the rising feminisation of migration into Europe;

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas the growing demand for domestic help has led to the rising feminisation of migration into Europe, that is linked to the increasing feminisation of poverty in developing countries; whereas there is a specific gender dimension that relates recruiting migrant workers to fill jobs in the care and domestic work sector in developed countries creating a 'global care chain' that contributes to the gender division of labour all over the world;

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas third-party agencies are sometimes connected to women trafficking and forced labour networks or to other criminal activities that involve illegally recruiting women and ~~manipula~~exploiting them in different forms; whereas Eurostat date show that 80% of registered victims of trafficking are female, while 19% of them are exploited for labour exploitation including domestic work;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)

La. whereas there have been reported cases of severe labour law infringements, of severe forms of labour exploitation and of working and living conditions that amount to forced labour and slavery-like practices experienced by migrant domestic workers in foreign diplomats households; whereas the employer diplomatic immunity aggravates the rights violations and restrictions of freedom experienced by domestic workers as it severely limits the victims access to justice;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)

Ma. whereas labour inspection often does not cover domestic work due to a lack of monitoring of the sector in most of the Member States;

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital P

P. whereas the burden of responsibility for housework is much greater for women than it is for men and is not evaluated in monetary terms or in terms of a recognition of its value; whereas there is a correlation between the rate of female employment and women’s family responsibilities; whereas over 20 million Europeans (two- thirds of whom are women) care for adult dependent persons, which prevents them from having a full-time job increasing therefore the gender pay gap and leading women who are close to retirement to a higher risk of poverty in old age;

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)

Pa. whereas, despite the known trends that nearly 20% of the European population is over 65 years old and it is estimated that this rate will reach 25% in 2050, about 80% of time spent caring an elderly person or for a person with disability -meaning several days a week or every day- is still provided by informal and/or family carers and despite the growing number of carers, in the EU, informal care is mostly provided by women (usually spouses, middle-aged daughters or daughters-in-law) aged 45 to 75;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q

Q. whereas the financial and social crisis in the EU has severely affected its citizens and residents, aggravating job precariousness, poverty, unemployment and social exclusion, and leading to limited or no access to ~~social care and household- related~~public and social services;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q

Q. whereas the financial and social crisis and the austerity measures implemented in the EU hasve severely affected its citizens and residents, aggravating job precariousness, poverty, unemployment and social exclusion, and leading to limited or no access to social care and household- related services;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 c (new)

– having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence,

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q

Q. whereas the financial and social crisis in the EU has severely affected its citizens and residents, aggravating job precariousness, poverty, unemployment and social exclusion, and leading to limited or no access to quality, affordable and accessible social care and household- related services;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)

Qa. whereas dependant people also live in areas affected by the lack of public services, isolation or by other circumstances which make it difficult to have access to professional carers or public or private care institutions, and whereas these dependants might be only looked after by non-professional carers who, very often but not always, are family members;

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q b (new)

Qb. whereas the right to a range of in- home, residential and other community support services, including personal assistance, is enshrined in Articles 19 and 26 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital R

R. whereas the habits, customs and forms of families have all considerably evolved, leading inevitably to new needs for care and support ~~within modern households~~, especially for women working outside the home and single-parent families;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital R

R. whereas the habits, customs and forms of families have all considerably evolved, leading inevitably to new needs ~~for~~and new forms of care and support within modern households, especially for women working outside the home and single-parent families;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital R a (new)

Ra. whereas the integration of migrants in the labour market is an important step towards social and cultural inclusion;

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital R b (new)

Rb. whereas the European ageing society will require more workers in the domestic sector;

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital S

S. whereas the European Commission in August 2015 published a Roadmap on New start to address the challenges of work-life balance faced by working families; whereas affordable women domestic workers and carers free up other women, allowing them to ~~pur~~ensure ~~their careers and enjoy their social life;~~ private live and work balance;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital T

T. whereas ~~the most common~~a widespread, in some EU Member- States, practice for employing domestic workers and carers is through bilateral agreements between the worker and the household owner or the dependent person, rather than through formal means such as state structures or firms and enterprises;

Amendment 69 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital U a (new)

Ua. whereas the domestic work sector - where the majority of workers are women - provides favourable conditions for the exploitation of workers; whereas such exploitation constitutes a serious violation of fundamental rights against which both undocumented workers and EU nationals must be protected; whereas only four Member States provide equal protection against exploitation for workers who are EU nationals and for undocumented workers from non-EU countries;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 d (new)

– having regard to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention No 189 Concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers (2011),

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital V

V. whereas domestic workers and carers have the right to a decent life, taking into account their needs to have a good work, family and life balance, especially for the live-in domestic workers, and must enjoy the same social and employment rights as other workers;

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital X

X. whereas ILO Convention 189 concerning decent work for domestic workers aims to provide legal recognition for domestic work, extend rights to all domestic workers and prevent violations and abuses; whereas only 6 EU member states (Belgium, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Portugal) have ratified this convention until now;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital X

X. whereas ILO Convention 189 concerning decent work for domestic workers, ratified by 6 EU Member States and 16 other states worldwide, aims to provide legal recognition for domestic work, extend rights to all domestic workers and prevent violations and abuses;

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Y a (new)

Ya. whereas domestic workers and carers are important contributors to social protection systems, but their role is often underrepresented, misunderstood or absent from any reform on these issues;

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Y a (new)

Ya. whereas the contribution of domestic workers and carers to social protection systems is substantial, their role is often underestimated, misunderstood or ignored in debates on reforms in this field;

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Y b (new)

Yb. whereas ever longer waiting lists for domestic care services is increasing dependency on carers and domestic workers, often condemning those dependent on these services to poverty and social exclusion;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Y b (new)

Yb. whereas the increase in the length of waiting lists for support and care services is increasing the reliance on domestic workers and carers;

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Believes that there is a need for a common EU recognition of domestic work a~~s real work and not simply as an extension of unpaid household and car~~nd care as real and valuable work;

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Believes that there is a need for a common EU recognition of value of domestic work and care as real work and not simply as an extension of unpaid household and care work;

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Believes that there is a need for a common EU recognition of domestic and care work as real work and not simply as an extension of unpaid household and care work;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 12 May 2011 on the proposed ILO Convention supplemented by a recommendation on domestic workers,

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Believes that there is a need for a common EU recognition of domestic work as real work and not simply as an extension of unpaid household and care work, since the recognition of this professional sector is likely to reduce undeclared work and promote social integration;

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. ~~Stresses the need for a normative concept regarding domestic work and care and c~~Calls on the Commission to ~~produce a~~come forward with legislative initiatives in ~~this direction;~~both sectors – domestic work and care and believes that such an initiatives should focus on:

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. Stresses the need for a normative concept regarding domestic work and care ~~and calls on the Commission to produce a legislative initiative in this direction; believes that such an initiative should focus on:~~, establishing quality guidelines for domestic work and care in the EU, that include recommendations to Member States;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point a

(a) establishing quality guidelines for domestic work and care in the EU, including specialised recommendations on women and migrants since domestic workers mainly fall under these two major subcategories and, in most cases, belong to both;deleted

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point a

(a) establishing quality guidelines for domestic work and care in the EU, after reviewing the good practices that exist within EU Member States, including specialised recommendations on women and migrants since domestic workers mainly fall under these two major subcategories and, in most cases, belong to both;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b

~~(b) introducing the necessary steps for the professionalisation of domestic work and care, leading to the recognition and standardisation of the relevant professions and skills;~~deleted

Amendment 86 #

Clare MOODY, Mary HONEYBALL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b

(b) introducing ~~the necessary steps for the professionalisation of domestic work and car~~a general framework to encourage the emergence and development of a professionalised sector for services to the family, in accordance with the specific features and cultural practices of each Member State, leading to the recognition and standardisation of the relevant professions and skills;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b

(b) introducing the necessary steps for the professionalisation of domestic work and care, leading to the recognition and standardisation of the relevant professions and skills and the opportunity for domestic workers and carers to build a career and receive recognition for their work;

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b

(b) introducing the necessary steps for the professionalisation of domestic work and care, leading to the recognition and standardisation of the relevant professions and skills, including rights accumulated during time as domestic workers or carers;

Amendment 89 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b a (new)

(ba) urgently proposing Carers´ Leave Directive and a framework for recognition of non-professional carers' status which offers them remuneration and minimum standards of social protection during the time they perform the care tasks and support in terms of training and specific actions helping them improve their living and working conditions;

Amendment 9 #

Clare MOODY, Mary HONEYBALL

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 12 May 2011 on the proposed ILO convention supplemented by a recommendation on domestic workers1 e, __________________ 1e OJ C 377E, 7.12.2012, p. 128–131.

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Emphasising the need for fair remuneration for all domestic workers and carers, some of whom are required to support a family;

Amendment 91 #

Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to address the situation of migrant women and pay attention to child labour, harassment and serious abuses of employment rights in the domestic work sector;

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Believes that the domestic worker sector can create jobs and growth and it should be part of a social innovation model;

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Commits to drafting a legislative initiative report for the establishment of common rules for domestic work and care in the EU, including specific norms focusing on women and migrant domestic workers and carers; believes that the needs of domestic workers and carers should be taken into account when that report is drafted, and to that end proposes that preparatory round-table discussions in which all stakeholders can voice their needs and problems should be held with a view to ensuring that the resulting legislation takes proper account of them;

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Considers that austerity measures should not under any circumstances deprive citizens of their access to basic social and health services or innovation and quality in social service provision and should not reverse positive trends in policy development;

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission to promote domestic and care work systems that go beyond the private relationship between employer and employee (given that this relationship occurs in the private sphere leaving the worker with less protection and in a more vulnerable situation) and to encourage Member States not to transfer responsibility for welfare to individuals, but to be more present in this relationship as a means of better regulate and protect the rights of domestic and care workers;

Amendment 98 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Believes that the professionalization of household service workers will increase the attractiveness of the sector, the quality of the service provided and will promote decent and recognized work;

Amendment 99 #