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Hearings - Hearing on Work-Life Balance - 21-02-2018 - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs 27-02-2018 02:47 PM CET On 21 February, the EMPL Committee held a public hearing on the Commission proposal on work-life balance for parents and carers, which fed into the preparation of the related legislative draft report by rapporteur David Casa (EPP, MT). The Commission proposal, presented in the overall framework of the European Pillar of Social Rights, aims to address women's underrepresentation in the labour market through higher minimum standards for parental, paternity and carer's leave. Location : PHS 1A002 Further information Programme Hearing on Work-Life Balance Expert's CV      Dr Anna Borg      Linda Laura Sabbadini      Montserrat Mir Roca      Arnold de Boer      Dorota Szelewa Presentations      Dr Anna Borg - Centre for Labour Studies, University of Malta      Arnold de Boer - UEAPME      Dorota Szelewa - University College Dublin      Tim Shand - Promundo Background documents      Background document MenCare Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Publications - 2018 - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs 27-02-2018 02:38 PM CET Tuesday, 27 February 2018 Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Latest news - What's new? - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs 27-02-2018 02:33 PM CET The next EMPL committee meeting will take place on: - Wednesday 21 March 2018 from 9.00 until 12.30 and from 14.30 until 18.30 and on Thursday 22 February from 9.00 until 12.30. EMPL Committee participates in the paperless project, therefore no paper documents are available in the meeting room. All the documents for a respective Committee meeting can be found through the "Meeting documents" tab under "Useful documents" on this webpage. Further information Latest EMPL ITER listing (information on ongoing files) EMPL deadlines for amendments EMPL Vademecum EMPL Calender 2018 Twitter List of EMPL Coordinators Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Highlights - Vote on Employment and Social Aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2018 - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs 27-02-2018 02:29 PM CET The draft report of Krzysztof Hetman has been adopted by 24 votes to 10 with 14 abstentions. The objective of this report is to allow the Parliament to make comments that might be necessary on the employment and social situation in the EU, the progress made towards the Europe 2020 employment and social targets and the related priorities put forward in the Commission's package, with a view to the 2018 Spring European Council. The plenary vote is scheduled for March. Further information Draft report on Vote on Employment and Social Aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2018 Amendments on Vote on Employment and Social Aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2018 Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Highlights - Consideration of amendments on Coordination of social security systems - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs 27-02-2018 02:27 PM CET On 26 February, the EMPL Committee considered the amendments tabled to the draft report to the Commission proposal amending Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems and Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004. The Rapporteur Guillaume Balas (S&D, FR) proposes 61 amendments and 639 amendments have been tabled by other Members. Further information Draft report on Coordination of social security systems Amendments 301-507 on Coordination of social security systems Amendments 508-700 on Coordination of social security systems Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP QUESTIONS? STAY CONNECTED  Contact Us |   This email was sent on behalf of the European Parliament · Bât. Altiero Spinelli · 60 rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60 · B-1047 - Bruxelles/Brussels  · Belgium · Phone: +32(0)2 28 42111