Government strengthens nursing staff: former pension for heavy work!
Government strengthens nursing staff: former pension for heavy work!
On April 22, 2025, the Federal Government implemented an important point of the government program, which could significantly improve the situation of nursing staff in Austria. Nursing work will be better taken into account in the heavy work pension in the future, which represents far -reaching recognition of the challenges in this professional sector. ÖGB care expert Martina Lackner welcomes this measure and emphasizes the need to recognize and reward the objective loads in the care sector. Nurses who can prove at least 45 years of insurance and have been doing heavy work for at least 10 years in the past 20 years may be able to retire at the age of 60, as [ots] (https://www.ots.at/presseaus-sung/ots_20250422_ots0069/oegb-lackner-goller-kfleg- IT-AND-ENGEL-DISCHWERWART)
The revision of the heavy work ordinance attaches particular importance to the better evaluation of services and working hours. In addition to the physical, the focus is also on the psychological stress of nursing staff: around 60% of the nursing staff feel their work as psychologically stressful, while almost 48% suffer from back complaints, as from the analysis of today. The aim of the reformed regulation is to improve working conditions and to win more young people for the nursing profession.
recognition of the stress
The legally defined criteria for recognition as heavy work include not only physical stress, but also psychological and social stress, which often occur in everyday care. These objectified criteria are intended to ensure that the considerable challenges of nursing professions are duly recognized. ÖVP club chairman August Wöginger emphasizes respect and appreciation for nurses and emphasizes the need to create incentives for more staff in order to cover the increasing need by 2030.
Following the demographic change, it is predicted that around 75,700 additional full-time nursing staff will be needed by 2030. The federal government has undertaken to implement this industry reform quickly and consistently. Ingrid Korosec, President of the Austrian Senior Citizens' Association, also expressed a positive statement about the new measures that are understood as a social signal to improve working conditions in care.prerequisites for the heavy work pension
The new regulations on the heavy work pension aim to optimize the framework conditions for nursing staff. The following requirements must be met for this:
- retirement from the age of 60.
- at least 120 heavy work months within the last 240 months before the pension.
- to prove a total of 540 insurance months.
- No compulsory insurance may exist.
- No exceeding the minor limit for self -employed or dependent activities.
- monthly payments from public mandate may be a maximum of 5,550.92 euros.
The rapid implementation of these measures is still required to make the nursing profession more attractive for future generations and to meet the increasing need for nursing staff. Taking into account the current challenges, there is a positive tendency to appreciate nursing work, which is of central importance for many people in Austria.
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