35 Amendments of Rovana PLUMB related to 2010/2239(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. Whereas the projected impact of pension reforms is usually based on a male, full time, full career, average earner profile; actuarial gender-based life tables have a negative impact on women pension calculations and provide a lower replacement rate for women;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas during their career women are more often interrupting their career to take care of children, dependent persons, ill or elderly family members and given their family obligations, tend to take up more often the part-time and precarious job then men,
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. Whereas the women work and tend to put money aside, often do it for the benefits of the children/family upbringing and therefore put less aside for future pension schemes - especially when relying on private schemes;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. Whereas the pension schemes are based on old fashioned models of family composition, making women dependent on the income/pension of their husbands/partners,
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. Whereas that the most Member States propose to rely increasingly on private funded pension schemes to ensure an adequate replacement rate, it represents that widespread range of disadvantages faced by women to access these schemes must be tackled - the gender career gap, unpaid carer’s breaks or occupational segregation which result in women having less access to good quality occupational pension schemes,
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. Whereas the women often work in lower-paid jobs, making it more difficult to save for pension schemes,
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Member States to reinforce adequacy of pensions by combating gender discrimination in the labour market, especially by reducing the pay gaps with minimum 10% until 2020;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Member States to promote flexibility in the retirement age, taking into account the gender dimension, increasing the security of pension funds and guaranteeing a minimum pension;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the period spent by women and men on taking care of children or other dependent family members should be recognised in the calculation systems and taken into account to the period of work as well as all kind ofs periods of full time work as well as all kind of contracts including internships and atypical contracts;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States to guarantee individual and adequate pension rights for all, including those with justified career breaks – mainly women – to ensure a dignified life for all in old age;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Member States to ensure equality in pensions, for example by accounting for child-care periods or family-care periods in pension schemes, especially taking into account that these tasks are still mostly performed by women, thereby cutting into their pensions;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States - particularly the new Member States - to review their pension systems, taking into account the higher life expectancy of womento take into account the higher life expectancy of women without by any means using it as a justification for sex-based discrimination, and the major pay differentials between men and women, which are reflected in the amount of the pensions granted, often pushing them below the poverty line, and to eliminate the gender pension gap ;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that awareness-raising among older workers and companies, especially SMEs, about innovative staff management and work organisation methods would be favourable to older workers;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Member States to support SMEs with regard to the provision of continuous training which enables employees and managers to adapt to changing situations and to maintain their employability;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to initiate the procedure aiming at eliminating article 5 (2) of Directive 2004/113 which allows for discriminations against women on pension products;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the European Commission to undertake a full study on the impact of pension reforms on women’s lives in the EU with the following objectives in mind: (1) The individualisation of pension rights (and social security and taxation systems overall) to encourage women and men to engage in paid work, and thus earn individual economic security; (2) The development of mechanisms accommodating the employment patterns linked to society's need for the care of children and other dependant persons so that career-breaks or part-time work are considered as full-time work in the calculation of pension benefits, (3) the degree of women’s access to second and third pillar schemes, (4) the different needs of different groups of women such as migrant women and disabled women. On the basis of the above study, formulate concrete recommendations to strengthen the gender equality dimension of all pension schemes;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that the Member States should support research on the impact of different pension indexation formulas on the poverty risk in older age taking into consideration the gender dimension. Calls on the Member States to take into account in particular the evolution in people’s needs when ageing, e.g. long-term care, in order to ensure that elderly persons, mainly women, will be able to have an adequate pension and a dignity life;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to make a comprehensive impact assessment on women of all new reforms introduced in various social fields which may have a negative impact on women’s employment and pensions rights, such as cuts in day care and eldercare facilities, pension policies, etc;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the Member States to improve working conditions and incentives to work longer should be given to those who want and can, taking into account the gender dimension;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take in consideration that the extension of the pension age should be made voluntary not obligatory;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Calls on the Commission to promote a European framework directive on minimum pensions which could define that every person from a certain age on, independent of the years he or she has worked is entitled to a minimum pension;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Calls on the Commission for reducing the pressure on Member States to privatize their public pension schemes and in each Member States the public pension schemes should strongly be promoted;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 g (new)
Paragraph 3 g (new)
3g. Considers that the individualisation of pension rights is necessary from a gender equality perspective, but the security of many elder women currently relying on widow's pensions and other derived rights should be also ensured;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on Member States to promote active employment policies in order to reduce unemployment rates among young workers and increase women's labour force participation rate;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Views with regret the fact that young people are entering the labour market late and that their final pension entitlements are affected by this; believes, therefore, that the time spent in internships needs to be incorporated into the final pension calculation;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Believes that more progressive tax systems can generate increased revenues for Member States, thus ensuring the sustainability and adequacy of pensions;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to set up a study analysing the way wealth distribution is influencing life expectancy in Member States;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Considers that Member States should take into account the need to introduce financial incentives in order to encourage workers to continue working beyond the statutory retirement age: benefits acquired after reaching retirement age should be more attractive than those acquired earlier;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls on the Member States to introduce socially acceptable incentives for later retirement and, where desirable, develop attractive models for a flexible transition from work to retirement;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses that the EU 2020 has set out to achieve a 75% employment rate among persons aged 20-64; calls on the Member States to raise employment levels and, in particular, increase employment among older women and men in order to modernise the functioning of labour markets and introduce structural reforms based on the flexicurity approach; calls on the Member States to offer comprehensive advice and support for jobseekers and rehabilitation measures for long-term reintegration into the labour market;
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Observes that in countries with a strong second pillar not all categories of workers have access to funded occupational pensions; believes that funded occupational pensions should also be accessible for workers with a precarious or fixed-term contract;
Amendment 411 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the social dialogue in order to devise and implement reforms of pension systems at European, national and sectoral levels and labour market reforms;
Amendment 412 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Calls on the Member States to strengthen public pensions by improving the quality of jobs, raising wage levels, enhancing the quality of social services and finding more sustainable ways of financing social protection systems;
Amendment 417 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to give representatives of workers and retirees a significant role on supervisory bodies and on bodies in charge of defining investment policies and strategies for private pension schemes, so as to promote socially responsible investment in the interests of contributors and beneficiaries;
Amendment 422 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Calls on the Commission to promote a European framework directive on minimum pensions which could lay down that every person from a certain age onwards, irrespective of the number of years he or she has worked, is entitled to a minimum pension;