Unions, employers and the Government have reached an agreement on retaining the early retirement scheme for people in physically taxing jobs after months of industrial action. The new ruling, which was also approved by the Members Parliament of the trade union FNV, will allow people to stop work three years ahead of the official retirement age of 67 if their work is classified as “heavy”. Employers will pay them a standard benefit in line with the state pension, with the option of increasing that by up to € 300 a month. The definition of “heavy” work and who will qualify will be worked out by unions and employers on a sector by sector basis. However, the two sides have agreed to try to limit the number of people taking early retirement to some 15,000 a year in an effort to prevent a “culture of early retirement” developing. The scheme will be evaluated every three years.
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