7 Amendments of Regina BASTOS related to 2013/2011(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the need to provide better universal social security and to promote social insurance for self-employed; calls on the Commission and Member States to link social security and social protection rights to the individual rather than the working contract, thereby enabling decent social protection for all including self- employed and workers regardless of their contract type or employment status;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that in several Member States it is necessary to reform pension systems in order to cope with population developments and changing labour markets; underlines the fact that reforms need to be socially just and to strengthen solidarity mechanisms and gender equality; stresses that the reforms should involve social partners and relevant stakeholders and be properly communicated to the citizens;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that women take more frequent career breaks and part-time jobs than men for the purpose of caring for children and elderly, dependent or sick people in the family, which may lead them to opt for part-time work or more poorly paid work, thus having a negative impact on their pensions and putting them at a greater risk of poverty; calls therefore on the Member States to view these career- break periods as insured periods for the purpose of establishing, and calculating, entitlement to pension;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on Member States to ensure the availability of affordable childcare facilities and to ensure equal access for self- employed to relevant tax or social advantages in relation to child care;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on Member States to facilitate the combination of work and care responsibilities by providing workers with flexibility with regard to working hours and working place in order to avoid that they have no other possibility for flexibility than to resort to dependent self- employment;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to develop social policies and social services providing childcare and care of the elderly and other dependent people in order to enable men and women to continue working if they so choose;