7 Amendments of Olle LUDVIGSSON related to 2010/2239(INI)
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Realises that workers generally do not work until their notional retirement age and that employees in the most onerous occupational categories tend to retire earlier than others; stresses that the first priority in reaching sustainability is to ensure workers‘' ability to work until thae retirement age by implementing adequate employment enhancing policies, including measures aimed particularly at making it easier for the employees with the most onerous jobs to work until that age;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Underlines that, in order for everyone to be able to secure a decent retirement income, periods of child-care, family-care, part-time work and precarious employment have to be better taken into account in most pension schemes;
Amendment 147 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that Solvency II is a valuable starting point for developing a solvency regime for IORPs; underlines that such athe key aim of such a regime would be to provide enhanced protection to current and future pensioners; stresses that this regime needs to be adapted to the specificities of pensions, in particular as regards the conditionality of pension rights, the duration of pension portfolios and the dedicated purpose vehicle operating a homogenous product portfolio;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that national budgets are under severe pressure and that many Member States are reviewing the efficiency of expenditure; calls on Member States toConsiders that in view of the current budgetary pressure social spending has played a significant economic and social role in softening the effect of the crisis; considers introducing compensation so that all taxpayers who cannot achieve the level of ambition in the first and second pillars are entitled to a supplementary offset of pension contributions in the second pillar or of contributions to private pension schemes in the this regard that pay-as-you- go schemes have demonstrated their fundamental role in creating solidarity within and between generations; also considers that the second and third pillar; notes that this could also help Member States to establish a three-pillar structureve a supplementary role to play in this regard;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that, in view of demographic trends, and the consequent need to ensure that pensions can be paid for, are not uniform throughout the European Union; but believes it is necessary for more people to participate in the labour market and to do so for longer; observes that life expectancy is growing and calls on Member States to consider linking the statutory retirement age to life expectancy, which requires a concerted effort in terms of combating unemployment, achieving a proper work-life balance and addressing immigration;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that there are major disparities in the statutory retirement age and in the actual age at which older people cease to be employed; observes that these disparities are especially salient for employees in the most onerous occupational categories; calls on Member States and the two sides of industry, therefore, to exchange information about good experiences and to conclude agreements leading to a prolongation of working life, for example by rewarding people who work for longerparticularly for those employees with the most burdensome and physically demanding jobs; observes in this context that it would be reasonable for Member States to reward people who work for longer, but stresses that any reward system must be fair and balanced, fully taking into account the varying conditions for working until a late age across Member States;
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Considers that, because of the diversity and complexity of the various second-pillar systems, conditions need to be laid down concerning the portability of acquired pension entitlements in the sense that portability begins when new contracts are concluded, an application for transfer being approved only if the actuarial sum transferred is to be placed in a fund whose purpose is payment of old-age pensions; considers that tax must be calculated and paid in the Member State where the entitlements have been accumulated; with regard to cross-border issues, the clear focus of EU activity should be on developing minimum standards for the acquisition and preservation of pension rights and on facilitating the establishment of national tracking systems for those rights;