Traduction de «Allocations familiales et pensions catégorisées » (Français → Anglais) :

These are family benefits, pensions, unemployment benefits and so on, in other words a range of social benefits very important to the lives of people in the Union.

Hundreds of thousands of workers are therefore going to arrive from third countries in accordance with the country of origin principle, because they are not going to be treated equally by this directive. This is also because you are giving the Member States the option to opt out of equal treatment with regard to payment of pensions when they return to their countries, to family benefits and to welfare benefits for the unemployed, except for unemployment benefit itself. This will even apply to workers who are subject to the principle o ...[+++]f equal treatment and who are covered by what Mrs Mathieu said.

It did so by reducing pensions by 10% and the pensions of working pensioners by 70%, reducing family benefits and maternity benefits for working parents by 10%, as well as reducing non-taxable personal income tax thresholds.

Pensions and other benefits that have been accrued can be taken along without problems when citizens move to another EU country, whereas social security benefits (for example child allowances and housing benefit) that are not accrued individually should not in principle be paid out to persons resident in another country.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(1), the following papers, having been deposited with the Clerk of the House, were laid upon the Table: By Mr. Axworthy (Minister of Human Resources Development) — Report on the Administration of Income Security Programs — Family Allowances, Old Age Security and the Canada Pension Plan, together with the Auditor General’s Reports, for the fiscal years ended March 31, 1990 and March 31, 1991, pursuant to Section 23 of the Family Allowances Act, Chapter F–1, Section 47 of the Old Age Security Act, Chapter O–9 and Section 117 of the Canada Pension Plan Act, Chapter C–8, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985.

I am thinking of unemployment insurance, disability pensions, old age security, the guaranteed income supplement, spousal allowances, survivors' allowances and veterans allowances and, except in Quebec, the Canada Pension Plan and family allowances.