Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-10-19-Speech-2-833"
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"I support this report, which highlights that precarious work disproportionately affects women workers. Indeed, this is further evidence for the need to enhance maternity and paternity leave provisions to enable women and men to strike a balance between work and family commitments. Precarious work refers to a type of non-standard employment mainly characterised by little or no job security, low level of payment, lack of social protection rights, no protection against discrimination and a work environment without minimum safety and health standards. According to the latest available data, 31.5% of employed women work part-time compared with only 8.3% of employed men. Precarious work is not only a major cause of the gender pay gap between women and men, but also creates an obstacle to career prospects leading to better jobs and professional development, trapping many in low paid insecure work. Indeed, often, women from less developed countries come to the EU and work in low skilled jobs, or even illegal employment. Precarious work forms prey on the weakest sections of our societies, denying people dignity in work and the chance to build a decent life for themselves and their families."@en1
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