Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-10-25-Speech-2-617-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:State of play of the Maternity Leave Directive (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20111025.31.2-617-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-10-25-Speech-2-618-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Sari Essayah2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Suomen kristillisdemokraatit (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; EMPL (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ECON (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, this directive is a good example of what happens when the European Parliament ignores differences between national family leave systems among the Member States of the EU, including duration, funding arrangements and applicability to existing family leave systems and practical working life. The amendments tabled by the European Parliament are driving something that is good up a blind alley. The demand for full pay put forward by the European Parliament ignores national compensatory systems where maternity leave is linked to a much longer period of parental leave – although not on full pay – but where responsibility for child care can be shared between the father and the mother. The proposal by the European Parliament does nothing to promote women’s equal participation in the labour market, especially if salaries are left entirely to the employer to pay. In its proposal, the European Parliament ignored the contribution made by the social partners to the development of family leave systems and the fact that in many countries, there are agreements on pay during maternity leave in collective agreements, with all parties making a contribution. I quite understand that the Council wants individual countries themselves to decide regulation on such matters as the timing of compulsory maternity leave, breaks for breastfeeding, and supplementary leave and how it may be compensated; just as paternal leave is not generally covered under the directive on the protection of pregnant women. The European Parliament needs to appreciate that the level of regulation should, as far as possible, conform to that for parental leave, so that national law can be made comprehensively consistent."@en1
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