PRESS STATEMENT IG Metall: We need more socially secure options for the transition to retirement

Dr. Hans-Jürgen Urban: “ Employers’ knee-jerk demands for ever-higher standard retirement ages are far removed from the reality of older workers, for whom even retirement at age 67 is barely attainable. Instead of pension policies that come at the expense of health, we need more flexible and socially secure options for the transition to retirement.

Anyone who seriously wants to increase the chances of older workers staying in the workforce longer must improve working conditions—not punish those who, for health reasons, must leave the workforce before reaching the standard retirement age with steep pension reductions.”

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