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

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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 One important theme has been the way the rise in the state pension age has been linked to increasing life expectancy. The state pension age in the Netherlands is currently 66 but will rise to 67 and three months by 2022.

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MPs back formal review of NSC's pension referendum plan
2 months ago

MPs back formal review of NSC's pension referendum plan

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A majority of MPs have voted to ask the government’s highest-ranking advisory body, the Council of State, to assess plans to hold referenda on the new pension legislation. Two parties from the ruling right-wing coalition – the NSC and BBB – want to give workforces and pensioners the right to vote on whether their fund should move to the new …

Dutch pension funds, retirees need more say before system overhaul, says NSC
2 months 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The Labour party and GroenLinks have withdrawn some of their objections to government plans to reform the pension system, clearing the way for the legislation to pass in the senate.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 …

Questions remain over pension changes as MPs back Koolmees plan
4 years, 8 months ago

Questions remain over pension changes as MPs back Koolmees plan

Dutch News  

Sweeping changes to the pension system have been backed by MPs, but questions remain about how the reforms will work in practice. Social affairs minister Wouter Koolmees secured the support of all four coalition parties as well as Labour, GroenLinks and the orthodox Protestant party SGP on Tuesday evening. Labour and GroenLinks backed the changes after securing a number of …

Questions remain over pension changes as MPs back Koolmees plan
4 years, 8 months ago

Questions remain over pension changes as MPs back Koolmees plan

Dutch News  

Sweeping changes to the pension system have been backed by MPs, but questions remain about how the reforms will work in practice. Social affairs minister Wouter Koolmees secured the support of all four coalition parties as well as Labour, GroenLinks and the orthodox Protestant party SGP on Tuesday evening. Labour and GroenLinks backed the changes after securing a number of …

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

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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

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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 …

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 …

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 …

Slower rise in life expectancy prompts calls to rethink later retirement age
6 years, 9 months ago

Slower rise in life expectancy prompts calls to rethink later retirement age

Dutch News  

The government is coming under pressure to revise its schedule to raise the state pension age amid evidence that life expectancy is increasing more slowly than anticipated. After 2021 the pension age will be calculated annually based on projected life expectancy, though it will never decrease. However, actuarial research published in the Financieel Dagblad indicates that the average life expectancy …

Slower increase in retirement age in leaked pension agreement: report
6 years, 9 months ago

Slower increase in retirement age in leaked pension agreement: report

NL Times  

Dutch trade unions and employers reached an agreement on a new pension system, according to a draft document the Telegraaf managed to get hold of. The trade unions and employers agreed that the increase of retirement age to 67 years must be introduced more slowly. The average premium means that young people and older people pay about the same premiums …

Dutch pensioners are living longer but have fewer healthy years
7 years, 1 month ago

Dutch pensioners are living longer but have fewer healthy years

Dutch News  

The average person aged 65 or older in the Netherlands is living longer but is less healthy over the longer term, the Financieele Dagblad reported on Friday, citing a new report by Netspar. While it is common knowledge that people now aged 65 have a longer life expectancy than they did 25 years ago, the number of physically healthy years …

Dutch pensioners are living longer but have fewer healthy years
7 years, 1 month ago

Dutch pensioners are living longer but have fewer healthy years

Dutch News  

The average person aged 65 or older in the Netherlands is living longer but is less healthy over the longer term, the Financieele Dagblad reported on Friday, citing a new report by Netspar. While it is common knowledge that people now aged 65 have a longer life expectancy than they did 25 years ago, the number of physically healthy years …

Dutch retirement age frozen due to new life expectancy figures
7 years, 4 months ago

Dutch retirement age frozen due to new life expectancy figures

Dutch News  

Developments in Dutch life expectancy mean the state pension age will not be increased in 2023, social affairs minister Wouter Koolmees confirmed on Friday. Last November the government decided to increase the state pension age in 2022 to 67 years and three months, based on new life expectancy figures. National statistics office CBS said on Friday that life expectancy in …

Dutch retirement age frozen due to new life expectancy figures
7 years, 4 months ago

Dutch retirement age frozen due to new life expectancy figures

Dutch News  

Developments in Dutch life expectancy mean the state pension age will not be increased in 2023, social affairs minister Wouter Koolmees confirmed on Friday. Last November the government decided to increase the state pension age in 2022 to 67 years and three months, based on new life expectancy figures. National statistics office CBS said on Friday that life expectancy in …

Pension reforms well on the way, says economic advisory body
7 years, 11 months ago

Pension reforms well on the way, says economic advisory body

Dutch News  

The Netherland’s main government economic advisory body has laid out changes necessary to tackle the effects of an ageing population on pensions, the Volkskrant writes. A private pension pot for all citizens, fewer hard and fast guarantees as to future pay outs and greater transparency will be some of the new features, the SER told Edith Schippers, who is currently …

Pension reforms well on the way, says economic advisory body
7 years, 11 months ago

Pension reforms well on the way, says economic advisory body

Dutch News  

The Netherland’s main government economic advisory body has laid out changes necessary to tackle the effects of an ageing population on pensions, the Volkskrant writes. A private pension pot for all citizens, fewer hard and fast guarantees as to future pay outs and greater transparency will be some of the new features, the SER told Edith Schippers, who is currently …

Trade union calls for flexible retirement age to protect labourers
8 years, 1 month ago

Trade union calls for flexible retirement age to protect labourers

Dutch News  

The Netherlands’ largest trade union has called for the retirement age to be made more flexible to reflect different types of labour. The FNV says later retirement ages will discriminate against people in physically demanding jobs. ‘It’s a growing problem for people who do heavy work, earn little and have shorter lives on average,’ chairman Han Busker told NOS. The …

Trade union calls for flexible retirement age to protect labourers
8 years, 1 month ago

Trade union calls for flexible retirement age to protect labourers

Dutch News  

The Netherlands’ largest trade union has called for the retirement age to be made more flexible to reflect different types of labour. The FNV says later retirement ages will discriminate against people in physically demanding jobs. ‘It’s a growing problem for people who do heavy work, earn little and have shorter lives on average,’ chairman Han Busker told NOS. The …

State pension age increase boosts immigrants AOW rights
8 years, 2 months ago

State pension age increase boosts immigrants AOW rights

Dutch News  

The rise in the Dutch station pension age means that more immigrants will enjoy a better pension, national statistics office CBS said on Friday. So the increase in the pension age to 67 will give new arrivals more time to build up more rights, the statistics office points out. in 2005, immigrants had on average built up rights to 75% …

Rising retirement age to cause problems in Dutch society: Doctors
8 years, 2 months ago

Rising retirement age to cause problems in Dutch society: Doctors

NL Times  

The increasing retirement age in the Netherlands will eventually cause problems because many Dutch are not physically able to work after the age of 65, the Dutch association for occupational medicine NVAB said to newspaper AD on Tuesday. According to NVAB president Ernst Jurgens, the current measures to help employees keep working for longer are too much focused on people …

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, 2 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 …

Support for universal company pensions fades in the Netherlands
9 years, 6 months ago

Support for universal company pensions fades in the Netherlands

Dutch News  

Support for the current pension system is fading in the Netherlands, particularly among youngsters, job-hoppers and the highly-skilled, according to new research by the government’s institute for social research SCP. Almost half of the under-35s are fed up with paying for other people’s pensions and consider that being part of a collective pension scheme will be financially disadvantageous to them …

Support for universal company pensions fades in the Netherlands
9 years, 6 months ago

Support for universal company pensions fades in the Netherlands

Dutch News  

Support for the current pension system is fading in the Netherlands, particularly among youngsters, job-hoppers and the highly-skilled, according to new research by the government’s institute for social research SCP. Almost half of the under-35s are fed up with paying for other people’s pensions and consider that being part of a collective pension scheme will be financially disadvantageous to them …

Dutch state pension age rise to be speeded up, will now reach 67 in 2021
10 years, 4 months ago

Dutch state pension age rise to be speeded up, will now reach 67 in 2021

Dutch News  

The pension age will hit 67 in 2021 not 2023 as planned earlier, according to draft legislation submitted to parliament by junior social affairs minister Jetta Klijnsma. The proposal to speed up the transition to a higher state retirement age was included in the coalition government agreement. The current legislation also says the state pension age will go up from …

Dutch state pension age rise to be speeded up, will now reach 67 in 2021
10 years, 4 months ago

Dutch state pension age rise to be speeded up, will now reach 67 in 2021

Dutch News  

The pension age will hit 67 in 2021 not 2023 as planned earlier, according to draft legislation submitted to parliament by junior social affairs minister Jetta Klijnsma. The proposal to speed up the transition to a higher state retirement age was included in the coalition government agreement. The current legislation also says the state pension age will go up from …

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 …

'New pension plans aim to force funds to take more risks'
11 years, 8 months ago

'New pension plans aim to force funds to take more risks'

Dutch News  

New rules for Dutch corporate pension funds will make the size of payouts less certain and force funds to take greater investment risks, RTL news reported on Thursday. The aim of the changes – which have been several years in the planning so far – is to ensure the Dutch supplementary pension system continues to work in the future. Inflation …

'New pension plans aim to force funds to take more risks'
11 years, 8 months ago

'New pension plans aim to force funds to take more risks'

Dutch News  

New rules for Dutch corporate pension funds will make the size of payouts less certain and force funds to take greater investment risks, RTL news reported on Thursday. The aim of the changes – which have been several years in the planning so far – is to ensure the Dutch supplementary pension system continues to work in the future. Inflation …

Who voted to increase the pension age?
15 years, 11 months ago

Who voted to increase the pension age?

Dutch News  

The government’s decision to increase the official retirement age should be put to the public vote, writes Robin Pascoe. The government’s decision to increase the official retirement age is being sold as one of the ways to help the Netherlands out of the economic crisis. Indeed, an increase in the state pension age is a pretty major government move. An …

Who voted to increase the pension age?
15 years, 11 months ago

Who voted to increase the pension age?

Dutch News  

The government’s decision to increase the official retirement age should be put to the public vote, writes Robin Pascoe. The government’s decision to increase the official retirement age is being sold as one of the ways to help the Netherlands out of the economic crisis. Indeed, an increase in the state pension age is a pretty major government move. An …

Behind the geraniums
16 years ago

Behind the geraniums

Dutch News  

For years the government has been talking about trying to develop a more realistic attitude to retirement in the Netherlands. This was originally seen as a necessary measure to try to offset the cost of the greying population – fewer and fewer workers are faced with paying the bill for a growing army of pensioners. And now a gradual increase …

Behind the geraniums
16 years ago

Behind the geraniums

Dutch News  

For years the government has been talking about trying to develop a more realistic attitude to retirement in the Netherlands. This was originally seen as a necessary measure to try to offset the cost of the greying population – fewer and fewer workers are faced with paying the bill for a growing army of pensioners. And now a gradual increase …

DutchNews.nl
18 years, 5 months ago

DutchNews.nl

Dutch News  

There has been a flurry of statistics, memos and reports in recent days, going on and on about how old we are all likely to become in the Netherlands and how much we are going to cost the state when we do. Today, a government quango suggests we should pay less tax if we carry on working past the official …

DutchNews.nl
18 years, 5 months ago

DutchNews.nl

Dutch News  

There has been a flurry of statistics, memos and reports in recent days, going on and on about how old we are all likely to become in the Netherlands and how much we are going to cost the state when we do. Today, a government quango suggests we should pay less tax if we carry on working past the official …

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