13 Amendments of Heinz K. BECKER related to 2018/2034(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission’s white paper COM(2012) 55 “An Agenda for Adequate, Safe and Sustainable Pensions”,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the total employment rate for the euro area in 2017 was 71.0⁰ %, while the employment rate for women was 65.4 %; whereas the target for the European Union under the Europe 2020 Strategy is reaching 75% employment rates, with a particular focus on women and older people;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the segmentation by age and gender exemplified by the figures, employment rates of 55-64 year-olds being 57% in 2017 in the EU, 10 points below the total employment rate, with a gender gap of 13 points, while it is 10 points for the total working-age population; whereas demographics predict a rising number of older workers;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas in the euro area the long- term unemployment rate is decreasing (from 5 % in 2016 to 4.4 % in 2017), but whereas it still accounts for 48.5 % of total unemployment, which is unacceptably high; whereas the Europe 2020 target of reducing the risk of poverty and social exclusion by 20 million relative to the 2008 benchmark falls significantly short; whereas while material deprivation rates are reducing, but monetary at-risk of poverty rates are increasing;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas pension adequacy is still a challenge, as the risk of social exclusion is increasing with age and the gender pension gap of 37% still poses a challenge to many older women, increasing their risk of poverty and social exclusion; whereas the pension entitlements of persons in non-standard and self- employment are lower than for employees;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Recital J b (new)
Jb. Whereas the access to social services, such as childcare, healthcare and long-term care services or mobility have a significant impact on the adequacy of income, in particular for people with low incomes or relying on social protection;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for national strategies and EU-level coordination to fight ageism in labour markets as a response to an increasing number of older workers in the EU workforce, including awareness- raising on the directive establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation 2000/78/EC, an alignment of occupational health and safety regulations with the aims of sustainable employment, taking into account new and emerging occupational risks, giving access to life-long learning opportunities, focussing on 40-50+ workers to strengthen the professional qualification and digital skills. Calls for improved policies supporting the reconciliation of work and family life by initially the measures of the proposed directive on Work Life Balance;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States to take full advantage of the positive economic outlook and pursue labour market reforms fostering reliable labour contracts and tackling bogus self-employment and promoting adequate social protection for all types of contracts; calls on the Member States to adopt and implement the proposed Council Recommendation on Access to Social Protection and to encourage people in non-standard employment to enrol in mandatory and voluntary social protection schemes;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States to ensure the long-term sustainability of pension systems that do not overburden the younger generation, and to reduce the risk of poverty in old age; notes with concern that in some Member States the gender pension gap, as well as the rate of early retirement, remains high; welcomes the Commission recommendation put forward in the 2018 Pension Adequacy Report to increase the attention paid to the adequacy of minimum pensions; encourages the Commission to pursue this recommendation in the next European Semester cycle; calls as well for providing more analysis on the situation of the ‘oldest old’ in several Member States, whose pension entitlements have decreased over time due to inflation;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Believes that the provision of care services within the family should not negatively impact the social or pension benefits; Calls in this context for a national mechanism to ensure that the accumulation of pension rights is sufficient;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to undertake the necessary reforms to increase the accessibility, quality and cost- effectiveness of their healthcare systems; calls for a renewed European target to significantly increase the number of healthy life years by making prevention a priority in EU health policies, as well as curative measures; calls for the reduction of out-of-pocket payments to access health care, as this discourages people with low resources to access health care and reinforces health inequalities; calls for the active pursuit of health promotion campaigns;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls for a European strategy for quality and accessibility of long-term care systems, pursuing a rights- and community-based approach to long-term care and support; calls for significant investments into long-term care services to prepare the projected increased needs in the light of demographic change; recognises that the long-term care sector offers inadequate working conditions and calls for a revaluation of care work and working conditions in care services as a means to ensure quality of long-term care;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Points out the need for well- designed policies for a better work-life balance, including flexible working arrangements, take-up of advantageous familypaid maternity, paternity, parental and carers leave and adequate investment in affordable, quality child- and long-term care; sees, in this regard, the swift adoption of the directive on work-life balance for parents and carers as a necessary step towards improved work-life balance; further calls for a European initiative on the social protection and services for informal carers;