San Marino. Social security system, UDS sends an open letter to the political forces present in the Great and General Council
“In view of the imminent passage to the Commission of the draft law for the reform of the social security system, UDS would like some considerations in the hope that they will be heard.
We are aware – explains theUnion of San Marino Women – that it is necessary to intervene on the pension system to allow the new generations to access it, but we would like to remind you of a greater attention to women and their greater working discontinuity which then turns into penalties at the pension level. If you really think it is necessary motherhoodin this area too it is necessary to be successive.
Statistically, women have lower employability, greater fragmentation of their working careers, lower career advancements and lower average wages than men. Pending the effective effective in the workplace, the strengthening of socio-educational services for children and laws that promote cultural advancement and equalize compulsory abstentions from work and paternity and maternity leave, it is right that the law provides for a attention to women who are now, on average, with lower pensions and with more difficulty in accessing the retirement pension.
We believe the measure designed to compensate those who, in the family environment, most sacrifice their work for the needs of caring for children or other non self-sufficient family members is inadequate. Thinking that three children are “worth” only 1.5 when you go to propose a share of 103 is really true far from an effective recognition of the social value of motherhood.
We ask that the part-time pension, as regulated by article 10, is also valid in the public administration; we do not understand why this positive innovation that favors an effective turnover must not also apply to the public sector where, among other things, the percentage of working women is high.
The reduction in the pension return, a front of contribution increase for both the worker and the employer, is significant. Clearly, following the path of progressive adjustments in this sense only increases the share of elderly people who find themselves in poverty, we know that – if we do not intervene with more robust corrective measures – it will mainly be women for the reasons already expressed “.