The Bakker Commission, appointed in 2007 by a coalition government unable to find an agreement on the softening of the law on dismissal and other social reforms, gave its annual report on June 16. Unexpectedly, it recommends postponing retirement age by two years to bring it up to 67 years old. (Ref. 080513)
The Bakker Commission proposes a very gradual delay of retirement age, at the rate of one month each year starting in 2016, to get to 67 in 2040. In addition, it draws upon one of the most controversial propositions of the Labor Party (the PDVA, in power): tax basic public pensions as of 2011, so that all retirees born after 1946 and getting supplementary pension can pay for it too.
Reduction the duration of unemployment benefits. The other major proposition of the work group led by Peter Bakker
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