The German government, on March 8, 2006, adopted its annual report on retirements, and announced a series of measures called "Initiative 50 plus", intended to promote the employment of old workers. It also confirmed the progressive raising of the retirement age from 65 to 67 years. (Ref. 06222)
According to Franz Müntefering, the German minister for Work, measures aimed at improving seniors’ employment will be concretized in a bill this summer. This bill will then be adopted at the end of the year or at the beginning of 2007, at the same time as another bill on the progressive raising of the legal retirement age from 65 to 67 over the period 2012-2029. “We want old workers to remain in activity longer or if they are unemployed we want them to find a job”, said the SPD minister durin
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