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'Those on low wages can retire at 65'Tuesday 29 December 2009 pension age, AOW, low incomes, low wagesA proposal to keep the state pension age at 65 for those earning less than around €35,000 before tax a year has been positively received by both trade unions and employers, according FNV union leader Jan Berghuis on Tuesday. However, several political parties including the two main coalition partners, Christian Democrats and Labour, have dismissed the idea reports the Telegraaf. The government has decided to increase the age for receiving the state pension (AOW) from 65 to 67 by 2025. But following public and political pressure, the social affairs minister has agreed to make an exception for those with ‘heavy’ jobs. He has asked the unions and employers to make a list of such jobs. But in various radio interviews on Tuesday, Berghuis said that such a list would be difficult to compile and ‘is not necessary’. Speaking on the Radio 1news he said: ‘Heavy jobs and low incomes, it comes to more or less the same’. Using income as the criteria for allowing people to retire at 65 is a better option he said, adding that initial informal talks between the union federations FNV and CNV and employers association VNO-NCW have already taken place. ‘It is worth investigating this further,’ Niek Jan van Kesteren, director of VNO-NCW, is quoted as saying by Trouw. But he feels an annual salary of €35,000 is too high and tells the paper that €32,000, which is what most people earn, is more realistic. However there is also criticism that some people on low incomes, such as administrative staff, do not fall into the category of people who deserve to be able to retire at 65 because they do heavy physical work. © DutchNews.nl
How many people in Netherlands wish to retire at 65, or 66, or 67? By Gerard | December 29, 2009 1:31 PM Right - less tax, smaller retirement age, the Netherlands is almost a communistic state. You definitely get punished if you work too much ! Makes me vomit... By C.D. | December 29, 2009 4:48 PM So if I work hard studying t further my career so I can earn more money to provide for me and my family, I now get penalised for that extra work not only by payoing more taxes but also having to work longer before retiring. This society is geared to promote mediocrity. What's wrong with meritocracy? What BS. By hlm | December 29, 2009 5:52 PM Just get all of the non-workers and part-time workers working more and there will be no problem with pensions. Many voluntarily do not work much, and hence do not give much into the system, and collect a ‘kitchen sink subsidy’ for not working much. Don't make those who work full-time do it longer! Link about the general levy discount that about 1 million people receive: http://www.cbs.nl/en-GB/menu/themas/dossiers/vrouwen-en-mannen/publicaties/artikelen/archief/2009/2009-2867-wm.htm By Quest | December 29, 2009 10:40 PM Just a thought ... if those on lower incomes of 32,000 or 35000 euro a year can retire at 65, then those who have had harder lives due to working hard for years and still only earning 12,000euro a year ... can retire at 55 ? By Gerard | December 30, 2009 3:41 PM Anybody know what the rationale is behind retiring low wage people earlier? Let us keep it simple: retirement at 67 and those, who believe they should retire at 65 may apply when they reach the age of 63 on certain predetermined conditions. By Frans | December 31, 2009 7:44 AM if you are on a low wage, you are paying little taxes. If you are paying little taxes, the government has no incentive to keep you in the workforce longer. They prefer to keep high wage workers, producing more taxes. By johnny | December 31, 2009 11:39 AM
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guess 85% of the workforce will retire early since not many people make over that amount. Wages are very low in the netherlands
By Pauline | December 29, 2009 12:49 PM