Activities of Marian HARKIN related to 2016/2061(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The need for an EU strategy to end and prevent the gender pension gap (A8-0197/2017 - Constance Le Grip)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 54 #
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 to reducing pay and pension gaps and to eliminating the risk of poverty; recognises also in this regard that key to preventing and mitigating the gender pension gap is women's access to the labour market, improved work/life balance for both men and women and addressing gender segregation in education and employment;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that pension policies shall be combined with adequate labour and active ageing policies to reduce gender pay and pension gaps; highlights in this regard vulnerable position of women and men of racial, ethnic, religious and linguistic minority origin; stresses the importance of fight against gender stereotypes in employment;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for an adequate public minimum pension not related to previous working life to eliminate coverage gaps; stresses the importance of shifting towards individual, rather than familyspousal-related, pension entitlements; highlights however the important role that survivor's pensions can play in protecting many older women from the higher risk of poverty and social exclusion they face compared to older men;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to carry out a substantive analysis of the best practice to assist Member States in the calculation of such minimum pensions;
Amendment 133 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Member States to increase minimum wages asRecognises that minimum wages or sectoral collective agreements in the Member States can play an important tool forrole in narrowing pension gaps;
Amendment 155 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to introduce or reinforce pension credits for career interruptions resulting from caring, whatever the family and/or marital status; 'care credits' through labour and social security legislation for both women and men as equivalent periods for building up pension rights in order to protect those taking a break from employment to provide informal, unpaid care to a dependant or a family member; Calls on the Commission to come forward with a proposal for a Carers' leave directive which offers the carer adequate remuneration and social protection;
Amendment 162 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes that policies which reconcile work and family life such as paid maternity, paternity and shared parental leave as well as access to affordable childcare and long term care could counteract gender inequalities in economically active years which may impact on the gender pension gap in later life and encourages Member States to make provision for such policies; Calls on the Member States to effectively implement the Barcelona targets by 2020 and to endorse the 2014 quality framework on early childhood education and care;
Amendment 173 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the sustainability of pension schemes can be reinforced by complementing social security with tax contributionsensuring equality of access to all pension pillars for women; in this regard encourages the Member States to devise awareness raising information campaigns to encourage and facilitate women's access to second and third pillar pensions, particularly in feminised sectors where take up may be low;
Amendment 210 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to support the development of gender disaggregated statistics and research to enhance the monitoring and evaluation of the effects of pension reforms on women's prosperity and well-being;
Amendment 218 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Member States to reverse any reforms of pension systems that aggravate imbalances in pensions (especwhen examining the adequacy and sustainability of their current pension systems to carry out an ex-ante gender impact assessment to address potentially gender imbalances)bias that could aggravate imbalances in pensions.