(4) The European Parliament has consistently called on the Commission to review the Directive 86/613/EEC, in particular so as to boost maternity protection for self-employed women and improve the situation of assisting spouses in agriculture, craft occupations, commerce, SMEs and the liberal professions.

16. Recalls the discrimination suffered by women regarding working conditions and employers' distrust regarding their desire for motherhood; recalls that women are under-employed in spite of their qualifications and that their income level, which is below the average reference wage is detrimental to their essential economic independence; calls on the Member States duly to implement Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation and to transpose Council Directive 92/85/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety a ...[+++]nd health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding ; calls on the Member States to take measures under the Directive 92/85/EEC against employers who discriminate directly or indirectly against women workers wishing to start a family;

16. Recalls the discrimination suffered by women regarding working conditions and employers' distrust regarding their desire for motherhood; recalls that women are under-employed in spite of their qualifications and that their income level, which is below the average reference wage is detrimental to their essential economic independence; calls on the Member States duly to implement Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation and to transpose Council Directive 92/85/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety a ...[+++]nd health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding ; calls on the Member States to take measures under the Directive 92/85/EEC against employers who discriminate directly or indirectly against women workers wishing to start a family;

16. Recalls the discrimination suffered by women regarding working conditions and employers' distrust regarding their desire for motherhood; recalls that women are under-employed in spite of their qualifications and that their income level, which is below the reference wage average, is detrimental to their essential economic independence; calls on the Member States to duly implement Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation and to transpose Council Directive 92/85/EC of 19 October 1992 on the safety and health at work of pregnant w ...[+++]orkers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding; calls on the Member States to take measures under the latter directive against employers who discriminate directly or indirectly against women workers wishing to start a family;

They are tired of fighting the deficit on the backs of the unemployed, the poor and working middle class Canadians while the powerful can move a billion dollars off shore without paying a cent of tax.

The Single Programming Document, produced in partnership with the federal and Länder authorities, focuses on the following aspects: Concentration on target groups which tend to be neglected by company training plans: Nearly half the available resources (ECU 47 million) have been earmarked for skill training for groups of employees traditionally neglected by company training plans, i.e. unskilled and semi-skilled workers, skilled workers whose skills are not used to capacity, short-time workers, and skilled workers and management staff in small and medium-sized businesses.