Cabinet may press ahead with pension reform without unions blessing
6 years, 4 months ago

Cabinet may press ahead with pension reform without unions blessing

Dutch News  

The Dutch cabinet may decide to press ahead with reforming the pension system without the involvement of the unions, the Telegraaf reported on Thursday. The unions, however, said the government was unwilling to move far enough on slowing down the rise in the state pension age. Both parties are also refusing to rule out reforming the pension system without union and employer input. Experts believe that the Dutch pension system – a combination of a state pension and corporate pension schemes – needs to be reformed because the aging population is putting more pressure on the current pension system and pension funds are having to pay out to more people for longer.

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Dutch pension funds, retirees need more say before system overhaul, says NSC
2 months, 1 week ago

Dutch pension funds, retirees need more say before system overhaul, says NSC

NL Times  

Coalition party NSC wants all pension funds to consult their members on whether they want to switch to the new pension system. NSC parliamentarian Agnes Joseph is submitting a proposal to have the participants of each pension fund express their opinion in a referendum before their fund can make the switch, NOS reports. The NSC has long advocated for pension …

PvdA and GroenLinks clear the way to support pension reform
2 years, 3 months ago

PvdA and GroenLinks clear the way to support pension reform

Dutch News  

The Labour party and GroenLinks have withdrawn some of their objections to government plans to reform the pension system, clearing the way for the legislation to pass in the senate. The two parties did use the last major debate on the changes in the lower house on Thursday night to renew their call for some amendments – including a government …

PvdA and GroenLinks clear the way to support pension reform
2 years, 3 months ago

PvdA and GroenLinks clear the way to support pension reform

Dutch News  

The Labour party and GroenLinks have withdrawn some of their objections to government plans to reform the pension system, clearing the way for the legislation to pass in the senate. The two parties did use the last major debate on the changes in the lower house on Thursday night to renew their call for some amendments – including a government …

The pension agreement is just the start: what the papers say
5 years, 9 months ago

The pension agreement is just the start: what the papers say

Dutch News  

This weekend, the members of the two major trade unions, the FNV and the CNV, voted in favour of reforms to the Dutch pension system, after nine years of negotiation. ‘In short, there is a major risk that the negotiations will simply move from social affairs minister Wouter Koolmees and the government’s social and economic policy advisory body SER negotiating …

The pension agreement is just the start: what the papers say
5 years, 9 months ago

The pension agreement is just the start: what the papers say

Dutch News  

This weekend, the members of the two major trade unions, the FNV and the CNV, voted in favour of reforms to the Dutch pension system, after nine years of negotiation. ‘In short, there is a major risk that the negotiations will simply move from social affairs minister Wouter Koolmees and the government’s social and economic policy advisory body SER negotiating …

Restarted pension talks are 'constructive', minister says
5 years, 9 months ago

Restarted pension talks are 'constructive', minister says

Dutch News  

Monday night’s talks on reforming the Dutch pension system were ‘good’ and ‘constructive’ but no deal has yet been reached, social affairs minister Wouter Koolmees told reporters after the negotiations broke up in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Talks between ministers, unions and employers broke down last November after the unions pulled out over the government’s refusal to slow …

Restarted pension talks are 'constructive', minister says
5 years, 9 months ago

Restarted pension talks are 'constructive', minister says

Dutch News  

Monday night’s talks on reforming the Dutch pension system were ‘good’ and ‘constructive’ but no deal has yet been reached, social affairs minister Wouter Koolmees told reporters after the negotiations broke up in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Talks between ministers, unions and employers broke down last November after the unions pulled out over the government’s refusal to slow …

Pension reform talks may restart, minister stresses need for progress
5 years, 9 months ago

Pension reform talks may restart, minister stresses need for progress

Dutch News  

Social affairs minister Wouter Koolmees has told MPs that he wants to resume talks with unions and employers on reforming the Dutch pension system. The talks collapsed in November after the unions walked out, saying the cabinet was not prepared to do enough to meet their demands on the state pension age. He also said the cabinet ‘sees room to …

Pension reform talks may restart, minister stresses need for progress
5 years, 9 months ago

Pension reform talks may restart, minister stresses need for progress

Dutch News  

Social affairs minister Wouter Koolmees has told MPs that he wants to resume talks with unions and employers on reforming the Dutch pension system. The talks collapsed in November after the unions walked out, saying the cabinet was not prepared to do enough to meet their demands on the state pension age. He also said the cabinet ‘sees room to …

Government faces a busy year with two elections and headache issues
6 years, 2 months ago

Government faces a busy year with two elections and headache issues

Dutch News  

The ‘yellow vest’ protest movement may have failed to take off in the Netherlands so far, but the Dutch government does face a number of challenges in 2019 – not least of all two important elections. ‘There is no time to lose for this cabinet.’ NOS political correspondent Ron Frensen says that 2019 is the year in which the cabinet …

Cabinet may press ahead with pension reform without unions blessing
6 years, 4 months ago

Cabinet may press ahead with pension reform without unions blessing

Dutch News  

The Dutch cabinet may decide to press ahead with reforming the pension system without the involvement of the unions, the Telegraaf reported on Thursday. The unions, however, said the government was unwilling to move far enough on slowing down the rise in the state pension age. Both parties are also refusing to rule out reforming the pension system without union …

Pension reform talks collapse as unions pull out over retirement age
6 years, 4 months ago

Pension reform talks collapse as unions pull out over retirement age

Dutch News  

Talks between unions and employers on reforming the Dutch pension system collapsed on Tuesday night after the three big unions pulled out. We had €7bn to make sure the pension system was ready for the coming 50 years and a lot of progress had been made,’ prime minister Mark Rutte told reporters. ‘We want a solution to the untenable rise …

Pension reform talks collapse as unions pull out over retirement age
6 years, 4 months ago

Pension reform talks collapse as unions pull out over retirement age

Dutch News  

Talks between unions and employers on reforming the Dutch pension system collapsed on Tuesday night after the three big unions pulled out. We had €7bn to make sure the pension system was ready for the coming 50 years and a lot of progress had been made,’ prime minister Mark Rutte told reporters. ‘We want a solution to the untenable rise …

No result after marathon talks; pension negotiations to continue next week
6 years, 4 months ago

No result after marathon talks; pension negotiations to continue next week

Dutch News  

Marathon talks between unions and employers have failed to produce an agreement on changes to the current Dutch corporate pension system and will continue after the weekend. The change is necessary because the aging population is putting more pressure on the current pension system and pension funds are having to pay out to more people for longer. State pension age …

No result after marathon talks; pension negotiations to continue next week
6 years, 4 months ago

No result after marathon talks; pension negotiations to continue next week

Dutch News  

Marathon talks between unions and employers have failed to produce an agreement on changes to the current Dutch corporate pension system and will continue after the weekend. The change is necessary because the aging population is putting more pressure on the current pension system and pension funds are having to pay out to more people for longer. State pension age …

Unions says ministers must freeze retirement age, or face no new pension deal
6 years, 6 months ago

Unions says ministers must freeze retirement age, or face no new pension deal

Dutch News  

The cabinet must come up with more money for the state pensions by freezing the pension age, if it wants the unions to make a deal on reforming the entire system, the FNV trade union said on Friday. The FNV, the biggest pension federation in the Netherlands, said in a statement it will be ‘very diffcult to make an agreement …

Unions and employers fail to reach deal on Dutch labour market reforms
7 years, 6 months ago

Unions and employers fail to reach deal on Dutch labour market reforms

Dutch News  

Unions and employers have failed to reach agreement on changes to redundancy law and the pension system, dashing hopes that the new coalition government will have substantial reforms in the bag. The three big unions and employers organisation VNO-NCW had hoped to reach a deal by last Friday but have now decided there is no point in holding further talks …

Unions and employers fail to reach deal on Dutch labour market reforms
7 years, 6 months ago

Unions and employers fail to reach deal on Dutch labour market reforms

Dutch News  

Unions and employers have failed to reach agreement on changes to redundancy law and the pension system, dashing hopes that the new coalition government will have substantial reforms in the bag. The three big unions and employers organisation VNO-NCW had hoped to reach a deal by last Friday but have now decided there is no point in holding further talks …

Dutch cabinet formation talks resume after a three-week break
7 years, 7 months ago

Dutch cabinet formation talks resume after a three-week break

Dutch News  

Talks on forming a new government will resume on Wednesday after a three-week break. Trouw reports that the agenda for today’s meeting will include a variety of proposals drawn up over the summer by former finance minister Gerrit Zalm who is heading up the negotiations. VNO-NCW chief Hans de Boer and Han Busker of the trade union federation FNV will …

Dutch cabinet formation talks resume after a three-week break
7 years, 7 months ago

Dutch cabinet formation talks resume after a three-week break

Dutch News  

Talks on forming a new government will resume on Wednesday after a three-week break. Trouw reports that the agenda for today’s meeting will include a variety of proposals drawn up over the summer by former finance minister Gerrit Zalm who is heading up the negotiations. VNO-NCW chief Hans de Boer and Han Busker of the trade union federation FNV will …

Run-up to Dutch elections underway as cabinet kicks off final year
8 years, 7 months ago

Run-up to Dutch elections underway as cabinet kicks off final year

NL Times  

On Tuesday the Dutch cabinet unofficially kicked off the start of the new political season with their traditional get-together, this year in Leiden. The ministers traditionally use this after-summer-break meeting to freely discuss the coming year without agenda, the Volkskrant reports. By the end of the meeting the government had come up with the "sober but fair" motto for the …

Most Dutch back pension overhaul, switch to personal schemes: poll
8 years, 9 months ago

Most Dutch back pension overhaul, switch to personal schemes: poll

Dutch News  

Some two-thirds of the Dutch population support the idea of a new pension system in which individuals are given more choice to determine what their pensions should look like, according to a new poll by Maurice de Hond. The poll of 3,200 people was commissioned by the Liberal democratic party D66, which supports a shake-up of the current pension system, …

Pressure mounts for major overhaul of Dutch pension system
8 years, 10 months ago

Pressure mounts for major overhaul of Dutch pension system

Dutch News  

Pressure is mounting in the Netherlands for a major overhaul of the current three-tier pension system, with a string of influential organisations and people calling for wholesale reform. The Dutch pension system is based on three parts: the state pension AOW, payable in full to everyone who has lived in the country for more than 50 years and at reduced …

Pressure mounts for major overhaul of Dutch pension system
8 years, 10 months ago

Pressure mounts for major overhaul of Dutch pension system

Dutch News  

Pressure is mounting in the Netherlands for a major overhaul of the current three-tier pension system, with a string of influential organisations and people calling for wholesale reform. The Dutch pension system is based on three parts: the state pension AOW, payable in full to everyone who has lived in the country for more than 50 years and at reduced …

Change in the Netherlands is s-l-o-w
9 years, 3 months ago

Change in the Netherlands is s-l-o-w

Dutch News  

Shifts in official policy in the Netherlands take a long time but when a decision is finally made, it is not going to change, writes economist Mathijs Bouman. Compromise It’s an agonisingly slow process but it does have one advantage: the decision is set in stone. The PVV succumbed in 2010 when it supported the VVD-CDA cabinet and the SP …

'The Dutch cabinet doesn't concentrate on things that matter to voters'
9 years, 10 months ago

'The Dutch cabinet doesn't concentrate on things that matter to voters'

Dutch News  

The cabinet should prioritise issues that matter to voters, such as the rampant unemployment among the over-45s, write economists Willem Vermeend and Rick van der Ploeg. It ended up on the political agenda again because the Council of Europe recently said it won’t pronounce on whether or not the Netherlands should provide basic accommodation for failed asylum seekers. But some …

'The Dutch cabinet doesn't concentrate on things that matter to voters'
9 years, 10 months ago

'The Dutch cabinet doesn't concentrate on things that matter to voters'

Dutch News  

The cabinet should prioritise issues that matter to voters, such as the rampant unemployment among the over-45s, write economists Willem Vermeend and Rick van der Ploeg. It ended up on the political agenda again because the Council of Europe recently said it won’t pronounce on whether or not the Netherlands should provide basic accommodation for failed asylum seekers. But some …

Cross-party talks on pension reform to continue next week
11 years, 3 months ago

Cross-party talks on pension reform to continue next week

Dutch News  

Talks between the ruling coalition and three opposition parties on reforming the Dutch pension system will continue next week and are making ‘step-by-step’ progress, according to prime minister Mark Rutte. The ruling right-wing VVD and Labour party, together with the D66 Liberals and minor Christian parties, are trying to reach agreement on reforming the Dutch corporate pension system in order …

Cross-party talks on pension reform to continue next week
11 years, 3 months ago

Cross-party talks on pension reform to continue next week

Dutch News  

Talks between the ruling coalition and three opposition parties on reforming the Dutch pension system will continue next week and are making ‘step-by-step’ progress, according to prime minister Mark Rutte. The ruling right-wing VVD and Labour party, together with the D66 Liberals and minor Christian parties, are trying to reach agreement on reforming the Dutch corporate pension system in order …

Employers' leader urges senators to back pension changes
11 years, 6 months ago

Employers' leader urges senators to back pension changes

Dutch News  

Employers’ leader Bernard Wientjes on Sunday made a last ditch effort to persuade senators to pass controversial new pension legislation when it comes up for discussion in the upper house of parliament this week. Wientjes told television current affairs show Buitenhof the entire package of measures agreed between unions, employers and ministers this spring would collapse if the pension changes …

Employers' leader urges senators to back pension changes
11 years, 6 months ago

Employers' leader urges senators to back pension changes

Dutch News  

Employers’ leader Bernard Wientjes on Sunday made a last ditch effort to persuade senators to pass controversial new pension legislation when it comes up for discussion in the upper house of parliament this week. Wientjes told television current affairs show Buitenhof the entire package of measures agreed between unions, employers and ministers this spring would collapse if the pension changes …

Unions, employers to join pension reform talks after criticism
11 years, 9 months ago

Unions, employers to join pension reform talks after criticism

Dutch News  

Ministers have invited union and industry leaders to talk again about plans to reduce the amount of money people can save tax free for a corporate pension. Although the two coalition parties assured majority support for the changes during Monday’s parliamentary debate, ministers have admitted there is a lot of criticism of the proposals. The government wants to reduce the …

Unions, employers to join pension reform talks after criticism
11 years, 9 months ago

Unions, employers to join pension reform talks after criticism

Dutch News  

Ministers have invited union and industry leaders to talk again about plans to reduce the amount of money people can save tax free for a corporate pension. Although the two coalition parties assured majority support for the changes during Monday’s parliamentary debate, ministers have admitted there is a lot of criticism of the proposals. The government wants to reduce the …

FNV chief accuses cabinet of sidelining unions in reform talks (update)
12 years, 2 months ago

FNV chief accuses cabinet of sidelining unions in reform talks (update)

Dutch News  

Ministers are frustrating the involvement of unions and employers in discussions about reform, Ton Heerts, leader of the FNV union federation says in Monday’s Volkskrant. Social affairs minister Lodewijk Asscher said later on Monday he did not recognise the cabinet in Heerts’ complaint. Asscher told news agency ANP the government was always open to talks if the unions and employers …

FNV chief accuses cabinet of sidelining unions in reform talks (update)
12 years, 2 months ago

FNV chief accuses cabinet of sidelining unions in reform talks (update)

Dutch News  

Ministers are frustrating the involvement of unions and employers in discussions about reform, Ton Heerts, leader of the FNV union federation says in Monday’s Volkskrant. Social affairs minister Lodewijk Asscher said later on Monday he did not recognise the cabinet in Heerts’ complaint. Asscher told news agency ANP the government was always open to talks if the unions and employers …

DutchNews.nl
18 years, 2 months ago

DutchNews.nl

Dutch News  

It has all gone rather quiet on the formation talks – he’s a sensible man, that Hans Wijffels who is in charge. Before the talks began, CDA leader Jan Pieter Balkenende said an insistence that wealthier pensioners pay contributions towards state pensions was absolutely out of the question. Now the Telegraaf reports that the PvdA is prepared to amend its …

DutchNews.nl
18 years, 2 months ago

DutchNews.nl

Dutch News  

It has all gone rather quiet on the formation talks – he’s a sensible man, that Hans Wijffels who is in charge. Before the talks began, CDA leader Jan Pieter Balkenende said an insistence that wealthier pensioners pay contributions towards state pensions was absolutely out of the question. Now the Telegraaf reports that the PvdA is prepared to amend its …

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