Government retreats to the belly of the wall: Turquoise-green wants to work out details on energy security and anti-corruption. ÖGB president Wolfgang Katzian sets requirements for the pension system in advance.
exam. The government locked itself in Mauerbach once again to open the start of a politically difficult year. Concrete issues are expected in the field of energy security and anti-corruption.
Labor market and pensions as further chunks
There are other chunks that weigh heavily on the budget. Job market. Pensions. People need to work longer. Economists such as the chairman of the Fiscal Council, Christoph Badelt, are in Mauerbach.
There are suggestions in advance. ÖGB chairman Wolfgang Katzian calls for an end to the proportional pension adjustment, the pro rata calculation. The full adjustment only takes place on January 1 of the year after retirement. For each subsequent calendar month, the factor decreases by 10 percent. Katzian speaks of “unacceptable unequal treatment”.
Katzian: “Absurd and counterproductive”
Every year 100,000 retire, for 90,000 of them this means disadvantages. With a gross pension of 1,600 euros, the loss in 20 years would be 35,000 euros according to the ÖGB (inflation of 7.9 percent). Moreover, this control gives the wrong signal. “The partial grant forces people to retire as soon as possible. That is absurd and counterproductive.”
Working conditions during the heating season
Another important point is the working conditions: At the end of October, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Economic Affairs between employee and employer representatives on the subject of “energy crisis and the 4-day working week”. According to the protocol available at “Krone” and “Kontrast.at”, the Chamber of Commerce and the Federation of Industrialists have proposed to increase working hours for young people and pregnant women (with light work) to ten hours a day during the heating season. According to a representative of IV, according to the minutes, this ultimately has nothing to do with the energy crisis, but is “a fundamental necessity”.
Source: Krone
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