From next year it will Women’s retirement age gradually up 65 years elevated. Tens of thousands of women stay longer in the labor market, starting with almost 80,000 women born in 1964 who have to work six months longer.
Those born in 1967 will then have to work three and a half years longer. Currently, 40 percent of women retiring not working. Companies must prepare, the Chamber of Labor (AK) demands.
prepare employers
“It will be absolutely necessary for employers in particular to prepare themselves for employing women longer in order to enable them to receive a higher pension or to retire from gainful employment,” said Wolfgang Panholzl from the AK in ” Midday Journal” of the ORF-Radio Ö1.
Without advance Measures also on the part of labor market policynot only from companies, the proportion of women who do not retire from gainful employment will continue to rise, he warned.
working time models
The concern is not unjustified, most companies are not aware that this women retirement age is raised, HR expert Gundi Wentner was quoted by the management consultancy Deloitte in the report. Basically, companies deal far too little with employees who are older than 50 years old.
In fact, nine out of ten companies are not concerned at all with dealing with the 50+ age group. However, it is very much the task of companies to provide decent jobs for over 50-year-olds – in terms of motivation and employee health.
Continuing education
It is about further training, new opportunities to use experience or other working time models, and the employees should work together on this. It is about packages of measures, politicians are required to create better framework conditions.
incentive for companies
IHS economist Helmut Hofer sees later retirement as an incentive for companies to train women better. It depends on how long a person stays in the company. The later retirement will have a positive effect on the economy as a whole.
labor shortage
After all, everyone is talking about a labor shortage at the moment. The federal government also wants to increase incentives to keep people in work even beyond retirement age. The Federation of Austrian Industries (IV) and the Chamber of Commerce (WKÖ) also demand this. A government working group is to work out possible measures in the first quarter.
