C 149/94
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
28.4.2023
Tuesday 18 October 2022
Amendment 27 Proposal for a decision Annex I — Guideline 6 — paragraph 5 Text proposed by the Commission
Amendment
The gender employment and pay gaps should be tackled.
Member States should ensure gender equality and increased labour market participation of women, including through ensuring equal opportunities and career progression and eliminating barriers to access to leadership at all levels of decision making.
Equal pay for equal work, or work of equal value, and pay transparency should be ensured.
The reconcilia­ tion of work, family and private life for both women and men should be promoted, in particular through access to affordable, quality long-term care and early childhood education and care services.
Member States should ensure that parents and other people with caring responsibilities have access to suitable family-related leave and flexible working arrangements in order to balance work, family and private life, and promote a balanced use of those entitlements between women and men.
The existing gender employment, pay and pension gaps should be closed.
Member States should ensure gender equality and increased labour market participation of women, including through ensuring equal opportunities, education and career progression and eliminating barriers to access to leadership at all levels of decision making.
Member States should swiftly implement the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on improving the gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges and related measures (1a).
Member States should ensure that periods of maternity and parental leave are adequately valued in terms of both contributions and pension entitlements, to reflect the importance of raising future generations, especially in the context of an ageing society.
Equal pay for equal work, or work of equal value, and pay transparency should be effectively ensured in line with the treaties, for example by establishing national wage equity indexes comparing men and women in all their diversity.
The reconciliation of work, family and private life for both women and men should be promoted, in particular through universal and effective access to quality long- term care and early childhood education and care services as well as the equal sharing of care and domestic responsibilities.
Member States should ensure that parents and other people with caring responsibilities have access to suitable family-related leave and flexible working arrangements in order to balance work, family and private life, and promote a balanced use of those entitlements between women and men.
Moreover, they should ensure access to quality professional training for care workers, the recognition of their qualifications and support employers in the care sector to find and retain qualified staff, with a special focus on decent working conditions.
Member States should progressively advance towards fully paid and equal length maternity and paternity leave.
(1a)
Not yet published in the Official Journal of the European Union.