Activities of Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA related to 2016/2061(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The need for an EU strategy to end and prevent the gender pension gap (short presentation) PL
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the need for an EU strategy to end and prevent the Gender Pension Gap
Amendments (20)
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Stresses that increasing the employment level of women is a key condition for eliminating the gender pension gap (40,2%) which results from accumulative disadvantages experienced by women in the labour market throughout their lives, such as disrupted and shorter careers due to insufficient means for reconciliation of family and professional life as well as the pay gap;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges that the implementation of the principle of equal pay for the same work andRecalls that in accordance with article 157 TFEU "Member States shall ensure that the principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or for work of equal value is applied" and that this is crucial to reducinge pay and pension gaps and to eliminatinge the risk of poverty among women;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the fact that all people have the right to a decent public pension, and rRecalls that the Union recognises the entitlement to social security benefits and social services which provide protection in the event of old age or dependency;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that this strategy should seek to address not only the impact of the pension gap, in particular on the most vulnerable groups, but also its underlying causes; notes that preventing the gender pension gap in the future depends on ensuring that women and men enjoy equal position in the labour market in terms of the pay, career advancement and opportunities to work full time;
Amendment 135 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Member States to increase minimum wages as an important tool forconcentrate their efforts on eliminating the pay gap between men and women, promoting equal opportunities, increasing women's participation in the labour market and improving reconciliation of work, family and private life in order to narrowing the pension gaps;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to work together with the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) to develop a formal and reliable indicators on the basis of which to identify the various factors behind the pension gap, as well as to monitor that gap and flag up changes of the gender pension gap both at the EU-level as well as in cooperation with the Member States at the national level and to conduct systematic monitoring of this indicator, as well as to identify the various factors behind the pension gap;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that the gender pension gap should be regarded as a key indicator of gender inequality in the labour market as it reflects accumulated disadvantages experienced by women throughout their working lives, including horizontal and vertical segregation, discontinuous career paths as well as the gender pay gap; notes that, moreover, the current level of the gender pension gap is very close to the total wage gap (40,2%) which further reaffirms that the gap in pensions accurately demonstrates the magnitude of inequality between women and men in the labour market;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that EU legislation against gender discrimination is properly implemented and its progress systematically monitored, with a view to making sure that men and women have an equal ability to make pension contributions;
Amendment 159 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to introduce or reinforce pension credits for other social protection measures which mitigate the negative impacts of career interruptions resulting from caringformal care leaves, whatever the family and/or marital status;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Supports efforts to tackle horizontal and vertical segregation on the labour market by eliminating gender inequalities and discrimination in employment and encouraging women to take up jobs and careers in innovative growth sectors which are currently dominated mainly by men as a result of the persistence of stereotypes;
Amendment 179 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the sustainability of pension schemes can be reinforced by complementing social security with tax contributions;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to make it easier for employees to negotiate voluntary flexible working arrangements giving themwomen and men a better balance between their working and private lives, so that they do not have to favour one over the other when they are obliged to take on greater responsibility for looking after homes and families;
Amendment 203 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to carry out a thorough assessment of the impacts on the most vulnerable of the restablish a formal indicator of the gender pension gap and conduct systematic monitoring as well as issue Country Specific Recommendations addressed to the Member States onaimed at combating the causes of the gender pensions gap;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls onsiders it a good practice among the Member States, on the basis of a pooling of best practice, to introduce ‘care credits’ to offset breaks from employment taken in order to provide informal care to family members and to to include the periods of formal care leaves, such as maternity, paternity and parental leave, as well as to make countributions for thoese creditformal leaves towards pension entitlements;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Considers that as a principle effective policy aimed at eliminating and preventing the gender pension gap should focus on increasing women's employment and opportunities for women to make equal pension contributions as opposed to enhancing compensation mechanisms within the pension systems;
Amendment 219 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Member States to reverse any reforms ofeliminate any elements of their pension systems that aggravate imbalances in pensions (especially gender imbalances) and to take into account the gender impact of any future pension reforms.
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Welcomes the equalising effect on pensions of the Test-Achats ruling which prohibited sex-based actuarial factors in insurance contracts and made unisex premiums and benefits mandatory in private insurance schemes, including pensions; notes that while this ruling applies only to the private schemes, the unisex rule in pensions constitutes a good practice in terms of reducing the gender pension gap;
Amendment 227 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on Member States to invest in affordable and accessible quality care for children and other dependents as a way to support women who often have a more disrupted career than men and more often take up care responsibilities in the family.
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Welcomes the decision of some Member States to apply the unisex rule also to their occupational pension schemes in order to ensure equality between women and men in all areas of pension calculation; encourages other Member States to consider following suit, if appropriate;
Amendment 231 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the European Commission and on the Member states to run information campaigns and constantly improve pension literacy among women and men.