Green require support for older workers: Bonus-Malus-System now!

Green require support for older workers: Bonus-Malus-System now!

Nationalrat, Österreich - On June 27, 2025, the Greens have applied for a bonus malus system to promote the employment of older workers: inside the National Council, which was, however, rejected by the government parties. This step takes place in the time when Finance Minister Markus Marterbauer and the Chamber of Labor (AK) and the Austrian Trade Union Confederation (ÖGB) also vehemently demand such a system. According to [ots] (https://www.ots.at/presseaus-sung/ots_20250627_ots0117/kozagruene-Volle-Verstugetlung-Fuer-Oegb-and-Ak-Ak-Ak-Ak- Malus-System-Zur-Aelterer worker), the aim is to keep older employees in work as long as possible. Markus Koza, the work and social spokesman for the Greens, demands age-appropriate and healthy jobs for this population group.

The required bonus-malus system is intended to reward companies that older workers: in the interior, while those who do not do so are punished. "It is a logical step after increasing the age of access to the corridor board," says Koza, who also announced the urgency of implementation and other parliamentary initiatives.

Need for a package of measures

The demands for a package of measures to employ people over the age of 60 are supported by the AK and the ÖGB. A central element of this package is the bonus malus system. According to current reports, 30% of middle and larger companies in Austria do not employ people aged 60 and over, which illustrates the urgency of such measures. According to SN.AT, over 100,000 employees should be brought into employment in order to double the age rate in the company.

In 2024, only 22.8% of women and 45.6% of men aged 60 to 64 were employed. The AK and the ÖGB also call for transparent monitoring systems for older quotas as well as targeted grants and legally anchored measures for prevention work-related diseases.

Opportunities in working life

The average pension age has increased from 58.5 to 62.4 years for men since 2000 and from 56.8 to 60.4 years for women. This trend leads to a longer working time and underlines the need for age -appropriate jobs. According to the Kleine Zeitung, it is important that companies that employ older workers benefit from financial incentives, while companies that are not to be asked to check.

In addition, improving the rehabilitation and prevention offers as well as the creation of binding limit values ​​for moving heavy loads is required. More qualification measures for the unemployed could also contribute to the integration of older workers: make.