7 Amendments of Silvia COSTA related to 2010/2239(INI)
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on Member States to review individual welfare entitlements: (a) dissociating minimum pension integration and the income of couples, which penalises women’s earnings; (b) favouring, under supplementary schemes, a single rate of return for men and women, to be established independently of the actuarial life- expectancy-based calculations, avoiding discrimination in respect of supplementary pensions, on the basis of Directive 2006/54/EC; (c) recognising notional contributions over lengthy periods of non-payment for reasons other than maternity, relating to childcare and care for elderly relations, also with a view to offsetting the progressive increase in retirement age; (d) seeking effective corrective mechanisms to offset the impact of work interruptions and irregular pension contributions on the level of pension entitlements for women; (e) providing for the right to receive the necessary periodical information concerning contributions paid to facilitate pension planning;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to verify, in the context of gender equality regarding pensionable age, the existence of formal and de facto conditions facilitating under various conditions the reconciliation of professional and family commitments;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers that the widespread adoption of the contributory system entails the individualisation of corrective systems and forms of accompaniment for breaks in employment and for periods spent as a carer, which serve to meet the needs of the increasingly numerous categories of people who face the risk of poverty;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets that the Green Paper does not devote any attention to the gender issue, particularly bearing in mind that, because of disparities in careers, wage differentials, breaks in employment and periods spent as carers, women have smaller pensions on average;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that, within the diversity of pension systems, the general systems (first pillar) combined with work-related systems (second pillar) afford the best guarantee of adequate pension provision, even though the imbalance among these systems is growing;
Amendment 259 #
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; 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 longer and, in the case of women, providing them with insurance cover for periods spent as carers;
Amendment 451 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Considers it desirable, therefore, to agree on a common programme of education concerning social security and a common information programme to recognise and act upon the right of everybody to know pension scenarios and their own insurance status; considers in particular that, by means of suitable applications such as ‘electronic files’, social security bodies should be able to follow individuals from their entry into the labour market until their departure from it, documenting the situation at every given moment and during transition phases and providing the solutions which can be adopted for a well-informed choice among opportunities and advantages;