Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER
Constituencies
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France
Union pour un Mouvement Populaire
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
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France
Union pour un Mouvement Populaire
2007/05/24 - 2009/07/13
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France
Union pour un Mouvement Populaire
2007/05/24 - 2009/07/13
Groups
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PPE
Member of the Bureau
Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)
2009/09/16 - 9999/12/31
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PPE
Member
Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)
2009/07/14 - 2009/09/15
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PPE-DE
Member
Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats
2007/05/24 - 2009/07/13
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PPE-DE
Member
Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats
2007/05/24 - 2009/07/13
Committees
| Role | Committee | Start | End |
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| Vice-Chair of | Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality | 2012/01/25 | 9999/12/31 |
| Member of | Committee on Employment and Social Affairs | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Committee on Culture and Education | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
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Delegations
| Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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| Member of | Delegation for relations with the United States | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
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| Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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| Substitute of | Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China | 2009/09/16 | 2011/11/20 |
| Substitute of | Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America | 2007/07/11 | 2009/07/13 |
| Substitute of | Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries | 2007/07/11 | 2009/07/13 |
| Member of | Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council | 2007/06/06 | 2007/07/10 |
| Substitute of | Delegation for relations with Israel | 2007/06/06 | 2007/07/10 |
| Member of | Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council | 2007/06/06 | 2007/07/10 |
| Substitute of | Delegation for relations with Israel | 2007/06/06 | 2007/07/10 |
| Substitute of | Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America | 2007/07/11 | 2009/07/13 |
| Substitute of | Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries | 2007/07/11 | 2009/07/13 |
Contact
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Brussels
- Phone
- +322 28 45630
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- +322 28 49630
- Office
- Bât. Altiero Spinelli 13E169
- Full Address
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- City
- Bruxelles/Brussel
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- B-1047
- Street
- 60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
Strasbourg
- Phone
- +333 88 1 75630
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- +333 88 1 79630
- Office
- Bât. Louise Weiss T08019
- Full Address
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- City
- Strasbourg
- Zip
- CS 91024 - F-67070
- Street
- 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman
Postal
- Parlement européen
- Rue Wiertz
- Altiero Spinelli 13E169
- B-1047 Bruxelles
Rapporteur
| Responsible | 2012/2301(INI) | Impact of the economic crisis on gender equality and women's rights |
| Responsible | 2012/0003(COD) | Health and safety at work: exposure of workers to electromagnetic fields; transposition of Directive |
| Responsible | 2011/0268(COD) | European Social Fund (ESF) 2014-2020 |
| Responsible | 2011/0152(COD) | Health and safety at work: exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (electromagnetic fields), minimum health and safety requirements |
| Opinion | 2010/2272(INI) | Mobility and inclusion of people with disabilities and the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 |
| Opinion | 2010/2072(INI) | Funding and functioning of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund |
| Opinion | 2008/2334(INI) | Report on a European Economic Recovery Plan |
Born
1947/10/10 Ceaux-en-Couhé- Master's degree in ancient history on women in Homeric poetry (1969, grade: très bien); higher degree (DES) in history of religions (1969, grade: très bien); secondary teacher's qualifying certificate in history and geography (1970); competition for secondary school headship (1988); competition for regional education authority inspectors (1997); Inspector-General, National Education and Research Administration (2001-2010).
- Teacher of history and geography for almost 15 years in schools in the department of Vienne (Collège Descartes in Châtellerault, Lycée Aliénor d'Aquitaine in Poitiers); special adviser for college renovation, then on cultural activities (appointed by the Office of the Rector of the Poitiers education authority in 1984); Deputy Director of the Regional Centre for Educational Documentation for three years; founder of the branch of the National Centre for Distance Learning (CNED) at the Parc du Futuroscope, where she was head and director of the CNED (1988); Director-General of the CNED (1988); lecturer responsible for the national training of regional education authority inspectors and head teachers at the College for National Education (1988); Inspector-General in the National Education and Research Administration for the South-Eastern France Group - the regional education authorities of Lyons, Grenoble, Aix-Marseilles, Nice and Corsica (2001-2010).
- EPP Group Deputy Coordinator on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs; Member of the European Parliament since May 2007.
- Member of the European People's Party (EPP) Political Assembly; member of the Bureau of the EPP Group in the European Parliament; Member of the Poitiers Municipal Council (2001-2007); Member of the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council (1998-2010); Chairwoman of the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council (2002-2004); special adviser in the office of the Minister for school education, working in the field of young people's health (2002-2004).
- Member of the Economic and Social Council of the French Republic, Vice-Chairwoman of the Europe Delegation and member of the Regional Economy Section, Local Planning (2004-2007).
- Publications: Les partis politiques à l'époque de Jules César, Maspero, 1976; Manger autrefois en Poitou, CNDP: Fondation de France Prize, third edition, 1995; Patrimoine et environnement en milieu urbain, CNDP, 1984; Aux urnes, citoyens, CNDP, 1986; Les marchés du multimédia, Les Échos, 1995.
- Knight of the Legion of Honour (2000); Officer of the National Order of Merit (2007); Commander of the Order of Academic Palms (2005).
Amendments
| Amendments | Dossier |
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2008/0195(COD) Organisation of working time: persons performing mobile road transport activities (amend. Directive 2002/15/EC)
2010/09/02
EMPL
4 amendments...
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint a Directive 2002/15/EC Article 3 – point a – paragraph 2 Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint a Directive 2002/15/EC Article 3 – point a – paragraph 2 a) point (a) 2, first sentence is
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint d Directive 2002/15/EC Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point f Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – point 3 a (new) Directive2002/15/EC Article 4 – point b a (new) 3a) The following point (ba) is inserted in Article 4: the fixed period of working time referred to in Article 3 (a) (2) shall be one hour per week.
source: PE-431.178
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| 1 |
2009/2103(INI) Report on the Commission communication on Action against cancer: European partnership
2010/03/02
FEMM
1 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Recital D a (new) Da. whereas, while on average the health of EU citizens has steadily improved over the past decade, health disparities are still to be found in the Member States, in particular within different population groups and between men and women,
source: PE-438.439
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2009/2204(INI) Gender aspects of the economic downturn and financial crisis
2010/03/26
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas mainstream economists have pointed out that the credit crunch, which started the recession, was quite literally a man-made disaster; whereas responses at state and international level – none of which are gender-sensitive – have also been decided upon mainly by men; whereas it is important that women, who are generally better qualified than men, be fully included in the decision-making process in the political, economic and financial spheres,
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Asks the European institutions and the Member States to take effective steps, notably through legislation, to encourage gender balance in corporate and political positions of responsibility, as well as in equivalent positions in public administrations, which should set an example; therefore calls for binding targets to ensure the equal representation of women and men;
source: PE-439.983
2010/04/21
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas mainstream economists have pointed out that the credit crunch, which started the recession, was quite literally a man-made disaster; whereas responses at state and international level –
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Asks the European institutions
source: PE-441.029
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2009/2222(INI) Future for social services of general interest
2011/03/28
EMPL
6 amendments...
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Stresses that national and local authorities engaged in providing or mandating SSGI need a clear legal basis for their services and expenditures, and that
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Emphasises that SSGI are an indispensable investment for Europe’s future, and are under severe pressure due to the economic and banking crises
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Emphasises that the quality of services must be based around regular and integrated consultation of users, who are taxpayers, since services must first and foremost meet their needs;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls for clarification of basic principles on the control of state aid, and for a review of the criteria for calculating compensation of public service obligations, with an eye to transparency vis-à-vis the taxpayer;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls for the 2005 Monti-Kroes response to the Altmark case to be broadened so as to simplify the rules, improve flexibility in their application, and expand the derogations.
source: PE-460.966
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2010/0242(COD) European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations (2012)
2011/02/15
EMPL
2 amendments...
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 5 (5) The growing proportion of older people in Europe and the consequent increase in chronic conditions makes it more important than ever to promote healthy ageing and develop initiatives to counter health risks associated with the ageing process, such as malnutrition. Healthy ageing can help raise labour market participation of older people, enable them to be active in society for longer, improve their individual quality of life and curb the strains on health and social care systems.
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new) (1a) to protect older persons who continue carrying on an activity, regardless of the category of organisation in which that activity is performed, via suitable medical monitoring;
source: PE-458.631
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2010/2017(INI) Contribution of EU policies promoting equality between men and women in combating youth crime
2011/02/09
FEMM
13 amendments...
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that juvenile delinquency now also extends to dangerous games, gender violence, rape or gang rape, early sexualisation and exposure to pornography, for which the Internet has become a
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Agrees with the list of causes set out by the EESC: - a broken home and the difficulties in balancing family life and work, both of which increasingly often result in a lack of attention and an absence of constraints and control for children; - socioeconomic marginalisation or poverty; - truancy and academic failure; - youth unemployment; - the broadcasting of violent images and attitudes via some
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Considers that the family is the first place where social interaction occurs for children and that an extended family circle plays a vital role in prevention and
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Invites the Member States to improve teacher training, to promote cooperation between parents
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Invites the Member States, local authorities and schools to encourage and organise extracurricular, artistic and sporting activities with help from community associations;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the competent bodies to assess the public policies concerning the effectiveness of alternative punishments for juvenile delinquents, the impact of gender stereotypes in youth crime, the role played by media, the different experiences of boys and girls in relation to violence, and the role played by parents, schools and youth
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Member States to promote the adoption of measures aimed at
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20.
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Invites the Member States and the social partners to organise appropriate vocational training courses and to increase wages in the early childhood and education sectors;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Calls on the Member States to establish
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Calls on the Member States to step up their measures to prevent gender violence among young people and to improve collaboration between the individuals and milieus affected, such as the family, school, the public space
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Calls on the authorities to take the steps required to
source: PE-470.088
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2010/2072(INI) Funding and functioning of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
2010/09/06
EMPL
12 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital B (new) (A) whereas the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) does not impose any active labour market measures on a Member State that have to be implemented in the framework of an application for the fund but to put in place a coordinated package of personalised services designed to reintegrate workers into the labour market in accordance with Article 3 of the EGF regulation[1] which preserves fully the flexibility of the Member States to adapt the measures targeting the redundant workers to the local and individual needs of each application, ([1] Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2009 on establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund as amended by regulation (EC) No 546/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009.)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Reminds Member States of the importance of taking immediate labour market intervention measures in parallel with their application to the EGF;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Welcomes the Council conclusions for New Skills for New Jobs and underlines that the EGF provides the Member States with additional funding for the training of redundant workers for future oriented jobs and increased mobility;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Asks the Commission to present a proposal on how the EGF regulation should be amended in order to allow the inclusion of all workers made redundant because of the same event, across sectors and regions;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Member States to adopt a personalised approach to assistance for redundant workers, particularly in cases of large-scale redundancies, so as to improve workers' opportunities on a labour market that is undergoing profound restructuring; calls on the Member States and local authorities to do everything possible to revitalise places which have suffered from the impact of relocation in order to maintain economic activity in the area, bearing in mind that the EGF is geared solely to employees; to this end, recommends that the Member States step up their exchanges of good practice, especially making use of Progress;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Member States benefitting from the EGF to be very effective and to adopt a personalised approach to assistance for redundant workers, particularly in cases of large-scale redundancies, so as to improve workers' opportunities on a labour market that is undergoing profound restructuring; to this end, recommends that the Member States step up their exchanges of good practice, especially making use of Progress;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Urges the Member States to use the EGF to implement European objectives, to promote new skills for new jobs, to promote entrepreneurship and to promote lifelong learning, so as to allow workers to develop their individual careers and to contribute to improving the competitiveness of the EU in the context of globalisation;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Reminds undertakings of their social responsibility to do all they can to ensure that workers can, right from the start of their period of unemployment, authenticate their experience acquired, so as to ensure that their retraining is as specific and as rapid as possible and that they obtain new, stable jobs with a promising future;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Asks the Commission to provide the Member States with a set of guidelines for the design and the implementation of the applications for EGF funding seeking a fast application procedure and a broad consensus of the stakeholders for the strategy to apply and the measures to be put in place for an effective reintegration of the workers into the labour market;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 c (new) 9c. Asks the Commission to provide assistance also to the Member States, the social partners and the workers associations during the process of implementation of the measures;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 12. Requests the Commission to publish its data on the efficiency of use of the EGF and the success of measures after a longer period (≥ 1 year) in the interest of sound EU budgetary management, so as to allow Parliament to conduct an ex post control.
source: PE-442.967
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2010/2115(INI) Women and business leadership
2011/03/28
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls, at the same time, on Member States to take measures to extend the threshold for female representation to administrative authorities and public- sector services;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point a a (new) aa. initiating an annual debate with representatives of both sides of industry,
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point d a (new) da. precise and quantifiable commitments on the part of companies;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Wishes, in the first instance, to develop the provision of information, consultation and voluntary commitments on the part of companies rather than penalties;
source: PE-460.987
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2010/2138(INI) Equality between women and men in the European Union — 2010
2010/12/13
EMPL
7 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Stresses that the Lisbon Strategy aims to integrate 60% of women able to work into the labour market, while efforts at the demographic level should strive to promote a rise in the birth rate with a view to meeting the challenges of the future;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses, however, that childcare must not be developed at the expense of a policy to develop parental leave; hopes therefore that, when a child is born, its parents will have a genuine choice between continuing to work and caring for their child; calls on Member States therefore to pursue ambitious policies on parental leave in order to give financial autonomy to those parents who so wish;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Considers that access to childcare services and services for the elderly and other dependent persons is vital if there is to be equal participation of women and men on the labour market and in education and training;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Points out that employment rates for both men and women are lower in rural areas and this is to the detriment of the countryside in terms of lack of availability of quality jobs; in addition, many women are not part of the official labour market and therefore do not count as registered unemployed, and are thus faced with financial and legal problems regarding maternity rights, sick leave and acquisition of pension rights;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 f (new) 3f. Urges the Council, the Commission and the Member States to defend social rights and to ensure that the economic and financial crisis does not lead to cuts in benefits or social services in the field of childcare and care of the elderly; stresses that policy on care and the provision of care services are closely bound up with achieving gender equality;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5c. Calls on the Member States to promote entrepreneurship among women and to offer financial support and professional counselling to women starting up businesses, as well as appropriate training;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5d. Calls on the Member States to support employment for the disadvantaged category of 'pregnant women or mothers performing domestic tasks on their own', encouraging the provision of jobs for this group that are decent, stable and compatible with a proper work-life balance;
source: PE-454.630
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2010/2139(INI) Report 2010 on the implementation of the Cohesion Policy programmes for 2007-2013
2010/11/16
EMPL
3 amendments...
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on Member States to reduce excessive administrative costs and obstacles that hamper policy goals regarding access to employment, combating poverty and development of skills; recognises that ‘earmarking’ discipline has improved implementation of the programmes; calls for the role of the relevant authorities to be geared more towards the provision of information and advice, through the development of ‘one- stop’ facilities, if necessary, and by making the relevant legislation accessible to members of the public; calls for particular attention to be paid, in the course of checks carried out by social authorities, to ensuring that the procedures afford both sides a hearing; calls too, given the complexity of labour law, for recourse to dialogue rather than court proceedings in cases where a member of the public is – in good faith – in dispute with the authorities;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to boost the effectiveness
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Bearing in mind that the ESF is a basic tool
source: PE-452.783
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2010/2156(INI) Unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries
2010/11/15
EMPL
1 amendments...
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to promote joint research between the cultural and creative industries and the education and training sector, so as to develop new learning concepts and facilitate the use of
source: PE-452.703
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2010/2157(INI) Demographic change and its consequences for the future Cohesion Policy of the EU
2011/03/28
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Considers, with a view to this, that teleworking should be developed, wherever such working arrangements are possible, on the basis of ambitious legislation that reconciles the interests of workers and businesses;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Considers that voluntary work performed by women should count as accredited professional experience, should be duly recognised and should not result in them being penalised in terms of sickness insurance and retirement pension entitlements;
source: PE-462.557
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2010/2160(INI) State of play and future synergies for increased effectiveness between ERDF and other Structural Funds
2010/12/14
EMPL
1 amendments...
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls for the development of a one- stop shop scheme to provide practical guidance, information and advice for those concerned, so as to ensure that the public is kept properly up to date; urges that this move towards simplification be brought to the attention of the public, the purpose being to reduce to the necessary minimum the amount of information requested;
source: PE-454.559
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2010/2162(INI) Face of female poverty in the European Union
2010/07/10
EMPL
7 amendments...
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – point 2 2. Underlines that financing for the European Social Fund should be significantly increased in order to provide adequate resources for measures and activities under the Social Inclusion Strategy and the ‘Europe 2020’ flagship initiative on combating poverty
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses the need to reduce the pay gap between men and women which cause those with equal skills and equal jobs to fall behind in terms of income and which result in a high rate of women experiencing poverty when they retire or are widowed;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new) 2b. Considers that older women may be the victims of direct or indirect discrimination on the labour market, or even of multiple discrimination, and that this problem should be tackled; stresses that employment must be seen as the best means of fighting female poverty; calls for the participation of women of all ages in lifelong training programmes to be facilitated; emphasises that reconciling family and working life and continuing training requires special attention and support;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – point 4 4. Takes note of the Council’s decision of 17 June 2010 to leave it up to Member States to set their national targets for reducing the number of people at risk of poverty and exclusion on the basis of one or several of the three indicators agreed upon by the Council; considers that Member States using only the ‘jobless household’ indicator may systematically neglect problems such as in-work poverty, energy poverty, child poverty and social exclusion; stresses that school and university education for women must be a priority target in connection with which each Member State must set targets;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – point 4 4. Takes note of the Council’s decision of 17 June 2010 to leave it up to Member States to set, in cooperation with the regions, their national targets for reducing the number of people at risk of poverty and exclusion on the basis of one or several of the three indicators agreed upon by the Council; considers that Member States using only the ‘jobless household’ indicator may systematically neglect problems such as in-work poverty, energy poverty, child poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – point 5 5. Points out that social protection and social policy make important contributions to lessening the depth and duration of the recession by stabilising labour markets and consumption, and that the social protection system is a stabiliser on both the revenue and the expenditure side
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Member States, where necessary, to re-examine welfare systems in order to avoid the considerable inequalities between women’s and men’s pension levels, and consider the options of introducing corrective factors taking account of the gaps in contributions arising from insecure employment or maternal responsibilities;
source: PE-450.611
2010/12/16
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Member States for specific programmes to promote the active inclusion or reintegration of women on the labour market and for specific training with a view to providing the skills and qualifications needed in the light of the EU 2020 Strategy which puts an emphasis on green jobs for a new sustainable economy; calls, in the interests of not adding to the insecurity experienced by women on the employment market, for family responsibilities to be taken into account when selecting employees for dismissal, bearing in mind that in many situations women have custody of children;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Regrets that the commitments assumed in Barcelona in 2002, targeting childcare, and fixing objectives until 2010, are far from being met; calls on the Council and the Member States to reconsider the above- mentioned objectives concerning childcare facilities; calls for accessibility to be improved, in particular through financial support for childcare, thus making it easier for the most disadvantaged women to pursue their occupation;
source: PE-454.545
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2010/2209(INI) Priorities and outline of a new EU policy framework to fight violence against women
2010/12/16
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas violence is a way of denying fundamental rights and endangering the future and is a traumatic experience for any man, woman or child,
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – indent 8 a (new) – the establishment of programmes to prevent violence for the benefit of children who have witnessed violence against their mothers, in order to prevent reproduction of violent behaviour;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Points out that civil society, particularly NGOs, women’s associations and other public and private voluntary organisations providing support to victims of violence, offers a service of great value, particularly by assisting women victims who wish to break the silence in which violence encloses them, and should be given support by the Member States;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Emphasises that Member States should devote appropriate resources to preventing and combating violence against women, which should particularly be allocated to support organisations, including through recourse to the Structural Funds;
source: PE-454.542
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2010/2234(INI) European cooperation in vocational education and training to support the Europe 2020 strategy
2010/12/16
EMPL
2 amendments...
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls for training by means of apprenticeships to be assigned priority over any other type of training, e.g. traineeships; encourages Member States not to plan any university courses of a vocational nature which are not accompanied by an apprenticeship contract;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls for apprenticeship contracts, while protecting the apprentice and providing for a certain flexibility and flexible measures for their application, to permit termination of the contract if the person concerned proves unsuited to his employment or is guilty of serious misconduct;
source: PE-454.516
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2010/2239(INI) Towards adequate, sustainable and safe European pension systems
2010/11/11
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Considers that the period spent by women or men on taking care of children or other dependent family members should be taken into account and recognised in the calculation
source: PE-452.645
2011/10/01
EMPL
22 amendments...
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas people are entering the labour force at a later age due to unemployment rates that particularly affect poorly qualified young people, or due to longer and higher education, and on average people leave the labour market earlier than the legal pension age, and longevity is increasing,
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Considers that long-term investment in pension systems requires a positive approach as part of economic governance and more particularly in the Stability and Growth Pact; calls on the competent bodies in the Member States to promote social inclusion and combat undeclared work in order to improve the balance of pension systems;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Regrets that the Green Paper does not devote any attention to the gender issue, particularly bearing in mind that, because of disparities in careers, women have smaller pensions on average; wants specific attention to therefore be paid to the situation of women and in particular to considering maternity leave as time actually worked providing entitlement to retirement benefits;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Considers that Member States are themselves responsible for making adequate pension provision for their citizens as part of their social and economic policies and that those Member States should be encouraged to put in place a minimum old-age pension for all, putting the emphasis on those who are most vulnerable, especially disabled people;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Considers that Member States are themselves responsible for making adequate pension provision for their citizens as part of their social and economic policies, and to choose the system that seems to them the most appropriate of the models currently available in Europe;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Stresses that, within the diversity of pension systems, the general systems (first pillar) combined with voluntary or compulsory savings- or work-related systems (second and third pillars) afford the best guarantee of adequate pension provision;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Is absolutely convinced that the Member States’ governments have an obligation to use all the means at their disposal to safeguard the long-term funding and sustainability of the main pillar of retirement schemes, namely the first pillar based on the compulsory contribution paid to the State;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Is persuaded that in view of the different features of existing retirement schemes in Europe the first pillar managed by the State and the third pillar based on the supplementary and voluntary aspect (and on savings by individuals) complement each other effectively, represent the main common denominator in the range of diversified systems existing in Europe and thus represent the basis for a ‘European model’ pension scheme, which any Member State is free to supplement with other elements and develop as it sees fit, in accordance with the particular features of its own economic and social environment;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 c (new) 12c. Takes the view, with regard to the experience of recent decades, that work- related retirement schemes – whether compulsory or voluntary in nature – have not and cannot play more than a secondary role in the vast majority of Member States compared to the first pillar; considers, therefore, that solutions for securing the long-term funding of the first pillar must take absolute priority and that it would be inadvisable at present, before such solutions have been identified, to launch a European debate on promoting work-related retirement schemes in Member States which do not yet have that pillar;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Notes that national budgets are under severe pressure and that many Member States are reviewing the efficiency of expenditure; calls on Member States to consider introducing compensation so that all taxpayers who cannot achieve the level of ambition in the first and second pillars are entitled to a supplementary offset of pension contributions in the second pillar or of contributions to private pension schemes in the third pillar;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Considers that, in view of demographic trends and the need to ensure that pensions can be paid for, it is necessary for more people to participate in the labour market and to do so for longer; observes that life expectancy is growing and calls on Member States to consider linking the statutory retirement age to life expectancy; however, calls on the Member States which have increased the statutory retirement age or will be doing so to encourage work by older people through fiscal and social security exemptions; also calls on the Member States to create adapted and flexible employment contracts for older people so as to encourage and facilitate combining work with retirement and put in place dissuasive measures so that companies find it harder to make older people redundant;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Considers that, for
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Considers that there is a need to reinforce mutual recognition between the Member States of training courses which could improve the match between supply and demand on the job market at European level, thus helping to meet the EU 2020 strategy target of a 75% employment rate;
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Calls on the Member States to put measures in place to protect workers' health and safety at work as soon as they enter the job market;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Stresses the growing importance of labour-market mobility in the EU, as well as the need for such mobility; calls for further improvements to be made with regard to the conditions for carrying out cross-border activities, particularly concerning the harmonisation of tax and social security rules;
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Considers therefore that there is a need to improve information and advice to members of pension schemes by setting up, where needed, one-stop-shops to give an efficient and precise response to the requests of those who have worked in several Member States;
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Notes that in many Member States the importance of second-pillar pension provision linked to a profession has been recognised, and that it must also be ensured that such provision meets European conditions and criteria applicable to second-pillar provision;
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Considers that
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 Amendment 420 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30.
Amendment 439 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 a (new) 32a. Points out that complementary pension schemes which are capitalised are often considered as difficult to access because they are too technically complex; considers that if employers and employees are to be encouraged to join such schemes, not only must their management be improved, but also their rules must be simplified, and at least better information should be provided, by standardising it on a common basis to make it more intelligible; considers that there should be more rules for capitalisation systems, which should be more tightly regulated on a voluntary basis, ensuring monitoring and transparency, supervision and improvement of the solvency of capitalisation systems; considers that legislative changes could be made, particularly with regard to solvency rules;
source: PE-454.538
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2010/2272(INI) Mobility and inclusion of people with disabilities and the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020
2011/04/28
EMPL
1 amendments...
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Confirms that inclusive education should be the focus, in particular in the context of the accreditation of prior experiential learning, and that this should therefore be emphasised within the strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training (‘ET 2020’) as well as the Skills and Jobs Flagship of EU2020. In addition, there is a need for new and suitable guidelines and proper usage of IT in schools and at home with regard to personal and tailored assistance;
source: PE-462.706
2011/05/05
FEMM
5 amendments...
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – indent 1 – social inclusion of 80 million disabled people in the European Union, particularly women facing dual discrimination on grounds of gender and disability, and facilitating the work of their carers,
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – indent 2 a (new) – collecting detailed and reliable statistics on the real situation facing disabled people that cover the gender and disability dimension,
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Emphasises the need to educate health professionals and teachers as part of their training and to make parents and teachers aware of all types of disability, some of which are poorly understood despite their prevalence;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Underlines the need to encourage recognition by the Member States in their social security systems, and when people retire, of the involvement, generally of women, in care for the disabled;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Underlines the difficulties disabled women face in gaining access to employment, and adds that they should be encouraged to follow study courses and use new information and communication technologies, while enterprises should be urged to employ them
source: PE-464.810
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2010/2273(INI) Promoting workers' mobility within the European Union
2011/03/24
EMPL
19 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) (Aa) whereas the right to live and work in another country of the Union is one of the Union's fundamental freedoms, a basic component of Union citizenship recognized by the Treaties, yet according to statistics and notwithstanding specific initiatives to support workers' mobility, there are still too few people taking advantage of this right,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) (Ba) whereas the free movement of workers represents a positive socio- economic example for both the EU and the Member States, being a milestone for EU integration, economic development, social cohesion, individual upgrading at professional level, fighting against prejudices, racism and xenophobia, and can counteract the negative effects of economic crisis and better prepare for the challenges of global change, by engaging all stakeholders at decisional level together with the civil society into dialog,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) (Bb) whereas promoting mobility of workers is a positive contribution to reaching the employment objectives set in the Europe 2020 Strategy; invites the Commission to include labour mobility in the flagship initiatives and the Member States to include labour and geographical mobility dimensions when designing their National strategies and reform programs;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) (Ca) whereas the recent evolution of our societies notably due to industrial change, globalization, new work patterns, demographic change, and the development of means of transport, call for a higher degree of mobility among workers,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) (Ea) whereas in times of economic crisis professional and geographical mobility of workers can help reduce unemployment by matching labour supply with demand, can contribute to job creation opportunities, to adapting the economy, the society and the demography to structural changes, and to promoting economic growth and EU's competitiveness,
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on the Commission to produce a scoreboard presenting the obstacles faced by Union workers wishing to make use of their right to free movement and how they are being tackled in the Member States, so as to assess whether such obstacles are dealt with thoroughly and effectively;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 c (new) 8c. Congratulates the Commission to linking workers' mobility with the Europe 2020 Strategy and takes the view that this is of crucial importance to boost welfare within the EU through sound and sustainable job creation;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls on a greater coordination between the European Institutions and the national ones to better inform and provide assistance to the citizens and monitor how the right of free movement of workers is being transposed into practice and used by individuals in order to accelerate the implementation of labour mobility;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Invites border regions to consider agreements for promoting cross-border labour mobility in order to gain mutual (beneficial) advantages for these regions;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Encourages the Commission to pursue its initiatives aimed at promoting the geographical mobility of young people through learning mobility schemes, using all the designated programs related to the topic;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Welcomes the Commission's plan to establish a regular systematic assessment of long-term supply and demand in the EU labour markets up to 2020, broken down by sectors, occupations, levels of qualification and countries, and strongly advises the coordination of labour and educational policies between Member States with a view to meeting the targets set in the EU 2020 Strategy regarding job creation and avoiding future indirect barriers that may hinder the exercise of the right of free movement; The plan should clearly identify labour shortages in the EU in the short, medium and long term;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Calls for developing EURES' institutional capabilities and its reinforcement of the one-stop instrument to facilitate mobility of workers and their families;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Stresses that, when promoting active employment policies, information about learning and training programmes available across the EU they should be given a high priority;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 b (new) 20b. Calls for greater dialog and coordination among national and regional authorities as they are usually the first source of information for many citizens due to their proximity and knowledge of citizens needs, and greater involvement of the social partners;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 c (new) 20c. Calls on the Commission to launch a communication regarding taxation effects on the workers comprised in the scope of this directive, for providing a better understanding and possible solutions to crucial matters that can impede or deter workers mobility;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Takes the view that active labour market policies, and in particular vocational training and life-long learning, must be reinforced as they can contribute to increasing labour mobility, facilitate transitions in times of structural unemployment, and allowing workers to adapt to labour market changes;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Considers that skills and knowledge will foster workers
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Considers that labour mobility is a two-way process; On the one hand, it leads to gathering skills and knowledge through all types of education in order to prepare the active population facing competition when searching for a new job and on the other hand, mobile workers can upgrade their skills and knowledge through labour mobility as they gather more practical experience and knowledge on the new site;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Hopes too that the new competences acquired by mobile workers as they move around will be validated so that their increased individual potential will be recognised and their chances of long-term professional inclusion improved;
source: PE-460.965
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2010/2275(INI) Women entrepreneurship in small and medium sized enterprises
2011/03/30
FEMM
1 amendments...
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on Member States to embrace national educational concepts
source: PE-462.558
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2010/2305(INI) Absorption of Structural and Cohesion Funds: lessons learnt for the future cohesion policy of the EU
2011/03/05
EMPL
2 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the future ESF contributes to the implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy in the fields of employment and social policy as an efficient, simple and user friendly instrument that is brought to bear to develop human capital;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Member States, on the basis of clear rules, to use the possibility of advance payments to ESF beneficiaries to a greater extent;
source: PE-464.702
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2011/0152(COD) Health and safety at work: exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (electromagnetic fields), minimum health and safety requirements
2011/12/16
EMPL
11 amendments...
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d (d) ‘direct effect’: effect on the human body directly provoked by the presence of a strong magnetic or electric field, for example, at certain frequency levels, the stimulation of muscles, nerves or sensitory organs, tissue heating, vertigo or
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1a (new) In order to develop a sound applicable methodology, to provide adequate protection for people working with and/or in proximity to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment with time- varying electromagnetic fields (the gradients and RF) in operation, and to take due account of existing precautionary and protection measures against exposure to electromagnetic fields, employers shall perform risk assessments and take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect workers against potential risks arising directly or indirectly from exposure to electromagnetic fields. Workers shall only be permitted to be in proximity to MRI equipment with time- varying electromagnetic fields (gradients and RF) in operation when performing actions which strictly necessitate their presence. Employers shall define a controlled access zone around the machinery. This zone shall be fully contained within the 0.5 mT contour and shall be defined in such a way that it is possible to use physical and/or administrative means to control access thereto. Employers shall establish technical, organisational, information and training measures for workers who can enter the controlled access zone without surveillance, so as to reduce the risks of direct and indirect exposure and prevent risks.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point c (c) any effects concerning the health and safety of workers at particular risk such as workers who have declared to the employer that they wear an Active or Passive Implanted Medical Device (e.g. a pacemaker), that they are equipped with portable medical devices (such as insulin pumps) and women who have declared that they are pregnant;
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 1. Taking account of technical progress and the availability of measures to control the production of electromagnetic fields at the source,
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new) (ca) appropriate delimitation and access measures (such as signals, labels, floor markings, fences) to notify workers and to limit or control access;
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c b (new) c b) measures and procedures to manage spark discharges through technical means and the training of workers (applies in electric field exposures);
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 4 4. In any event, workers shall not be exposed above the exposure limit values for health effects unless the conditions under Article 3(6) are fulfilled. If, despite the measures taken by the employer to comply with this Directive, the exposure limit values for health effects are exceeded, the employer shall take immediate action to reduce exposure below these exposure limit values. The employer shall identify the reasons why the exposure limit values for health effects have been exceeded, and shall amend the protection and prevention measures accordingly, taking care to ensure the changes are traceable, in order to prevent them being exceeded again.
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 5 5. Pursuant to Article 15 of Directive 89/391/EEC, the employer shall adapt the measures referred to in this Article and in Annexes II and III to the requirements of workers at particular risk, particularly workers who have declared to the employer that they wear an implantable or portable medical device and women who have declared that they are pregnant.
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – point b a (new) (ba) possible indirect effects of exposure;
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a directive Article 14 Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a directive Annex II – Part C – point 1 – point 10 – point 1 source: PE-478.400
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2011/0268(COD) European Social Fund (ESF) 2014-2020
2012/05/06
REGI
5 amendments...
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 1. The ESF shall promote high levels of employment and job quality, support the geographical and occupational mobility of workers, and facilitate
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 3 3. The ESF shall benefit people, including disadvantaged groups such as the long- term unemployed, people with disabilities, migrants, ethnic minorities, marginalised communities and people facing social exclusion. The ESF shall also provide support to workers, enterprises, and entrepreneurs as well as systems and structures with a view to facilitating their adaptation to new challenges and promoting good governance and the implementation of reforms, in particular in the fields of employment, education and social policies.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point v (v) Adaptation of workers, enterprises and entrepreneurs to change, specifically in SMEs and micro-enterprises;
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new) (iii a) Better and fairer access to contracts by professional groups and countries in order to be closer to real needs;
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 3 3. To encourage adequate participation of and access by non-governmental organisations to actions supported by the ESF, particularly with measures of impact, notably in the fields of social inclusion, gender equality and equal opportunities, the managing authorities of an operational programme in a region as defined in Article 82(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No […] or in Member States eligible for Cohesion Fund support shall ensure that an appropriate amount of ESF resources is allocated to capacity-building for non-governmental organisations.
source: PE-491.059
2012/07/06
EMPL
34 amendments...
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 3 (3) The European Council of 17 June 2010 called for all common policies, including cohesion policy, to support the Europe 2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth". In order to ensure the full alignment of the ESF with the objectives of this strategy, particularly as regards employment, education, and the fight against social exclusion, the ESF should support Member States in implementing the Council recommendations on broad guidelines for economic policies of the Member States and the Union and the Council decisions on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States adopted in accordance with Articles 121 and 148(4) of the Treaty. It should also contribute to the implementation of the flagship initiatives, with special regard to the "Agenda for New Skills and Jobs", "Youth on the Move", and the "European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion". It
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 9 (9) Efficient and effective implementation of actions supported by the ESF depends on good governance and partnership between all relevant territorial and socio- economic actors, in particular the social partners and non-governmental organisations. It is therefore necessary that Member States encourage the participation of social partners and non-governmental organisations in the implementation of the ESF, particularly in the field of education, to enable training to be tailored more closely to the needs of the regional, national and European job market.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 9 (9) Efficient and effective implementation of actions supported by the ESF depends on good governance and partnership between all relevant territorial and socio- economic actors, in particular the social partners, organised civil society, business organisations and non-governmental organisations. It is therefore necessary that Member States encourage the participation of social partners and non-governmental organisations in the implementation of the ESF.
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 12 (12) Support for social innovation is crucial for making policies more responsive to social change and to promote corporate social responsibility and encourage and support innovative social enterprises, including SMEs. In particular, testing and evaluating innovative solutions before scaling them up is instrumental in improving the efficiency of the policies and thus justifies specific support from the ESF.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 14 (14) The mobilisation of regional and local stakeholders is necessary to deliver the Europe 2020 Strategy and its headline targets. Territorial pacts, local initiatives for employment and social inclusion, community-led local development strategies and sustainable urban development strategies
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 18 a (new) (18a) Human capital is the main lever on which the Union can rely to ensure its international competitiveness and the sustainable recovery of its economy. No other type of investment can produce structural reforms unless it is accompanied by a coherent, growth- oriented human capital development strategy. It is therefore necessary to ensure that the resources intended to improve skills, raise employment levels and guarantee the participation of all in society allow action to be taken on an adequate scale, using a minimum of 25% of the funds deployed under the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion policy.
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 3 3. The ESF shall benefit people, including disadvantaged groups such as the long- term unemployed, young people who have left school without acquiring any qualifications, people with disabilities, migrants, ethnic minorities, marginalised communities and people facing social exclusion. The ESF shall also provide support to enterprises, systems and structures with a view to facilitating their adaptation to new challenges and promoting good governance and the implementation of reforms, in particular in the fields of employment, education and social policies.
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i i) Access to employment for job-seekers and inactive people, including local employment initiatives and support for
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii ii) Sustainable integration of young people – particularly those who are not in employment, education or training – into the labour market;
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii iii) Self-employment, entrepreneurship and
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv iv) Equality between men and women in terms of access to employment, in-service training and career progression, particularly with a view to tackling the problem of women’s careers ‘flat-lining’, and reconciliation between work and private life
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point v v) Adaptation of workers, enterprises and entrepreneurs to change, with particular reference to SMEs and micro-enterprises;
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point vi vi)
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part (b) Under the thematic objective ‘Investing in education, vocational training, skills, and life-
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part (b) Investing in education, developing or updating relevant skills and life-
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii ii) Improving the quality, efficiency and openness of vocational training, tertiary and equivalent education with a view to increasing participation and attainment levels;
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii (iii) Enhancing fairer access to lifelong learning,
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii (iii) Enhancing access to lifelong learning, upgrading the skills and competences of the workforce and increasing the labour market relevance of education and training systems, including through the creation of partnerships between educational and training establishments and businesses;
Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii (iii) Enhancing access to lifelong learning, upgrading the skills, knowledge, qualifications and competences of the workforce and increasing the labour market relevance of education and training systems;
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii (iii) Enhancing access to lifelong learning, upgrading the skills and competences of the workforce and increasing the labour market relevance of education and training systems, as well as mechanisms to facilitate the transition from education to professional training and employment;
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new) (iiia ) a forward-looking approach to professions and training needs and enhanced, fairer access to contracts by professional field and territory, in order to meet real needs more effectively;
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iv (iv)
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point v (v)
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii (ii) Capacity building for stakeholders, in particular the partners referred to in Article 5 of the General Regulation, delivering social, employment, education and
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii a (new) (iia) strengthening the institutional capacities of the partners referred to in Article 5 of the General Regulation and supporting actions aimed at implementing the Regulation;
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a (a) Supporting the shift towards a low- carbon, climate-resilient, resource-efficient and environmentally sustainable economy, through reform of education and training systems, adaptation of behaviour, skills and qualifications, up-skilling of the labour force, and the creation of new jobs in sectors related to the environment and energy;
Amendment 281 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c (c) Strengthening research, technological development and innovation, through the development of post-graduate studies and business skills, the training of researchers, networking activities and partnerships between higher education institutions, research and technological centres and enterprises;
Amendment 286 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d (d) Enhancing the competitiveness and long-term development of small and medium-sized enterprises, through promoting the adaptability of enterprises, senior managers and workers and increased investment in human capital, including training for young people and learning schemes.
Amendment 304 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a (a) For more developed regions, Member States shall concentrate 80 % of the ESF allocation to each operational programme on up to four of the investment priorities set out in Article 3(1)
Amendment 309 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b (b) For transition regions, Member States shall concentrate 70 % of the ESF allocation to each operational programme on up to four of the investment priorities set out in Article 3(1)
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c (c) For less developed regions, Member States shall concentrate 60 % of the ESF allocation to each operational programme on up to four of the investment priorities set out in Article 3(1)
Amendment 362 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 3 3. The Commission shall facilitate capacity building for social innovation, in particular through supporting mutual learning, establishing networks, and disseminating good practices and methodologies, including as regards common criteria for the award of social labels to enterprises.
Amendment 400 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 3 3. Grants reimbursed on the basis of the eligible cost of operations, determined in the way of flat-rate financing, standard scales of unit costs and lump sums as referred to in Article 57(1) of Regulation (EU) No […] may be calculated on a case- by-case basis by reference to a draft budget agreed ex ante by the Managing Authority, where the
Amendment 403 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 4 4. Grants for which the
source: PE-489.537
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2011/0276(COD) Structural instruments: common provisions for ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund, EAFRD and EMFF; general provisions applicable to ERDF, ESF and Cohesion Fund
2012/05/30
EMPL
15 amendments...
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 2 a (new) (2a) From conception to implementation, the Structural Funds ought to take account of the priorities and principles of the Small Business Act for Europe, especially the ‘Think Small First’ principle.
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 9 (9) For the Partnership Contract and each programme respectively, a Member State should organise a partnership with the representatives of competent regional, local, urban and other public authorities, economic and social partners, and bodies representing civil society, including environmental partners, non-governmental organisations, and bodies responsible for promoting equality and non-discrimination. The purpose of such a partnership is to respect the principle of multi-level governance, ensure the ownership of planned interventions by stakeholders and build on the experience and know-how of relevant actors. The Commission should be empowered to adopt, after consulting the European social partners, delegated acts providing for a code of conduct in order to ensure that partners are involved in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Partnership Contracts and programmes in a consistent manner.
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 71 (71) For the purpose of ensuring a wide dissemination of information about the achievements of the Funds and the role of the Union therein and, in particular via the organisations representing the various stakeholders, to inform potential beneficiaries about funding opportunities, detailed rules about information and communication measures, as well as certain technical characteristics of such measures, should be defined in this Regulation.
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. For the Partnership Contract and each programme respectively,
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a (a)
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – Article 5 – paragraph 3 3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 142 to provide, after consulting the European economic and social partners and European partner organisations, for a European code of conduct that lays down objectives and criteria to support the implementation of partnership and to facilitate the sharing of information, experience, results and good practices among Member States.
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 3 (3) enhancing the competitiveness of small
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 10 (10) investing in education, skills, vocational training and lifelong learning;
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 11 (11) enhancing institutional capacity and an efficient public administration, in cooperation with the European economic and social partners and European partner organisations.
Amendment 197 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – Article 23 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. The implementation of multi-fund programmes (ERDF, ESF, Cohesion, EAFRD, EMFF) is strongly encouraged. To this end, the Commission shall take any measures necessary to ensure that such programmes are prepared and implemented in line with the principle of Fund proportionality.
Amendment 285 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – Article 29 – paragraph 3 3. Local development strategies shall be selected by a committee on which the economic and social partners are represented, set up for this purpose by the relevant managing authorities of the programmes.
Amendment 304 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – Article 43 – paragraph 4 4. The monitoring committee may issue recommendations to the managing authority regarding implementation of the programme and its evaluation in order to reduce the administrative burden on beneficiaries. It shall monitor actions taken as a result of its recommendations.
Amendment 306 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – Article 44 – paragraph 2 2. Annual implementation reports shall set out information on implementation of the programme and its priorities by reference to the financial data, common and programme-specific indicators and quantified target values, including changes in result indicators, and the milestones defined in the performance framework. The data transmitted shall relate to values for indicators for fully implemented operations and also for selected operations. They shall also set out actions taken to fulfil the ex ante conditionalities
Amendment 341 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – Article 52 – paragraph 1 1. At the initiative of a Member State, the CSF Funds may support actions for preparation, management, monitoring, evaluation, information and communication, networking, complaint resolution, and control and audit. The CSF Funds may be used by the Member State to support actions for the reduction of administrative burden for beneficiaries, including electronic data exchange systems, and actions to reinforce the capacity of Member State authorities, economic and social partners and beneficiaries to administer and use the CSF Funds. These actions may concern preceding and subsequent programming periods.
source: PE-489.560
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2011/0344(COD) Rights and Citizenship Programme 2014-2020
2012/07/18
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) to promote the effective implementation of the principles of non- discrimination on the grounds of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new) (ba) to facilitate by means of quick and simple procedures litigation in the event that the principles of non-discrimination are not respected;
source: PE-494.499
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2011/0371(COD) 'Erasmus for all' - Programme for Education, Training, Youth and Sport 2014-2020
2012/11/10
CULT
1 amendments...
Amendment 570 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – point c – point ii a (new) (iia) the Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI University).
source: PE-497.797
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2011/0401(COD) Horizon 2020 - Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020
2012/06/27
FEMM
7 amendments...
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 (4) At its meeting of 4 February 2011, the European Council supported the concept of the Common Strategic Framework for Union Research and Innovation funding to improve the efficiency of research and innovation funding at national and Union levels and called on the Union to rapidly address remaining obstacles to attracting talented women and men and investment in order to complete the ERA by 2014 and achieve a genuine single market for knowledge, research and innovation.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 20 a (new) (20a) Awareness-raising and information programmes should be organised in schools with a view to encouraging girls to become interested in scientific professions, which are still too often dominated by boys.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 22 (22) Horizon 2020 should contribute to the attractiveness of the research profession in the Union. Adequate attention should be paid to the European Charter for Researchers and Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Male and Female Researchers, together with other relevant reference frameworks defined in the context of the European Research Area, while respecting their voluntary nature.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 23 a (new) (23a) Horizon 2020 should seek to strike a fair funding balance between scientific projects conducted by female and male researchers.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Due care shall be taken to guarantee the balanced representation of women and men on the groups of independent experts and high-level advisory groups set up by the Commission.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 1 Horizon 2020 shall ensure the effective promotion of gender equality and the gender dimension in research and innovation content by facilitating women’s access to scientific education and professions, thereby creating better career prospects for them in all areas of research and innovation.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new) In the context of Horizon 2020, particular attention shall be paid to compliance with the principles of professional equality, equal pay and equal career opportunities. With that aim in view, workers’ representatives in undertakings which are in receipt of EU funding shall be consulted each year about the situation with regard to gender equality and possible remedies in cases where imbalances have arisen. In addition, should instances of inequality persist, and after the undertaking has been reminded of its obligations, the financial assistance referred to above may be withdrawn.
source: PE-487.946
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2011/0405(COD) European Neighbourhood Instrument 2014-2020
2012/04/27
EMPL
2 amendments...
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new) (ea) ensuring the economic competitiveness of the European Union and its partner countries by including projects and procedures that best suit SMEs, thereby helping them integrate better into the European Union’s internal market.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e b (new) (eb) coordinating EU support for SMEs, and promoting the creation of businesses between SMEs in partner countries and in the Union; encouraging development of SME projects and investments in partner countries, thereby releasing the resources needed to promote transnational cooperation.
source: PE-487.961
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2011/0435(COD) Recognition of professional qualifications: European Professional Card supported by the Internal Market Information System (IMI)
2012/10/07
EMPL
4 amendments...
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 7 Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2Directive 2005/36/EC Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new) This Directive shall not apply to notaries appointed by an official act of government.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point bDirective 2005/36/EC Article 5 – paragraph 4 Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point cDirective 2005/36/EC Article 14 – paragraph 3 source: PE-492.774
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2011/2019(BUD) 2012 budget: mandate for the trilogue
2011/04/05
FEMM
1 amendments...
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Reminds the Member States to make use of the funds available under the European Social Fund to promote gender equality and calls for genuine budgetary transparency in the case of the funds allocated to equality policies for women and men (ESF, PROGRESS, DAPHNE);
source: PE-464.778
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2011/2035(INI) EC 5th Cohesion Report and Strategy for the post-2013 Cohesion Policy
2011/04/20
REGI
11 amendments...
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the purpose of cohesion policy is to foster the development of an innovative and protective Europe of solidarity in the face of the challenges associated with globalisation,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas cohesion policy represents a genuine citizens’ issue, bringing Europe into people’s daily lives and making it tangible and visible across the EU,
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas territorial cooperation aims to help territories and regions work together in tackling their common challenges, reduce the physical, administrative and regulatory barriers to such cooperation and lessen the ‘border effect’,
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas, however, a significant threshold effect exists between regions with comparable levels of development but benefiting from very different levels of aid – growth regions exceeding the threshold of 75% of average per capita GDP for the EU in receipt of more financial support than stagnating regions above that threshold – and whereas this represents a real problem in terms of fairness between Europe’s regions,
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the key role of towns and cities in achieving the economic, environmental and social EU 2020 objectives; encourages the dynamic process launched during the previous programming period for Integrated Urban Programmes and stresses the importance of the experiments currently under way; calls for support for ideas and projects which can serve as models, on the basis of integrated development plans, and for the upgrading of urban-rural links;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Emphasises that the core components of the EU 2020 strategy (innovation, education and training, energy, environment, employment, competitiveness, skills and combating poverty) are already integral to the cohesion and structural policies; takes the view that the EU 2020 challenges can be integrated very easily into the
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Calls for
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 Amendment 499 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 51 51. Calls, in respect of Member States that
Amendment 525 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 54 a (new) 54a. Is concerned at the fact that red tape is preventing small companies and organisations from gaining access to structural funding; calls for the relevant rules and technical documentation to be made as clear as possible, and asks the Commission and the Member States to set up technical working parties with a view to identifying appropriate simplification measures;
source: PE-462.896
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2011/2049(INI) Situation of single mothers
2011/07/06
FEMM
7 amendments...
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. Whereas single-parent families do not form a homogeneous group, but cover a very wide range of family, financial and social situations,
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas career pressures are the highest between the ages of 25 and 40, when children are still young and require more care and time from their parents; whereas
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Encourages the development of online and interpersonal chat forums
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Underlines the need to facilitate access to training for single mothers, and especially
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need to encourage the development of childcare facilities such as childcare centres and kindergartens and to facilitate significantly access to training and the search for employment for single mothers;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Asks the Member States to guarantee equal treatment and to maintain a high quality of life for all children regardless of the marital status of their parents, by providing
source: PE-467.009
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2011/2052(INI) European Platform against poverty and social exclusion
2011/06/28
EMPL
2 amendments...
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Supports
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 e (new) 8e. Supports the development of more inclusive education systems to tackle the problem of students dropping out and enable young people from disadvantaged social groups to reach a higher level of education, with a view to countering the intergenerational transmission of poverty;
source: PE-467.344
2011/07/20
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Urges continued adherence to the European programme of food aid for the most deprived as one of the elements of an ambitious integrated policy seeking to combat poverty, bearing in mind that women are frequently the first victims of food poverty;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for the evaluation at the biannual ministerial Round Table on 17 October, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, to involve the citizens concerned and associations assisting the most deprived from a gender-specific perspective, taking the poorest groups as a reference;
source: PE-469.890
2011/09/09
EMPL
1 amendments...
Amendment L #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8.
source: PE-472.086
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2011/2067(INI) Agenda for new skills and jobs
2011/09/06
EMPL
5 amendments...
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Points out that the employment rate is closely linked to economic performance; strongly recommends that the Member States follow the guidelines for employment policies
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls for better monitoring in each professional sector and according to qualification level of the upcoming skill demand in Europe and for an immediate transposition of the findings into education and the lifelong learning policies of the Member States; considers that a ‘knowledge alliance’ that brings together business and education institutions would be an useful instrument in addressing innovation and skills gaps;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Regrets that the number of early school-leavers still remains high; calls on the Member States to implement more effective policies to prevent early school leaving
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Encourages Member States to implement a dual system of education/training in order to introduce young people to the labour market from the earliest stage; furthermore, calls on relevant stakeholders to ensure that traineeships and apprenticeships, with the aid of supervision by professionalised tutors, lead to the provision of new jobs;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to stimulate creation of small and medium-sized enterprises, to provide them with a regulatory friendly environment and to improve their access to finance; recalls that 85% of jobs in the EU are provided by SMEs; urges all relevant stakeholders to remove
source: PE-467.007
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2011/2069(INI) Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2010-2011)
2011/07/09
FEMM
28 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 a (new) - having regard to Article 2 and Article 3(3), second subparagraph, of the Treaty on the European Union (TEU) and Article 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 b (new) - having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in particular Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 21 and 23,
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 c (new) - having regard to the European Pact for Gender Equality (2011-2020) adopted by the European Council in March 2011,
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 d (new) - having regard to the recommendation by the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation (CM/Rec(2010) 5) and the recommendation (1915) and resolution (1728) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on the same topic,
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 e (new) - having regard to the Commission's Communication on the Strategy for the effective implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights by the European Union of 19.10.2010 COM(2010) 573 final,
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 f (new) - having regard to the Council of Europe's Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence of 7 April 2011 (CM(2011)49 final),
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 g (new) - having regard to its resolution of 5 April 2011 on priorities and outline of a new EU policy framework to fight violence against women1,
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph A Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph A a (new) A a. whereas the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon created a new situation in the EU in the field of human rights by making the Charter of Fundamental Rights legally binding (Article 6 TEU),
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph A b (new) A b. whereas equality between men and women is recognised as a fundamental right by the Charter and all types of discrimination should be fought against,
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph A c (new) A c. whereas Gender Equality Directives require Member States to establish or designate equality bodies to promote equality, including providing independent assistance to victims of discrimination,
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Affirms Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union founding the Union on a community of indivisible and universal values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, solidarity, the rule of law and respect for human rights, for all persons on the territory of the European Union, including those belonging to minorities;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Welcomes the first annual report of the Commission on the application of the EU Charter of Fundamental rights; welcomes the conclusions of the Council, especially on its commitment to fulfil EU ambitions on gender equality as mentioned in the Treaty;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Draws attention to the fact that
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Recalls that Article 23 of the Charter states that "Equality between men and women must be ensured in all areas, including employment, work and pay; The principle of equality shall not prevent the maintenance or adoption of measures providing for specific advantages in favour of the under-represented sex stresses that "this in no way undermines the rights of other under represented groups such as children (Article 24), the elderly (Article 25), persons with disabilities (Article 26); additionally highlights that Article 21 of the Charter clearly states the prohibition of any discrimination against others, persons with generic features, or based on sexual orientation;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Underlines that women are the main victims of gender based violence; points out that violence and the threat of violence constitute a breach one's right to life, safety, freedom, dignity and physical and emotional integrity and a serious threat to the physical and mental health of the victims of such violence, underlines that the effects of such violence, being so widespread throughout the European Community, constitute a genuine fundamental rights violation and health scourge and an obstacle to the enjoyment of all people of safe, free and just citizenship;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2 c. Takes note of the Commission's victims package; regrets that violence against women is not adequately taken into account; calls on the Commission to launch a comprehensive policy approach against gender based violence and to launch a Directive addressing combating and eliminating all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls in all EU Member States;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. In order to avoid over-expectations and misunderstandings, calls on the Commission to inform better the citizens of their rights as enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights but also about the scope of the Charter; recalls in this view the importance of the European e-justice Portal ; calls in addition on the Member States to increase awareness of the Charter among the civil society, through a continuous dialogue with relevant non- governmental organisations, and women's organizations in particular, as their expertise is invaluable with regards to stereotypes and discrimination since it is a fact through time, that women have been the most common and vulnerable victims;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Highlights the need to support the alleviation of all stereotypes and discriminatory behaviours via special programs, actions and campaigns involving Member States, social partners , NGO’s, institutions and parliamentarians;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Regrets the relatively poor quality of data collected by equality bodies in some Members States, lacking disaggregation by ground of discrimination such as sex and age, or by thematic area, such as employment and education ; recalls the important role of the Fundamental Rights Agency in the collection and analysis of objective, reliable and comparable data on a variety of fundamental rights issues in the European Union;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Calls on the Commission to better communicate on the type of complaints, letters, questions and petitions received from citizens concerning the application of the Charter; welcomes any concrete information on gender based discrimination complaints provided by the Commission to the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality of the European Parliament for further analysis; requests that the Commission largely communicates its forthcoming annual reports on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union, so as to increase awareness of the need for actions to combat democratic deficits and breaches of fundamental rights;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Calls on the Commission to find effective ways to follow up breaches of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, outstanding issues and specific cases of violations of fundamental rights and to carry out occasional audits in all Member States to identify unfulfilled commitments;
source: PE-472.025
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2011/2071(INI) European semester for economic policy coordination
2011/06/21
EMPL
8 amendments...
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls for Parliament to be fully involved in the European Semester in order to represent citizens’ interests and to increase the legitimacy of the social policies to be conducted by the Member States;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Wishes to see the role of the national parliaments strengthened with regard to their involvement in the process of economic and social policy-making so as to demonstrate their solidarity as partners in the European Semester; considers that this would serve to increase the legitimacy of the decisions taken and would ensure that the European Parliament is not the sole representative of the interests of European citizens and that strong political signals are sent at national level;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Council and the Commission, when providing policy guidance to Member States relating to education, employment and social affairs, macroeconomic policy and the budget, to respect the principles of subsidiarity and social dialogue in the field of wages and pensions as well and, in keeping with Article 153(5) TFEU, to respect the competences of the Member States and social partners in these areas;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls for the Commission and Council recommendations to focus as a priority on a social policy that promotes education and training, access to employment, reintegration of the unemployed into the labour market and improved coordination of social protection systems in the Member States;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 – introductory part Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 – point b b) Encourages t
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 – point c c) Invites the social partners, social NGOs and other stakeholders to take part in a regular exchange of views with Parliament, in particular on the implementation of employment and social policies and on the progress towards achieving the related EU targets; requests that preparatory documents for exchanges of views be communicated in advance to the members of the appropriate parliamentary committee;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 f (new) 8f. Hopes that recommendations will be drawn up long enough in advance to have a real impact on national budgetary decisions.
source: PE-467.222
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2011/2087(INI) European dimension in sport
2011/08/31
FEMM
1 amendments...
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission and Member States to include gender mainstreaming in
source: PE-470.067
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2011/2088(INI) Tackling early school leaving
2011/09/06
EMPL
12 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Points out also that it is vital to bring down unemployment in the EU by meeting new occupational requirements and encouraging the recruitment of new blood to replace the old;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that a reduction to 10% of early school leavers in the EU, one of the headline targets of the EU 2020 Strategy, would have an effect in reducing youth unemployment and in improving the employment rate, since currently 52% of school leavers are unemployed; considers that reducing the early school leaving rate by only 1% could boost the number of qualified potential employees by 500 000;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Notes the long-term economic and social effects of early school leaving, leading to a lack of skilled labour force throughout the European economy, an increased risk of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls, therefore, on the Member States to draw up policies as quickly as possible with a view to establishing new jobs based on new skills;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Considers that the Commission should present to
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Notes that the challenge of early school leaving is different within and between the Member States, with large differences in early school leaving rates between the Member States; Urges the Member States to carry out an analysis of the problem of early school leaving, while taking due account of data protection, and to develop appropriate packages of measures for prevention, intervention and compensation;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Advocates flexible, needs-based forms of learning at schools and stresses that this challenge must be addressed in particular by primary schools and in the early years of secondary schooling
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Takes the view that early school leavers should be approached by the competent employment authority as quickly as possible after dropping out of school to provide them with the necessary information about their options; notes the importance of giving them a perspective through individual support and to prevent a life of long-term unemployment and social exclusion;
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Proposes, in the context of the 2012 EU budget, that a pilot project
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Encourages Member States to reduce early school leaving by exchange of experience and good practice on the national and European level;
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Advocates the targeted deployment of the Structural Funds
source: PE-464.934
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2011/2157(INI) Review of the European Neighbourhood Policy
2011/09/29
EMPL
6 amendments...
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) should focus on economic and social reforms
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that ENP should support states in their own efforts to tackle urgent labour-market issues such as supply- demand mismatches, informal employment and gender imbalances with the expertise and collaboration of the EU and the international organisations that deal with reforming labour markets and developing social policies;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses th
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses the need to continue the dialogue on support for access to the EU labour market, underlines the usefulness of controlled circular mobility for both the third countries and the EU, and asks for measures to
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Urges the Commission to promote full
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Urges the Commission to support admin
source: PE-472.309
2011/11/10
AFCO
3 amendments...
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Actively supports the current process of relaunching the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the governance arrangements recently put in place; calls for UfM projects to receive more, and more targeted, financial input from the funds authorised under the ENP’s funding instruments;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Supports Parliament’s role in the ENP w
source: PE-473.893
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2011/2244(INI) Equality between women and men in the European Union - 2011
2012/09/01
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes that, despite countless campaigns, targets and measures in recent years, the gender pay gap remains stubbornly wide, women across the EU earn 17.5% less on average than men and there has only been a marginal reduction of the gender pay gap in the last few years; calls on the Member States to re-double their efforts to put European measures in place with the aim of closing this gap;
source: PE-478.674
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2011/2273(INI) Daphne programme: achievements and future prospects
2011/11/30
FEMM
10 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas preventing and combating violence against women, children, and young people are still as pressing a concern today as they were in 1997, the year when the Daphne initiative was adopted; whereas since it was established, the programme has thrown light on new forms of violence, including violence at day-nurseries, ill-treatment of the elderly, and sexual assault among teenagers;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas new forms of violence have arisen more recently from the growing use of online social networks;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Wishes to see the programme’s objectives retained in the 2013
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls also on the Member States and interested partners, working with the Commission, to help achieve the goal of improving the spread of programmes across the Member States;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission to channel more funding into projects aimed at alerting the young in particular to the new forms of violence linked to the growing use of online social networks (threats, psychological pressures, bullying, Internet child pornography), which are more insidious but just as likely to cause physical or mental injury;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Member States to gather data regularly on violence against women in order to clarify the extent of the problem;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Calls on the Member States to gather data regularly on violence against women in order to clarify the extent of the problem;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 d (new) 4d. Calls for the ‘most favoured European woman’ clause to be invoked for the purpose of compiling a comparative table of legislation setting out the best laws in each Member State on violence against women with a view to making that body of law enforceable;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 e (new) 4e. Calls for the ‘most favoured European woman’ clause to be invoked for the purpose of compiling a comparative table of legislation setting out the best laws in each Member State on violence against women with a view to making that body of law enforceable;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Hopes that in the future it will
source: PE-478.328
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2011/2285(INI) Application of the principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value
2012/03/13
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the causes of the gender pay gap are complex, multiple and often interrelated and go far beyond the single issue of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value; whereas these causes include direct and indirect discrimination, as well as social and economic factors such as occupational and sectoral segregation in the labour market, undervaluing of women’s work, inequality in the balancing of work and private life, and traditions and stereotyping, including in the choice of education
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States to implement and enforce the recast Directive 2006/54/EC consistently and to encourage the private and public sector to play a more active role in closing the gender pay gap;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Calls on the Member States to act in an exemplary manner themselves in regard to combating unequal pay for women in general government, public institutions and public companies;
source: PE-483.791
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2011/2295(INI) Women in political decision making - quality and equality
2012/05/01
FEMM
8 amendments...
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Invites the Council, the Commission and the Member States to design and implement effective multifaceted strategies for achieving parity in participation in political decision making and leadership at all levels,
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission and Member States to launch a pledge whereby political parties at European and national level will take measures to achieve real parity in their internal decision making, in their nominations for elected office and in party electoral lists, paying attention
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Acknowledges the role of political parties as key factors in the promotion of parity; calls in consequence for the Member States to require national parties
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to launch parity-targeting campaigns as of 2013 well ahead of the upcoming national and European parliamentary elections;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Member States to support parity by proposing a woman and a man as their candidates for the office of European Commissioner; calls on the President of the Commission to a
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Council, Commission and Member States to enable women and men to take an active part in political decision making by promoting a balance between family life and working life by means of measures such as sharing the costs of parenthood equally between both parents’ employers
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Recalls the importance of preferential treatment and special measures in promoting the representation of people from different backgrounds
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to take measures to increase their cooperation with other actors at international level, such as UN WOMEN and the Inter-parliamentary Union, in order to promote balanced representation of women at all levels in political life, in governments and in national parliaments, as well as at regional and local level and in local authorities;
source: PE-478.535
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2012/0061(COD) Posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services: enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC
2013/01/17
EMPL
7 amendments...
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 16 (16) In order to ensure the correct application of, and to monitor compliance with, the substantive rules on the terms and conditions of employment to be respected with regard to posted workers, Member States should
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 16 (16) In order to ensure the correct application of, and to monitor compliance with, the substantive rules on the terms and conditions of employment to be respected with regard to posted workers,
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 16 (16) In order to ensure the correct application of, and to monitor compliance with, the substantive rules on the terms and conditions of employment to be respected with regard to posted workers, Member States should apply
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 24 (24) In view of the prevalence of subcontracting in
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 24 (24) In view of the increasing prevalence of subcontracting in the con
Amendment 185 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 25 Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 26 a (new) (26a) Public and private end-clients also have a duty of care and a role to play in ensuring that the rights of posted workers are upheld where those workers are directly employed by the contractor. The joint and several liability instrument established for contractors whose posted workers are employed by the subcontractor should apply in the same way to clients whose posted workers are employed by the contractor, since it may be that workers posted by that contractor are in the same situation as workers employed by an undertaking established in the Member State of establishment of the client with regard to the possibility to claim outstanding pay or refunds of taxes or social security contributions unduly withheld. These arrangements should not apply, however, to private individuals, who are not in a position to carry out the same checks as business end-clients.
source: PE-500.574
2013/01/21
EMPL
34 amendments...
Amendment 244 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new) (ca)´posted´ worker means a worker who, for a limited period of time, carries out his work in the territory of a Member State other than the State in which he normally lives and usually works for his employer in the context of service provision;
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a (a) the place where the undertaking has its registered office and administration, uses office space, pays taxes and social security, has a professional licence or is registered with the chambers of commerce or professional bodies,
Amendment 298 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e (e) the
Amendment 402 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 a (new) Article 3a If the criteria laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article are not met, all the laws, rules and collective agreements of the host Member State shall apply to the workers concerned.
Amendment 416 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. The Commission and the Member States shall financially support joint initiatives of the relevant social partners, at the European and national level, to set up joint instruments which are aimed to inform undertakings and workers on the applicable terms and conditions to be respected according to Directive 96/71/EC.
Amendment 435 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c (c) make the information available to workers and service providers in languages other than the national language(s) of the country in which the services are provided, if possible in summarised leaflet form indicating the main labour conditions applicable and upon requests in formats accessible to persons with disabilities, and specifying the competent authority which the posted worker may apply to in cases of non-compliance with the relevant legislation;
Amendment 441 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e (e) indicate, if possible, a contact person at the liaison office in charge of dealing with requests for information; and makes sure that all necessary information is made available for the posting company and posted workers;
Amendment 449 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 4 4. Where, in accordance with national law, traditions and practices, the terms and conditions of employment referred to in Article 3 of Directive 96/71/EC are laid down in collective agreements in accordance with article 3 paragraph 1 and 8 of that Directive, Member States should ensure that
Amendment 468 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 2 2. The cooperation of the Member States shall in particular consist in replying without delay to reasoned requests for information and to carry out checks, inspections and investigations from competent authorities with respect to the situations of posting referred to in Article 1 (3) of Directive 96/71/EC, including investigation of any abuses of applicable rules on the posting of workers or possible cases of unlawful transnational activities.
Amendment 486 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. The Commission and the Member States shall provide financial support for joint initiatives taken by the social partners concerned, at European and national levels, with a view to establishing joint arrangements for informing undertakings and workers of the terms and conditions with which they need to comply under Directive 96/71/EC.
Amendment 524 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. Member States
Amendment 526 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. Member States
Amendment 527 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. Member States
Amendment 545 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) an obligation for a service provider established in another Member State to make a simple declaration to the responsible national competent authorities
Amendment 550 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) an obligation for a service provider established in another Member State to make a simple declaration to the responsible national competent authorities
Amendment 561 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) an obligation to keep or make available and/or retain copies in paper or electronic form, during the period of posting, of the employment contract (or an equivalent document within the meaning of Directive 91/533, including, where appropriate or relevant, the additional information referred to in Article 4 of that Directive), payslips, time-sheets and proof of payment of wages or copies of equivalent documents
Amendment 563 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) an obligation to keep or make available and/or retain copies in paper or electronic form of the employment contract (or an equivalent document within the meaning of Directive 91/533, including, where appropriate or relevant, the additional information referred to in Article 4 of that Directive), A1 forms, work and residence permits of third country nationals, payslips, time-sheets and proof of payment of wages or copies of equivalent documents during the period of posting in an accessible and clearly identified place in its territory, such as the workplace or the building site, or for mobile workers in the transport sector the operations base or the vehicle with which the service is provided;
Amendment 572 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c (c) a translation of the documents referred to under (b)
Amendment 594 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d (d) an obligation to designate a contact person who can be contacted by the competent authorities of the Member State and who is authorised to negotiate, if necessary, on behalf of the employer with the relevant social partners in the Member State to which the posting takes place, in accordance with national legislation and practice, during the period in which the services are provided.
Amendment 601 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Member States shall be free to lay down administrative requirements and control measures over and above those under points (b) and (c) provided that those requirements and measures are consistent with the Union’s principles of proportionality and necessity and on the understanding that Member States inform service providers of the new provisions in a precise, clear and accessible way;
Amendment 609 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 3 3. Within three years after the date referred to in Article 20,
Amendment 610 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 3 3. Within three years after the date referred to in Article 20,
Amendment 621 #
Proposal for a directive Article 10 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall ensure that
Amendment 625 #
Proposal for a directive Article 10 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall ensure that appropriate checks and monitoring mechanisms are put in place and that effective and adequate inspections are carried out on their territory in order to control and monitor compliance with the provisions and rules laid down in Directive 96/71/EC and to guarantee its proper application and enforcement.
Amendment 628 #
Proposal for a directive Article 10 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall ensure that appropriate checks and monitoring mechanisms are put in place and that effective and adequate inspections are carried out on their territory in order to control and monitor compliance with the provisions and rules laid down in Directive 96/71/EC and to guarantee its proper application and enforcement. Such inspections
Amendment 709 #
Proposal for a directive Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part 1.
Amendment 714 #
Proposal for a directive Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part 1.
Amendment 724 #
Proposal for a directive Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 point a a (new) (aa) Any outstanding travel, board and lodging/ accommodation costs unduly withheld by the employer.
Amendment 751 #
Proposal for a directive Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article shall apply equally to the final customer, unless a private individual, vis-à-vis their contractor.
Amendment 759 #
Proposal for a directive Article 12 – paragraph 3 Amendment 778 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 2. The requesting authority may, in accordance with the laws, regulations and administrative practices in force in its own Member State, request the competent authority in another Member State to recover a penalty or fine or notify a decision imposing a penalty or
Amendment 816 #
Proposal for a directive Article 18 – paragraph 2 2. Member States may continue to apply bilateral arrangements concerning administrative cooperation between their competent authorities as regards the application and monitoring of the terms and conditions of employment applicable to posted workers referred to in Article 3 of Directive 96/71/EC
Amendment 823 #
Proposal for a directive Article 18 – paragraph 3 3. In the context of bilateral agreements referred to in paragraph 2, competent authorities of the Member States shall use IMI as much as possible. In any event, where a competent authority in one of the Member States concerned has used IMI, it shall be used for any follow-up required
Amendment 831 #
Proposal for a directive Article 21 – paragraph 1 No later than 5 years after the expiry of the deadline for transposition, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee on the implementation of this Directive, making appropriate proposals where necessary. Risk assessments drawn up regularly by the competent authorities shall be provided with the report in order to identify the sectors of activity in which employment of workers posted for the provision of services is concentrated on their territory. These risk assessments shall make it possible to produce a map, at EU level, of the special problems and needs of specific sectors, the past record of infringements, as well as the vulnerability of certain groups of workers.
source: PE-504.078
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2012/0295(COD) Fund for European aid to the most deprived (2014-2020)
2013/03/01
AGRI
39 amendments...
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 (4) The Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (hereinafter the 'Fund') should strengthen social cohesion by contributing to the reduction of poverty in the Union by supporting national schemes that provide non-financial assistance to the most deprived persons to alleviate food
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 7 (7) In order to set out an appropriate financial framework, the Commission should establish, by means of implementing acts, an annual breakdown of global resources by Member State using an objective and transparent method reflecting disparities in terms of poverty, relative poverty and material deprivation.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 (8) The operational programme of each Member State should identify and justify the forms of material deprivation to be addressed, and describe the objectives and features of the assistance to the most deprived persons that will be provided through the support of national schemes.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 12 (12) In order to improve the quality and design of each operational programme and evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the Fund,
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 13 (13) Citizens have the right to know how the Union’s financial resources are invested and to what effects. For the purpose of ensuring wide dissemination of information about the achievements of the Fund and to ensure accessibility and transparency of funding opportunities, detailed rules about information and communication, especially in relation to the responsibilities of the Member States and the beneficiaries, should be set out in such a way that the dignity of the end recipients is not undermined.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 16 (16) Uniform
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 17 a (new) (17a) In order to ensure broad support within society for the most deprived persons and to tackle food waste, Member States should remove obstacles to the donation of food or basic consumer goods by firms to food banks, civil society organisations and other stakeholders.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 19 (19) In accordance with the principle of shared management, Member States should have the primary responsibility, through their management and control system, for the implementation and control of their operational programme, while seeking at all times to improve effectiveness and reduce bureaucracy.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 12 (12) In order to improve the quality and design of each operational programme and evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the Fund, ex ante and ex post evaluations should be conducted. Those evaluations should be supplemented by surveys, including data broken down by gender and by age, on the most deprived persons who have benefited from the operational programme and, if necessary, by evaluations during the programming period. The responsibilities of Member States and the Commission in this respect should be specified.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 27 (27) Union budget commitments should be effected annually. In order to ensure effective programme management, it is necessary to lay down simple common rules for interim payment requests, the payment of the annual balance and the final balance.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 The Fund shall promote social cohesion in the Union by contributing to achieving the poverty reduction target of at least 20 million of the number of persons at risk of poverty and social exclusion in accordance with the Europe 2020 strategy. The Fund shall contribute to achieving the specific objective of alleviating the worst forms of poverty in the Union by providing non-
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 41 a (new) (41a) In order to ensure that delays in the implementation of this Regulation at the beginning of 2014 do not lead to a sudden drop-off in food aid, the Commission should take the transitional measures necessary to guarantee that persons dependent on food aid are not at risk of food poverty.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 1. This Regulation establishes the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (hereinafter ‘the Fund’) for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020 and determines the objectives of the Fund, the scope of its support, the financial resources available and the criteria for their allocation and lays down the rules necessary to ensure th
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – point 2 (2)
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 8 (8) The Commission and the Member States shall ensure the effectiveness of the Fund, in particular through monitoring, reporting and evaluation, providing details broken down by gender and by age.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 The Fund shall promote social cohesion in the Union by contributing to achieving the poverty reduction target of at least 20 million of the number of persons at risk of poverty and social exclusion in accordance with the Europe 2020 strategy. The Fund shall contribute to achieving the specific objective of alleviating the worst forms of poverty in the Union, and first and foremost food insecurity, by providing non-
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 1. The Fund shall support national schemes whereby food products and basic consumer goods for the personal use of the most deprived persons, in particular homeless persons or
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 9 (9) The Commission and the Member States shall carry out their respective roles in relation to the Fund
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 1. The global resources available for budgetary commitment from the Fund for the period 2014-2020 shall be EUR
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission shall assess the consistency of the operational programme with this Regulation and its contribution to the objectives of the Fund
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 2 Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 3 Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 6 6. The Commission shall adopt the template for the annual implementation report
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 7 7. The Commission may address observations to a Member State concerning the implementation of the operational programme.
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 8 Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 13 – paragraph 1 1. 1. Member States shall provide the resources necessary for carrying out evaluations, and shall ensure that procedures are in place to produce and collect the data necessary for evaluations
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 2 Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 3 3. The Commission may carry out, at its own initiative, evaluation of operational programmes where it has evidence suggesting any irregularity in their implementation.
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 25 a (new) Article 25a 1. Member States shall carry out administrative and physical checks to ensure that operational programmes are implemented in compliance with the applicable rules and shall establish the penalties applicable in the event of irregularities. 2. Member States shall fulfil the management, control and audit obligations and assume the resulting responsibilities laid down in the rules on shared management set out in the Financial Regulation and this Regulation. 3. Member States shall prevent, detect and correct irregularities and shall recover amounts unduly paid, together with any interest on late payments. 4. Member States shall establish and implement a procedure for the independent examination and resolution of complaints concerning the selection or implementation of operations cofinanced by the Fund.
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 26 Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 28 Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 32 Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 33 Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 34 Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 48 Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 60 a (new) Article 60a The Commission shall take the necessary financial and regulatory measures, if need be through budgetary redeployment, early pre-financing or prolongation of Regulation (EC) No 121/2012, in order to ensure the continuity of the MDP from 2013 to 2014 in the event of delays in the implementation of this regulation.
source: PE-506.108
2013/03/06
BUDG
1 amendments...
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 1. The global resources available for budgetary commitment from the Fund for the period 2014-2020 shall be
source: PE-506.091
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2012/2004(INI) Social Business Initiative - Creating a favourable climate for social enterprises, key stakeholders in the social economy and innovation
2012/06/06
EMPL
4 amendments...
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 – indent 1 – models and principles for employee and stakeholder participation;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 – indent 2 - while profit
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Declares that even if social enterprises do not exclusively offer social products and services, their entrepreneurial objective
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Believes that the ‘EU Programme for Social Change and Innovation for 2014- 2020’, with its Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axis,
source: PE-491.143
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2012/2011(COD)
2012/12/18
EMPL
1 amendments...
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 82 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. The measures taken shall be proportionate to the aim sought. In the context of recruitment, the measures taken shall be directly and necessarily linked to the employment offered or the assessment of professional aptitude. The employee shall be informed of the methods used and the confidential nature of the data in every case.
source: PE-500.581
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2012/2035(INI) Role of women in the green economy
2012/08/06
FEMM
8 amendments...
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Believes that EU public funds should be used, to a much higher degree, for
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls for the
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls on the Commission to focus its research efforts, a vital lever, in order to finance innovative durable transport projects;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on the Member States to promote remote working by means of social and tax incentives, and by providing a protective legal framework for workers;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. With each local situation differing, calls for statistical data to be compiled prior to the development of any transport hierarchy in order to measure the environmental impact of public and private methods of transport, and calls on the public authority to be exemplary in this matter.
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 c (new) 16c. Calls on Member States to integrate the impact of the use of transport by public authorities in the state audits carried out by the Chambers of Audit;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls on Member States to use and develop ways to encourage women to choose courses and careers in the environmental, transport and energy sectors whilst determinedly fighting stereotypes that favour careers in science for men;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Notes that for women to participate in the green economy on the same terms as men, there is a need for increased childcare and elderly care centres, that both women and men must be able to
source: PE-491.104
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2012/2039(INI) Statute for a European mutual society
2012/10/16
EMPL
3 amendments...
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Hopes that it will be made easier for all workers. and in particular for workers in small businesses, to join a mutual society, and that they will be encouraged to do so;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Hopes, in that case, that a worker’s membership of a system of mutual societies will be encouraged by exemptions from social security contributions or by tax relief;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Hopes, therefore, that this European statute will be ambitious and innovative with a view to protecting workers and their families when they move within the European Union;
source: PE-497.912
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2012/2046(INI) Women's working conditions in the service sector
2012/07/06
FEMM
7 amendments...
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. Whereas at all levels of training, the percentage of men with jobs is higher than it is for women, even though the latter may be at an equal level of training, or higher, than that of the men;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. Whereas creating a balance between work and family life is essential if women are to find work in the service sector as in all other professional sectors;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls upon Member States to ensure that the public sector has an exemplary attitude regarding equal access to employment in the public service and especially to management positions.
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls for education of young people for the promotion of equality between men and women and for the fight against stereotypes to begin at school;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Notes that a rise in the educational level of women
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Calls for an end to the glass ceiling in public service that prevents women from gaining positions of high responsibility, the public sector must play an exemplary role in this field;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Notes that the economic crisis
source: PE-491.103
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2012/2061(INI) Information and consultation of workers, anticipation and management of restructuring
2012/02/08
EMPL
28 amendments...
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a recommendation Recommendation 1 Recital 1 (1) When dealing with anticipation, preparation and management of restructuring, companies, workers' representatives and the other stakeholders, each in their respective capacity and competence, and at a moment which corresponds to their different responsibilities, act in a spirit of cooperation, based on timely and comprehensive information and consultation.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a recommendation Recommendation 1 Recital 2 (2) Anticipation, preparation and management of change must take place in the context of strengthening social dialogue and with a view to promoting change in a manner compatible with the preservation of the priority objectives of competitiveness and employment.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a recommendation Recommendation 1, Recital 4 (4) Restructuring is facilitated and its impact softened when companies develop on a regular or permanent basis the skills and competences of their workers.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a recommendation Recommendation 1, Recital 6 (6) It is a widely recognised that any restructuring operation should be
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a recommendation Recommendation 1, Recital 8 (8) The active
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a recommendation Recommendation 1, Recital 10 (10) Such an Union framework should apply to major restructuring operations of companies and groups of companies,
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a recommendation Recommendation 2, paragraph 1 1. The purpose of the Directive is to promote and facilitate information and consultation in economic change and improve the way in which companies, employees' representatives, public authorities and other relevant stakeholders, each with different responsibility and a sequenced role in the process of restructuring, throughout the Union anticipate, prepare and manage in a socially responsible way corporate restructuring.
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a recommendation Recommendation 3, paragraph 1, point b (b) "dependent companies" mean companies in a situation of substantial dependence of the ones above by reasons of subcontracting, supply contract and others;
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a recommendation Recommendation 3, paragraph 1, point f (f) "public authorities" mean bodies of the public administration at the relevant level, as designated by Member States, including local employment services;
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a recommendation Recommendation 3, paragraph 2 2. The present Directive covers restructuring operations affecting
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a recommendation Recommendation 4, paragraph 3 3. To that end, companies shall recognise the right of every employee to benefit from appropriate training in order to anticipate changed job requirements within companies. Employees shall recognise that education and lifelong learning are necessary to enhance their employability and shall accept relevant training offers.
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a recommendation Recommendation 5, paragraph 2, point b (b) multiannual plans of employment and skills development covering the
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a recommendation Recommendation 5, paragraph 3 3. Every employee shall be offered a given number of hours of training per year to be determined by law or collective agreement. Any refusal to accept that offer by employees shall only be permitted on justified grounds. However, the training needs should be mainly identified through 5-year skill-assessment, to check that their employability is maintained.
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a recommendation Recommendation 5, paragraph 4 4. The provisions of paragraphs 1 to 3 above do not apply to companies and employees covered by an agreement, concluded at the relevant level and with the relevant parties, on the procedures for anticipating and skills or assessment forward-looking planning of employment and skills needs.
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a recommendation Recommendation 6, paragraph 1 1. Except in circumstances where restructuring is triggered by unforeseen or sudden events, any restructuring operation shall be
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a recommendation Recommendation 6, paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. In the context of any restructuring the impact on dismissals should be dealt with as a priority, with a clear and transparent commitment by the company with regard to employment.
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a recommendation Recommendation 8, paragraph 1 1. When the need to restructure
Amendment 280 #
Proposal for a recommendation Recommendation 8, paragraph 2 2. In particular, companies shall consider
Amendment 287 #
Proposal for a recommendation Recommendation 8, paragraph 2, point e (e) internal or external re
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a recommendation Recommendation 8, paragraph 3 3. When redundancies cannot be avoided or as part of the package to be implemented in the context of alternative options, companies, with the assistance of local authorities and public/private employment services, shall make available to the employees concerned measures that aim to enhance their employability and help them to re-enter the labour market as quickly as possible. Particular attention shall be given by the public authorities to the quality of the social plan and in particular to training measures, assistance for voluntary departure and measures for women and older employees. Severance payments made by the company which have the nature of damages to compensate for the injury suffered by the employee shall be dealt with specifically in each Member State’s legislation. The amount of such payments shall be greater than that provided for in the case of individual dismissal. Furthermore, the sums paid shall be exempt from social contributions and tax.
Amendment 320 #
Proposal for a recommendation Recommendation 11, paragraph 1 1. Public authorities and employment services at different levels shall
Amendment 332 #
Proposal for a recommendation Recommendation 11, paragraph 2 2. Public authorities
Amendment 340 #
Proposal for a recommendation Recommendation 11, paragraph 3, point a a) create permanent bodies, networks or observatories to monitor change processes and provide free skill assessment, in priority for employees suffering from lack of employability;
Amendment 346 #
Proposal for a recommendation Recommendation 11, paragraph 3, point b b) promote territorial employment pacts aimed at favouring employment creation and adaptation and try to attract investment by all means;
Amendment 349 #
Proposal for a recommendation Recommendation 11, paragraph 3, point c c) promote or create mechanisms facilitating employment transitions, including by company networking and exchange of good practices;
Amendment 373 #
Proposal for a recommendation Recommendation 14, paragraph 1 1. Companies shall
Amendment 379 #
Proposal for a recommendation Recommendation 14, paragraph 2 2. Companies shall create tools for the regular evaluation and reporting on their restructuring practices, in co-operation with employees' representatives and when appropriate, with the external organisations involved in that process.
Amendment 406 #
Proposal for a recommendation Recommendation 16, paragraph 2 2. Member States shall provide that companies that do not comply with the provisions resulting from the Directive shall not benefit from any funding in provenance of European Union budget in the five-year period following a judicial decision recognising the breach. Member States will also ensure that the public authorities and all bodies depending on its own authority, provide the assistance or advice which is required from them in order to ease and facilitate a smooth process of restructuring, in order to minimize the impact.
source: PE-494.614
2012/07/26
EMPL
1 amendments...
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas, the ‘Orientations for reference in managing change and its social consequences’ drawn up by the social partners in October 2003 have however not been followed by any
source: PE-494.585
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2012/2065(INI) Asbestos related occupational health threats and prospects for abolishing all existing asbestos
2012/10/18
EMPL
14 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 a (new) - having regard to the Council Resolution of 29 June 1978 on an action programme of the European Communities on safety and health at work, in particular article 41 __________________ 1 4. Develop a preventive and protective action for substances recognized as being carcinogenic, by fixing exposure limits, sampling requirements and measuring methods, and satisfactory conditions of hygiene at the work place, and by specifying prohibitions where necessary.
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J a (new) Ja. whereas local communities lack expertise and have serious shortcomings in the execution of prevention, surveillance and enforcement tasks, which are often too fragmented;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital T T. whereas asbestos exposure is a threat to the general population and causes diseases to a recognised extent
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Urges the EU to develop models for monitoring existing asbestos in private and public buildings including residential and non-residential housing, land, infrastructure, logistics and piping;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Urges the EU to establish action plans for owners of public buildings for the safe removal of asbestos by 2032 and to encourage private house owners to audit their premises for ACMs;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Commission to propose a specific directive with minimum requirements for the vocational training of construction and maintenance workers and management, including construction professionals who are working incidentally with asbestos;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Calls for offenders to be prosecuted and punished, and therefore for any obstacles to such action which may be contained in national criminal law to be surveyed and abolished;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Calls on the Commission to urgently put forward a proposal to amend Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to carcinogens and mutagens at work, ensuring that the health of workers at risk of being exposed to carcinogens be protected and safeguarded through the promotion and exchange of best practices in prevention and diagnosis;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Calls for recognition procedures to be simplified and facilitated;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Calls on the EU to ensure that all asbestos-related
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 a (new) 32a. Calls, more generally, for the concept of health and safety of employees to be taken into account by national law and to constitute a performance obligation for employers with reference to Framework Directive 89/931/EC;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34. Calls on the EU to address the unacceptable dumping of asbestos on developing countries at forums where trade agreements are being discussed, in particular at the WTO, and to exert diplomatic and financial pressure on asbestos-exporting countries to shut down asbestos mining industries and to stop the illegal and unethical practice of exporting end-of-life ships containing asbestos;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 a (new) 35a. Condemns European financial investment in global asbestos industries;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 b (new) 35b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that vessels carrying asbestos as cargo in transit can neither dock nor use port facilities or temporary storage within the EU;
source: PE-498.022
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2012/2097(INI) Corporate Social Responsibility: promoting society's interests and a route to sustainable and inclusive recovery
2012/11/30
EMPL
4 amendments...
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 31 a (new) - having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘Strategy for equality between women and men 2010- 2015’ (COM(2010)0491)
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Strongly supports the recognition, in the Commission communication, that ‘helping to mitigate the social effects of the current crisis’ is part of the social responsibility of enterprises; calls on businesses to undertake initiatives for
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Invites the Multi-stakeholder Forum to consider possible courses of action in response to the growing casualisation of employment with a special focus on women’s employment, enforced part-time working in place of full-time employment, the rise in exploitative work through increased sub-
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Recognises that business closures and retrenchment are jeopardising some of the gains made through CSR in terms of the employment of marginalised groups in society; calls on the Commission to undertake a major analysis of the social impact of the crisis on such initiatives, including a gender based approach;
source: PE-501.896
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2012/2129(INI) Prevention of age-related diseases of women
2012/09/20
FEMM
16 amendments...
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital O O. whereas neurodegenerative diseases are more frequent in the over-65s (they affect about 1 person in 20 after age 65, 1 in 5 after age 80, and 1 in 3 after age 90)
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital O a (new) Oa. whereas age is a risk factor for the development of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (the most common form of dementia); whereas over 7.3 million people in Europe suffer from dementia; whereas studies show that the Alzheimer’s disease rate among women over 90 is 81.7 % (compared with 24% for men);
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission to publish an assessment of the impact of the world financial and economic crisis on elderly women, focusing on access to preventive health care and treatment;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls for information concerning health to be disseminated by means of publicity campaigns or health information for Member State nationals, in particular the less favoured sections of the population; urges each Member State to establish by age bracket a list of appropriate medical examinations to be reimbursed in full;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Regrets the lack of attention being given to the effects on elderly women in Europe of increased alcohol consumption and calls on the Commission and Member States to carry out surveys with a view to dealing with the problem and its impact on their physical and mental health;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to improve the quality of life and dignity of Alzheimer’s patients and their families, taking into account gender-related issues;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Notes with concern that the suicide rate in the EU is highest among the over-65s and the numbers of suicide attempts are higher for women than for men and that this has grown worse with the economic crisis;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Member States to organise specific training courses for general practitioners and mental health professionals, including doctors, psychologists, and nurses, on the prevention and treatment of
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls on Member States to ensure that welfare protection schemes, including health insurance, takes account of unemployment and social difficulties affecting women so that they are not left unprotected;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Calls on Member States to further develop online health services so as to help make it possible for elderly women, who are often isolated for reasons of mobility, to remain independent and continue living at home and make health services more accessible to them;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Calls for medical studies to include wider training in listening skills and psychology; calls for social workers also to be more closely involved in this policy of prevention;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls on the Commission to intensify its efforts to disseminate an EU-wide culture of prevention through specific information and awareness campaigns aimed at schools, universities, workplaces, and centres for the elderly, drawing on the cooperation of professionals, local authorities, and NGOs;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Regrets the fact that 97% of health budgets is earmarked for the treatment of non-communicable diseases and only 3% for investment in prevention at a time when the cost of therapies and diagnosis is continuing to rise; calls on Member States accordingly to earmark a greater part of their health budget to prevention activities;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Draws to the attention of the Member States that elderly women are even more vulnerable to mistreatment and urges the Member States to step up measures to prevent abuse of elderly people in the home or in institutions;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Calls for action to be taken accordingly, in the form of information and education at school and through health messages, regarding the importance of ensuring correct nutrition and the health risks of failure to do so;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to formulate public information campaigns regarding Alzheimer’s disease (that is to say the disease itself and possibilities of treatment and care) in cooperation with national and European Alzheimer associations;
source: PE-496.309
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2012/2134(INI) Improving access to finance for SMEs
2012/12/10
EMPL
3 amendments...
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls for legal rules to be introduced requiring credit institutions to provide a rapid response to a financing request from an SME;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Calls for a simplification of the applicable labour law rules, which, owing to their complexity, can sometimes represent a barrier to employment;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5c. Calls for simple rules to be laid down, except where duly specified, to separate the assets of a company from those of the director, even if the head of the company carries out that activity on an individual basis;
source: PE-496.589
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2012/2222(INI) Preparation of the multiannual financial framework regarding the financing of EU cooperation for African, Caribbean and Pacific States and Overseas Countries and Territories for the 2014-2020 period (11th European Development Fund)
2013/09/01
FEMM
13 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas the Union’s policy on development cooperation is guided by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas sexual violence in the form of mass rapes, human trafficking and other forms of sexual abuse of women and children is still used as a tactic of war by armed forces and perpetrators of sexual violence in conflict regions, and notably in certain ACP countries; whereas rape in wartime has been recognised by the United Nations as a crime against humanity, and whereas since 2008 the United Nations Security Council has been committed to combating the use of sexual violence as a tactic of war;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas where more women are engaged in conflict resolution and peace-building processes, they play a key role in peace negotiations, broadening the scope of reconstruction, rehabilitation and peace building;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Expresses its satisfaction at the recognition given in various action plans and communications to the key role played in development by gender equality and women’s empowerment, and calls for that priority to be put into practice in the geographic programmes; calls also for better coordination with the thematic programmes financed via Intra-ACP cooperation and the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI);
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls for a stepping-up of efforts to achieve the MDGs relating to gender equality and maternal health and requests that measures immediately be considered for the post-2015 period, notably in regard to MDG 3 on gender equality and empowering women and MDG 5 on maternal health, reproductive health and access to family planning;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Welcomes the move by the UNFPA to set up a high level taskforce to head up the review of the International Conference on Population and Development, particularly in regard to women’s sexual and reproductive rights, their right to reproductive health and combating HIV/AIDS;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Draws attention to the fact that progress on MDG 2 on education has been mixed as progress has been made in terms of schooling for girls, but not in regard to their completing their studies; calls on the ACP countries and all international partners to devise and implement as priority development policies all the measures necessary for girls to finish primary school and have access to secondary and higher education;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Calls therefore for enhanced financing for programmes which aim at ensuring all girls have access to education (bearing in mind that female education is a cornerstone in building more egalitarian societies), at promoting women’s economic independence and reducing sexual exploitation of girls and women worldwide;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Recalls that democracy entails the full participation by women in public life, as stated in international and regional instruments such as the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the rights of women in Africa;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Strongly supports the inclusion of Gender Advisors or Gender Focal Points in EU delegations and common security and defence policy (CSDP) missions, and calls on the High Representative/Vice-President to provide them with resources and the appropriate means and spheres of activity;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Affirms the key role of women in democratic transition processes, in state-building and consolidation and in conflict resolution, pacification and stabilisation; encourages the Commission, the EEAS and the ACP countries to promote tangible and voluntary policies that promote the presence of women around negotiating tables and in political and economic decision-making positions;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Calls on the Commission to apply the performance indicators established in the EU plan of action on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Development: 1) at least 80 % of funds to include gender-sensitive indicators, 2) at least 75 % of all projects or programmes to score gender as a principle objective (G-2) or gender as a significant objective (G-1), and 3) at least 50 % of indicative multiannual programmes to identify gender-equality related actions;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 d (new) 4d. Asks the Commission to provide the European Parliament with a progress report on implementation of the EU plan of action on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Development;
source: PE-502.215
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2012/2234(INI) Agenda for adequate, safe and sustainable pensions
2013/01/28
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph C a (new) Ca. whereas when women have been involved in and committed to running associations for children, the disabled or for people who are dependent, this should be taken into account in the accreditation of their prior experience, allowing them to avoid career breaks that would reduce the size of their future pension;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph D a (new) Da. whereas Member States should, where necessary, re-examine welfare systems in order to avoid a significant disparity between women’s and men’s pension levels, and should consider introducing corrective factors to take account of gaps in contributions caused by short-term working;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses the need to reduce the pay differential for men and women with the same skills and the same jobs, as this causes women’s income to lag ever more behind that of men and raises the high number of women living in poverty when they retire or are widowed;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses the need to encourage Member States to recognise in their welfare systems, and when retirement is reached, time spent, by women more often than not, in caring for and supporting dependents;
source: PE-504.155
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2012/2257(INI) European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2013
2012/12/17
EMPL
3 amendments...
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Stresses the importance of ensuring greater social cohesion, without neglecting cooperation by companies in achieving this, which could be encouraged notably by allowing them to promote their innovative and virtuous actions in social matters through a label which would attract new investors and promote the development of a European social model in the long term;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Warns that austerity measures should not compromise the quality of employment, nor social protection and health and safety standards; encourages Member states to promote identification of companies and SMEs doing effort to be more socially virtuous than minimal legal obligations.
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls on
source: PE-502.062
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2012/2258(INI) European innovation partnership on active and healthy ageing
2012/11/13
EMPL
3 amendments...
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses the need to adapt labour legislation to the economic situation by introducing flexible options and getting rid of pointless texts or those which hamper the labour market;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Points out in this regard that it is vital to increase flexibility, in particular as regards the use of part-time, of temporary contracts in accordance with the needs of the company, or by providing options to work whilst drawing a pension;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Stresses that it is vital for Member States to be inventive by simplifying provisions that are not strictly necessary for the protection of workers and by adapting their legislation to the economic situation;
source: PE-500.493
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2012/2293(INI) Social housing in the European Union
2013/02/28
EMPL
3 amendments...
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the Member States to make greater use of private law instruments to facilitate the provision of social housing, such as long lease arrangements, obviating the need to purchase land for building purposes, and continued individual ownership of social housing by encouraging lessor usufruct arrangements;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Asks the Commission to make other potential sources of financing available to Member States for the development and renovation of social housing stock as forms of social investment, and to retain the reduced rates of VAT that apply to such investment, given the labour-intensive nature of the sector and its very limited impact on cross-border trade within the EU; urges that consideration be given to applying the same rates of VAT to social housing as to basic necessities;
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Calls on Member States to establish attractive tax systems to encourage property owners to improve the energy efficiency of their buildings, and to refine the definition of ‘decent housing’ in order to counter the trend whereby the most energy-inefficient housing is rented to people on low incomes;
source: PE-506.094
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2012/2301(INI) Impact of the economic crisis on gender equality and women's rights
2013/09/01
EMPL
26 amendments...
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Calls the European Commission and Member States to integrate a general approach of equality between women and men in all employment policies, to take the necessary measures to facilitate the employment of women and to include this approach in the employment guidelines of the European Union;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Whereas the current effects of the crisis will have long-term impacts for women, due to the highly gender segregated labour-market, in which the concentration of women in sectors that are characterised by low pay, informal and part-time patterns of work, which have a direct impact on women's pension contributions;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas it should be noted that unemployed women are often not included in official figures because they tend to withdraw from the labour market and to perform unpaid or informal work, and that there are currently few studies on the impact of cuts in public expenditure allocated to gender equality;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Whereas the disparities between men and women in employment, wages, career breaks and part-time work due to family responsibilities have serious consequences for the calculation of pensions and therefore, their pension is often lower and they are more likely at risk of poverty;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Da (new) Da. whereas a crisis situation, such as the current one, calls for deep-seated structural reforms of the job market;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas for women a fall in the number of jobs frequently goes hand in hand with an adjustment in working hours, and whereas it is extremely likely that recovery will be felt more rapidly in the industrial sector thereby bringing about recovery in male employment, which will pick up faster than female employment; whereas economy measures in the public services will have a more lasting effect on female employment, and this could jeopardise, in the long-term, the progress achieved in the field of gender equality;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Calls also on the Member States to develop vocational training policies;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Stresses the need to encourage female entrepreneurship by encouraging women to set up their company and by facilitating women's access to finance;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Ha (new) Ha. Whereas the budget cuts in social services compromise women’s financial independence, as such services often provide a major supplement to their income and they utilise those services more frequently than men, with single mothers and women pensioners living alone being faced with the greatest aggregate losses;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3 c. Calls also on the Member States and the European Union to develop policies to promote the reconciliation of family, private and professional life;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 d (new) 3 d. Alert that the current situation of crisis may increase women's risk of domestic violence;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Ja (new) Ja. Notes that the decrease in the employment gap between men and women is more a reflection of a general degeneration in living and working conditions than of progress towards increased gender equality,
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Whereas in the current situation of economic crisis and budgetary austerity, women have fewer resources to protect themselves and their children from violence and whereas it is even more important to avert the direct financial impact that violence against women and children has on the judiciary and on health and social services;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that there are still very wide disparities between the various EU Member States, with the employment rate for women varying between 48.6 % and 77.2 %, and that the contrasts in these situations call for specific tailor-made responses as part of an overarching European approach; emphasises moreover the need to have reliable common indicators so needs can be assessed and suitable responses found;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that even before the economic crisis, women were in the majority in temporary or part-time posts and that the crisis has reinforced this trend, hence placing many already vulnerable women at a heightened risk of social exclusion;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that women have played a vital role in resisting the crisis
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Insists on the need to ensure that the current economic and financial crisis and the ensuing budget restrictions do not jeopardise the progress achieved by policies promoting gender equality nor serve as a pretext for reducing efforts in this respect, but rather must encourage Member States to incorporate that aspect into their employment policies;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Article 8a (new) 8a. Stresses the importance of implementing immediately return to work policies and business sector insertion schemes for these public sector employees, the majority of whom are women whose jobs are under threat from cuts in the public sector budget;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote vocational- training policies and programmes for women, in order to increase their participation in the various business sectors, and especially in those economic and financial sectors where women employees are scarce, envisaging specific support measures so women are able to combine their workload, training and family life; recalls the important role played by the European Social Fund in assisting entry into employment through training policies and suggests the Member States and local authorities promote recourse to this fund;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on Member States to support job creation in the social economy which is dominated by unpaid work by women, and especially to seek out and implement new solutions that raise the profile of non-clandestine informal work;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Commission and the Council to adopt an action plan to achieve the targets that were set in Barcelona for better childcare provision with the development of company and inter- company crèches; stresses the importance of collective bargaining between management and labour in order to improve the work-life balance at sectoral, national and regional level, and of relaxing the access and attendance conditions for childcare systems associated with categories of jobs performed by women and of setting a minimum period of three month’s notice for childcare placements, so as to enable women to reconcile their family and working lives;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Article 18a (new) 18a. Stresses the need for an even spread in austerity programmes, particularly as regards maintaining healthcare and caring services, in order not to aggravate the care burden on women, which would drag them back into a traditional family role;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Article 19a (new) 19a. Pending EU-wide harmonisation of maternity, paternity and parental leave, calls on the Member States to maintain these and family allowances at the same levels in order not to reduce women’s income, and also to ensure that women’s maternity leave rights are not infringed;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Article 20a (new) 20a. Invites the Member States and the Commission to propose solutions that help women continue in their careers and that combat in particular the wage inequalities arising from maternity periods;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Article 21a (new) 21a. Calls for assistance to women’s organisations and to gender equality organisations to be maintained in order not to compromise the active participation of women in social and political life; so that those organisations and bodies can play a key role in offering support to women and their projects and actively participate in preparing future recovery measures,
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Article 24a (new) 24a. Invites the Member States to adopt budgetary instruments that reflect the need for gender equality;
source: PE-502.206
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2013/2009(INI) Educational and occupational mobility of women in the EU
2013/01/29
FEMM
6 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the right to live and work in another country of the Union is one of the
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas workers’ mobility and educational mobility
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the economic and financial crisis has negatively affected the EU labour market, especially as regards employment rates and the possibility of
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas there are significant gender differences as regards workers’ mobility within the EU – men move for jobs or job transfers far more often than do women (44 % compared with 27 %), while women are more often
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Urges the Member States to make pay trends more transparent so as to
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) (9a) Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage the use of teleworking in both private and public sector organisations, on the basis of fair pay and fair social conditions, to avoid the need for women to take career breaks in connection with their partners’ occupational mobility;
source: PE-504.182
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2013/2044(INI) Impact of the crisis on access to care for vulnerable groups
2013/04/30
FEMM
5 amendments...
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas the
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Recital E E.
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on Member States not to intensify women’s burden of caring by returning them to their traditional family role;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Urges Member States to adopt policies that promote health and the prevention of disease through the guarantee of
source: PE-510.609
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