Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-05-31-Speech-4-023"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-05-31"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Equal treatment for men and women2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010531.1.4-023"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-05-31-Speech-4-0242
lpv:speaker	lp:Anne Van Lancker2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with South-east Europe (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; PES (2000-03-08--2002-01-16)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, in my brief contribution I should like to concentrate on one important novelty in the directive and in Mrs Hautala’s excellent report, namely intimidation on the basis of sex. Various surveys have shown that many hundreds of thousands of employees, predominantly women, encounter this, with all the adverse consequences for their health and their career. I should like to remind honourable Members that for that reason three years ago the ETUC was already advocating collective negotiations in order to tackle this problem, but sadly the employers’ organisation persistently refused. It is therefore necessary and useful that legislators should now act. I am therefore glad, Commissioner, that in the proposal sexual harassment is seen as a form of discrimination based on sex. I believe that the sanctioning approach of the European Commission is good, but perhaps insufficient. For that reason the European Parliament would be well advised to provide an efficient prevention policy, as was provided for at the time in the code of conduct accompanying the recommendation of 1991 on the protection of the dignity of men and women at work. We believe that employers too should take responsibility for ensuring that no sexual harassment occurs in the work environment. In Belgium Minister Onkelinx recently presented a bill, under which each company must draw up a prevention plan and appoint a prevention consultant. I consider that a good approach that can be safely followed in Europe. Accordingly I hope that this directive, in its present form, with the amendments made by our committee, can be approved under the Belgian presidency."@en1

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