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The future of the early retirement scheme for people with a demanding occupation is uncertain. Unions and employers have not agreed on an extension of the scheme, which expires at the end of 2025. The unions are preparing actions in various sectors.
This concerns the Early Retirement Scheme (RVU), which was introduced in 2021. This scheme allows employees to stop working three years before they reach state pension age. They receive 1,200 euros net per month from their employer until retirement. To supplement that income, employees can withdraw part of their pension earlier.
About 14,000 people have taken advantage of this scheme. These were not always people who clearly have a tough job. The scheme is used, among other things, in the insurance industry.
‘Unreachable’
Employers and employees have negotiated with each other in recent months to extend the scheme. They also wanted to make new agreements about professions that can use it. The unions also wanted the compensation in the scheme to increase. The amount of 1200 euros would be too low for many people.
“This arrangement is unfavorable and therefore inaccessible to people who really want to use it,” says Jan Pieter Daems of the CNV trade union.
‘Time for talking over’
Various consultations have failed to produce an agreement. “The time for talking is over, something must be done now for the short and long term,” the unions said in a statement. According to the employers’ organizations, it is premature that the unions no longer want to discuss further. It is not yet clear what the Ministry of Social Affairs wants with early retirement.
The employers want to resume consultations at a later date.
2023-12-08 08:07:55
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