... measures provide a third and final illustration of the welfare potential of EU pension-related activity. Thus, if adopted, the proposed draft Directive on removing occupational pension obstacles to people's willingness to move between EU states to work, could, possibly, lead to improvements in the valuation of preserved rights and transfer values for occupational scheme members. The potential for EU measures to enhance pension access and pension provision has been realised in three areas. These are employment protection, equality and labour mobility. In the employment protection field, EU-inspired UK legislation provides for women's acquisition of pension rights to continue during periods of paid and unpaid maternity leave. EU equality law, on the other hand, has helped to expand part-time workers' access to occupational pension schemes. Between 1987 and 1993, scheme membership among this group increased from 504,000 to 900,000. EU equality law has also helped to ensure that, by 1993, the vast ...

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