Examples of using Equal work in English and their translations into Czech
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For this reason, equal pay and equal work for all workers must be guaranteed.
The Services Directive must not, under any circumstances, undermine the fundamental principle of equal pay for equal work in the same location.
The question of equal pay for equal work performed by women and men rears its head with remarkable regularity especially during election periods.
We all have to pay the same pricesin the shops and we call for equal pay for equal work across the entire Union.
We have not yet achieved equal pay for equal work, nor do we have more women in positions of leadership and more flexible child care.
Thus nondiscriminatory access to the European labour market is important for ensuring equal working conditions and for avoiding social dumping.
I must also reiterate that even in 1957, Article 119 of the Treaty of Rome contained the principle that men andwomen should receive equal pay for equal work.
It is no longer possible for trade unions to guarantee equal pay and equal working conditions for posted workers as for domestic workers.
Today, men's and women's pay in the Member States varies greatly and therefore,we must urgently call on Member States to apply the principle of'equal pay for equal work.
There is also an absolute need to put into practice the democratic notion that'equal work must be matched by equal pay', which, in the arts as in many other sectors, is still not the case.
NL Mr President, I voted against the García Pérez report in spite of my conviction that men and women are of course equal andmust of course receive equal pay for equal work.
Indeed, on average, they are paid 18% less than men for equal work in the EU, a figure that rises above 25% in some Member States, and are more likely to be precariously employed and/or employed part-time.
It is therefore important that this be taken into consideration as part of this topic, and that, above all,equal working conditions be established for equal work.
For this reason, we needed to make provision for equal pay for equal work, ensure that families could be united and provide access to basic social benefits, so as to achieve rapid and complete integration of the arrivals.
My group has therefore submitted Amendments 45 and 46 to the report on haulage, in order tomake the opening of the market for cabotage dependent upon the development of equal working conditions and an evaluation in 2012.
Often, what lies behind seeming attempts to safeguard labour standards and to provide equal working conditions is in fact protectionism and a clear restriction on free and fair competition.
Mr President, I think it is disappointing that in the year 2010, we are still talking about women's rights, notwithstanding the great progress made by the European Union,especially in trying to get equal pay for equal work.
It is therefore important for the Commission to make it clear that the principle of equal pay for equal work must apply and that we must have good social conditions throughout Europe, so that the tide of protectionism does not advance across the EU.
For more than fifty years there has been an article in the Treaty of Rome forbidding gender discrimination in levels of pay and since 1975 Directive 117 has been in force,which requires Member States to enforce the principle of equal pay for equal work.
I would like, however, to emphasise another angle, another aspect to this issue, and that is the requirements applying to economic competition,because equal pay for equal work is enshrined in the Treaty of Rome as a requirement of fair economic competition.
The wages of the seamen will be fixed by mutual agreement between the shipowners and the seamen or their representatives, but may not be lower than the standards applied in their countries of origin,which might lead to a breach of the principle of'equal pay for equal work.
There are still many unfinished matters that need to be addressed and they have been mentioned: no stereotypical thinking,equal pay for equal work, poverty among women, violence against women and the ageing society, which affects women in particular.
The concept of equal payment for equal work cannot be distorted by a stereotypical approach to gender and social roles, which have previously significantly affected people's choices of profession and education, while maternity leave or family career breaks cannot be grounds for discriminating against women on the employment market.
I will ask you again: will you take action to amend thePosting of Workers Directive, so that European workers receive equal pay for equal work throughout the EU instead of experiencing the wage dumping that we are currently suffering throughout Europe?
I support the report on precarious women workers because I cannot conceive that in the 21st century, major differences persist in relation to women in the European Union with regard to employment opportunities, quality of work, income andequal pay for equal work or work of equal value.
This regulation is certain to destroy the basic principlewhich really should apply, that of equal pay for equal work, since it could result in someone coming to the EU to work earning more than someone who is working here already.
Mr President, on the vote, I would like to say that the Fine Gael Members, of whom I am one, voted in favour of the Andersson report because it addresses the important issues raised in the Court of Justice judgments in the Viking, Laval and Rüffert cases, enshrining the fundamental principle of equal treatment andequal pay for equal work.
Traditionally, all forms of insecurity or volubility in employment hit female manual workers first and hardest, with lower wages,even for equal work, with higher unemployment rates and with greater job insecurity due to longstanding social factors, but also specifically because of motherhood.
Furthermore, the principle of equal pay for equal work is still not ensured as the agreement only specifies that the wage conditions of crews from the Seychelles, on board vessels originating from EU countries which will benefit from the agreement, cannot be worse than those of crews from the Seychelles carrying out similar work on board vessels from that country.
Fundamental issues include access to education at all levels, filling managerial roles(including those in political institutions),implementing the principle of'equal pay for equal work', adequate access to social security and benefits, as well as medical treatment taking into account maternity leave.