5 Amendments of Sofia RIBEIRO related to 2016/2061(INI)
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges that the implementation of the principle of equal pay for the same work and for work of equal value is crucial tooffers a mechanism for reducing pay and pension gaps and to eliminating the risk of poverty;
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that the current freeze and cuts in pensions in some Member States is hitting people with low incomes, part-time jobs or interrupted careers (most of them women) hardest, while acknowledging that these cuts have been progressive, and have had the greatest impact on people with higher incomes;
Amendment 140 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Member States to increasfrequently to analyse the need to update minimum wages, as an important tool for narrowing pension gaps;
Amendment 191 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Asks the Member States to eliminate obstacles – such as the increase in the minimum contributory years necessary to be eligible for pension entitlements or the linking of pension benefits to lifetime contributions – to access to an adequate pension for people with interrupted careers (most of them women);
Amendment 225 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Urges the Commission and Member States to review maternity and paternity protection schemes, moving towards a system of parental leave at the choice of the couple which would remove the exclusive burden of supporting children from one member of the couple, which has in most cases fallen on women; notes, however, that a scheme of this kind cannot replace exclusive leave for fathers and mothers, which should coexist;