Women in the labor market: challenge due to a higher pension limit!

Women in the labor market: challenge due to a higher pension limit!

The Austrian Trade Union Confederation (ÖGB) has expressed alarming concerns regarding the gradual increase in the statutory retirement age for women to 65 years to 2033. In particular, it is warned that older women will face considerable challenges on the labor market because there is a lack of adequate employment opportunities. According to the current statistics, every third woman and workers are already terminating every second from gainful employment. Korinna Schumann, Vice President of the ÖGB, makes it clear that many women in stressful professions, such as care or industry, have difficulty working up to the age of 60. "How should you persevere there until 65?", She asks provocative. ots reported the challenges that these women expect.

From 2024, the regular pension age for women is gradually adjusted to the men, which brings significant changes. The decision of the parliament shows that the alignment only comes into force for women who were born from January 1964. This means that women who were born in December or June and are not civil servants can retire up to six months earlier than initially assumed. The adaptation of the retirement age is thus carried out specifically in different ages, so that women can retire between 1964 and 1968 in different years of life. ÖGB made it clear that these shifts have significant effects on the women concerned become.