Traduction de «Taux haut et bas de cotisation à la LPFP » (Français → Anglais) :

14. Expresses deep concern regarding the excessively high rate of accidents among temporary, short-term and low-qualified workers, which in some Member States is at least double that of other workers, while recognising the correlation between those employment categories and their employment in higher risk industries such as construction; points out that Council Directive 91/383/EEC of 25 June 1991 supplementing the measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of workers with a fixed-duration employment relation ...[+++]ship or a temporary employment relationship establishes as a general rule that temporary workers have the same occupational health rights as those with a permanent contract but fails to establish specific mechanisms to make this principle workable in practice; calls on the Commission to address those shortcomings as a matter of urgency;

23. Welcomes the exchange of best practice between the Member States via the open coordination method; points to the efficiency of successful demographic policies in EU Member States where high female participation in the job market, already ahead of the Lisbon objectives, goes hand in hand with some of the highest birth rates in the European Union; notes, on the other hand, that the EU Member States with the ...[+++] lowest female employment rates are also those with the lowest birth rates;

Take active steps to improve the combined incentive effects of taxes and benefits, reduce high marginal effective tax rates in order to eliminate unemployment and poverty traps, cut the tax burden on (deletion) labour -including social contributions- and especially on low-paid labour, link tax benefits to job creation in particular for women, disabled and older workers, improve the administration of eligibility criteria for benefits whilst preserving an adequate level of social protection, and ensure the efficiency of job search assistance for benefit recipients (see also Employment Guideline 8).

17. Calls for significant efforts to be made to raise employment rates, especially for women, disabled and older workers, by the following actions: firstly, tax incentives for enterprises which hire these targeted groups, such as deductions on income taxes linked to job creation and reduction of taxes on labour (including social contributions), in particular for low income workers - this should be balanced by an increase in indirect taxation if budgetary stability were to be put at risk; secondly, an increase in the effective retirement age through voluntary decisions by workers, supported by an increase of expectations on pension level ...[+++]s and by incentives for enterprises who do not reduce employment of older workers; thirdly, the promotion of all aspects of quality of work including health and safety at work; finally calls for the setting-up of regional and local employment strategies;

Differences between regions are greatest in Italy where, in 2000, the rate where the level was highest, Calabria, was almost 25 percentage points higher than in the one with the lowest level, Trentino-Alto Adige.

Granting pension rights for bringing up children or providing care is therefore an important element of solidarity in pension systems, as are lower contribution rates for low-paid workers.