Government proposes raising retirement ages in sectors with high mortality rates

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HE Ministry of Participation, Social Security and Migration The second meeting was held this Monday with employers and unions to make changes to the regulations regarding labor force. pension. One of the aspects that the Minister is trying to regulate Apple Saiz This early retirement and in this sense proposes to advance the retirement of workers in these sectors. Low And accidents high. This is one of the elements considered in the first draft sent to the social representatives and does not convince them, because they do not share all the variables considered to advocate this early retirement and do not trust the available official statistics. indexes.

Currently, Spanish legislation is already considering the possibility of certain groups retiring earlier ordinary ageIn 2024 he will be 66 years and six months old, but this does not mean a cut in his pension. For example, groups such as local police officers, railway employees or firefighters working in public administrations and organizations can retire earlier.

Now the Government is negotiating to change the conditions that would justify one group and another not having access. early retirement. Social Security negotiators suggested “cases be considered, among other factors.” persistence And duration In addition to sick leave processes permanent disability According to sources from the department led by Saiz, “deaths or deaths that may be caused.”

Gender bias?

The problem for now is that the first proposal has not convinced social actors. The negotiation will be long-term and a ‘shopping’ of documents that will last for months, but there is plenty of room for improvement in the former, especially in the eyes of the United States. unions. At the last meeting, which was already the first contact of the legislature, the centers warned that the Executive’s approach could lead to negative consequences. gender bias indirect.

In highly feminized unions such as domestic workers, occupational illnesses are rarely detected and few people take sick leave because employees need the money. And what they do is they go to work medicated. According to consulted union sources, such a case would be excluded from the objective indices that the Ministry of Social Security plans to create.

During the negotiations held in the last legislative session, the Government and social actors had already envisaged elements in this direction regarding the change of reduction coefficients. For example, they agreed to review the catalog of suitable professions every 10 years.

Changes in regulations regarding early retirement directly affect companies And sectors considered ‘difficult’ pay higher social security contributions than sectors that do not. This was designed to contribute more money to the public coffers as employees worked fewer years. Because of this expanding unions, which is considered painful This will mean increased labor costs for companies or the Administration itself.

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