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Teleworking and gender equality - conditions so that teleworking does not exacerbate the unequal distribution of unpaid care and domestic work between women and men and for it to be an engine for promoting gender equality

Przyjęte on 24/03/2021
Sygnatura: 
SOC/662-EESC-2020
Rapporteur: 
Milena ANGELOVA (Employers - GR I / Bulgaria)
Co-rapporteur: 
Erika KOLLER (Workers - GR II/Hungary)
Sesja plenarna: 
559 -
Mar 24, 2021 Mar 25, 2021

Teleworking has the potential to support work-life balance and should be a means of promoting gender equality. For this, the burden of the unpaid care and domestic work performed by women must be fully shared with men. Then, the rules applying to the workplace must be applied to the home office, including on health and safety and protection against harassment and violence. As  there is no consolidated European framework on telework, it is necessary to assess existing rules' effectiveness. Social partners should review the 2002 Framework Agreement on Telework and give it a new impetus.

Opinia EKES-u: Teleworking and gender equality - conditions so that teleworking does not exacerbate the unequal distribution of unpaid care and domestic work between women and men and for it to be an engine for promoting gender equality

Challenges of Teleworking: organization of working time, work life balance and the right to disconnect

Przyjęte on 24/03/2021
Sygnatura: 
SOC/660-EESC-2020-05278
Rapporteur: 
Carlos Manuel TRINDADE (Workers - GR II / Portugal)
Sesja plenarna: 
559 -
Mar 24, 2021 Mar 25, 2021

The pandemic expedited the shift to teleworking, and it became essential in tackling the health crisis. Lessons learned from the pandemic could lead to regulations in the EU and in the Member States be amended and new regulations created so as to promote the positive aspects of telework and protect the fundamental rights of workers. The Member States, with the involvement of the social partners, need to ensure that there is an appropriate national framework for teleworking, setting out the rules of play for companies and workers interested in adopting this form of work.

Opinia EKES-u: Challenges of Teleworking: organization of working time, work life balance and the right to disconnect

Gender equality strategy

Przyjęte on 15/07/2020
Sygnatura: 
SOC/633-EESC-2020
Referral: 
COM(2020) 152 final
Rapporteur: 
Giulia BARBUCCI (Workers - GR II / Italy)
Co-rapporteur: 
Indrė VAREIKYTĖ (Lithuania)
Sesja plenarna: 
553 - Jul 16, 2020

In this opinion the EESC makes the following points:
1. The EU and Member States should ensure that the gender perspective is fully integrated in COVID-19 recovery measures.
2. Gender equality should be fully taken into account in the forthcoming Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027.
3. The Gender Equality Strategy should be coordinated involving all Member States, social partners and civil society organisations.
4. To put an end to the gender pay gap (16%), binding measures on gender pay transparency are unavoidable.
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Opinia EKES-u: Gender equality strategy

Digitalisation, Al and Equity - How to strenghten the EU in the global race of future skills and education, while ensuring social inclusion (Exploratory opinion at the request of the Finnish Presidency)

Przyjęte on 25/09/2019
Sygnatura: 
SOC/622-EESC-2019
Rapporteur: 
Tellervo KYLÄ-HARAKKA-RUONALA (Finland)
Co-rapporteur: 
Giulia BARBUCCI (Workers - GR II/Italy)

This opinion calls on the EU to develop a strategy to enhance continuous, learner-centred learning, with digitalisation and the deployment of trustworthy AI at its heart, and stresses the essential role of both public education and non-formal education to enhance  inclusiveness and active citizenship. Such a strategy requires an increased allocation of EU funds and more cooperation between policymakers, education providers, social partners and other civil society organisations.

Opinia EKES-u: Digitalisation, Al and Equity - How to strenghten the EU in the global race of future skills and education, while ensuring social inclusion (Exploratory opinion at the request of the Finnish Presidency)

Gender equality issues (own initiative opinion)

Przyjęte on 15/05/2019
Sygnatura: 
SOC/610-EESC-2018
Rapporteur: 
Indrė VAREIKYTĖ (Lithuania)

Gender equality is not only a human rights issue; it is a social and economic necessity for the EU, its Member States and businesses, as it hugely impacts on sustainable growth and GDP, while allowing to use the potential of 51% of the EU population. The EU needs to elevate gender equality to a stand-alone goal with a binding strategy, centred in the following measures: fighting the economic inequality affecting women and the current backlash of their rights; ratifying and implementing the Istanbul Convention on all forms of violence against women (including harassment); addressing once and for all gendered stereotypes, namely through the media; and supporting civil society organisations working for greater gender equality.

Opinia EKES-u: Gender equality issues (own initiative opinion)

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