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 with us’ without coming up with more cash. ‘There is money for the dividend tax, to give €2bn as a present to foreign firms, there is money to compensate for Groningen gas but the hard-working Dutchman is being forgotten,’ negotiator Tuur Elzinga said. The Dutch unions, employers organisations and lay members in the SER advisory group have been charged with coming up with plans for reforming the entire pension system but have made little progress in the past few years.

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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 …

EU court condemns the Netherlands for keeping pension nationally
1 year, 4 months ago

EU court condemns the Netherlands for keeping pension nationally

NL Times  

The Netherlands will have to amend its pension law after the highest court in the European Union condemned the Dutch government for holding on to the pensions of people who move to another EU Member State. The court ruled that the Dutch pension law does not comply with European Union agreements regarding the free movement of employees and capital. In …

French PM, unions meeting fails ahead of pension protests
1 year, 11 months ago

French PM, unions meeting fails ahead of pension protests

Associated Press  

PARIS — French trade union leaders walked out of talks with Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Wednesday after failing to find a compromise on the contentious plan to raise the country’s legal retirement age from 62 to 64 years. The heads of France’s major unions, who want the withdrawal of the pension plan, met with Borne a day before the …

Unions vow to shut France’s economy down amid pension battle
2 years ago

Unions vow to shut France’s economy down amid pension battle

Associated Press  

PARIS — Roads blocked, oil refineries disrupted, planes grounded and trains halted — unions are threatening to shut down France’s economy this week in what they hope is their toughest riposte yet to President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the retirement age. The first actions started Monday, as truckers sporadically blocked major highway arteries and interchanges in go-slow actions dubbed …

Unions vow to shut France's economy down amid pension battle
2 years ago

Unions vow to shut France's economy down amid pension battle

The Hindu  

Roads blocked, oil refineries disrupted, planes grounded, and trains halted — unions are threatening to shut down France's economy this week in what they hope is their toughest riposte yet to President Emmanuel Macron's plan to raise the retirement age. The government is bracing for the biggest disruptions on March 7, when strikes are expected across multiple sectors and protests …

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 …

Pension plan clears final hurdle as FNV union members back reform
4 years, 8 months ago

Pension plan clears final hurdle as FNV union members back reform

Dutch News  

Members of the FNV union have cleared the way for the government to reform the pension system after voting in favour of the new deal. The changes will make pension payouts more dependent on stock market performance, which has led the Socialist Party to brand the new system a ‘gamblers’ pension’. ‘We have worked out plans that will ensure that …

Pension plan clears final hurdle as FNV union members back reform
4 years, 8 months ago

Pension plan clears final hurdle as FNV union members back reform

Dutch News  

Members of the FNV union have cleared the way for the government to reform the pension system after voting in favour of the new deal. The changes will make pension payouts more dependent on stock market performance, which has led the Socialist Party to brand the new system a ‘gamblers’ pension’. ‘We have worked out plans that will ensure that …

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 …

Dutch railway: Few or no trains will run on Tuesday; “Serious nuisance” for passengers
5 years, 10 months ago

Dutch railway: Few or no trains will run on Tuesday; “Serious nuisance” for passengers

NL Times  

NS advises travelers not to depend on train traffic on Tuesday, due to a nationwide public transit strike for a better pension system. "Because we don't know how many people will strike, we can't say which trains will and which trains won't run", NS said on its website. On Tuesday employees of NS, city-, and regional transit companies across the …

Nearly all public transit to shut down May 28; Labour supports
5 years, 10 months ago

Nearly all public transit to shut down May 28; Labour supports

NL Times  

Regional public transit companies announced that they will join employees of NS and the city transporters in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague in a strike for a better pension system on May 28th. The only public transit companies whose employees are not participating in the strike are Keolis and Qbuzz in Utrecht, Keolis on the Veluwe, Arriva in Achterhoek and …

Regional bus drivers join railway workers in public transport strike
5 years, 10 months ago

Regional bus drivers join railway workers in public transport strike

Dutch News  

Regional bus drivers in large parts of the country have agreed to join the public transport strike set for May 28 in support of an improved pension deal. ‘It is annoying for passengers but we we are doing it for them as well – for a good pension for everyone,’ FNV regional transport union spokeswoman Brigitta Paas said in a …

Huge public transit strike to hit Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Den Haag
5 years, 10 months ago

Huge public transit strike to hit Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Den Haag

NL Times  

A massive 24-hour strike by public transportation workers was scheduled by trade union FNV. The labor protest will affect the national railway firm NS, as well as public transit in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Den Haag, the three biggest cities in the Netherlands, FNV revealed on Wednesday. "We do this not only for ourselves, but for all Dutch people who want …

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 …

Government to review life expectancy in bid to end pensions deadlock
6 years, 3 months ago

Government to review life expectancy in bid to end pensions deadlock

Dutch News  

The government is to commission more research into the link between retirement age and life expectancy as it tries to break the deadlock in the long-running talks to reform the pension system. The current system, in which the age when workers are entitled to receive their pension will rise in step with life expectancy after 2021, was a bone of …

Government to review life expectancy in bid to end pensions deadlock
6 years, 3 months ago

Government to review life expectancy in bid to end pensions deadlock

Dutch News  

The government is to commission more research into the link between retirement age and life expectancy as it tries to break the deadlock in the long-running talks to reform the pension system. The current system, in which the age when workers are entitled to receive their pension will rise in step with life expectancy after 2021, was a bone of …

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 …

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, employers agree on pension reform, but not with government’s plan (update)
6 years, 9 months ago

Unions, employers agree on pension reform, but not with government’s plan (update)

Dutch News  

After years of talks, the employers and trade unions have finally reached agreement on overhauling the current company pension scheme system, which includes a slow-down in the increase in the pension age, the Telegraaf said on Wednesday. ‘More possibilities are needed for the current generation of older workers to stop working sooner if they are no longer able to’, the …

Unions, employers agree on pension reform, but not with government’s plan (update)
6 years, 9 months ago

Unions, employers agree on pension reform, but not with government’s plan (update)

Dutch News  

After years of talks, the employers and trade unions have finally reached agreement on overhauling the current company pension scheme system, which includes a slow-down in the increase in the pension age, the Telegraaf said on Wednesday. ‘More possibilities are needed for the current generation of older workers to stop working sooner if they are no longer able to’, the …

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 …

Slightly lower Dutch life expectancy to freeze retirement age in 2023
7 years, 4 months ago

Slightly lower Dutch life expectancy to freeze retirement age in 2023

NL Times  

The life expectancy for people over the age of 65 in the Netherlands is slightly lower than previously predicted. The retirement age is determent based on the Statistics Netherlands life expectancy forecast five year in advance. That means that this year's life expectancy forecast is applicable for the retirement age of 2023. But a margin included in the specially developed …

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 …

State pension age review: Young adults will have to work until their mid-70s before qualifying, experts warn
8 years, 7 months ago

State pension age review: Young adults will have to work until their mid-70s before qualifying, experts warn

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Young adults will have to work until their mid-70s before …

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 …

Trade unions protest against minimum pension, retirement age- India TV News – India TV
10 years, 1 month ago

Trade unions protest against minimum pension, retirement age- India TV News – India TV

India TV News  

Nagpur: A national co-ordination committee comprising all trade unions in the country for Employees Retirement Pension Benefits has strongly opposed the raising of retirement age from 58 to 60 years. If the minimum pension age is increased to 55 years from 50, the amount of pension to beneficiaries will be less, he said. The report on Standing Committee on Labour …

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 …

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