On December 19, 2008, Polish MPs finally overrode the President's veto on the text a few days earlier, and implemented the reform on early retirement which considerable reduces the number of workers entitled to early retirement for arduous labor. The law will come into force on January 1. (Ref. 081039)
Unions almost
cried victory on December 15 after the President of the Republic, Lech
Kaczynski, vetoed the bill on early retirement for arduous labor. Indeed, for several
years, unions multiplied actions to strike this reform down (see
our dispatch No. 080950). After refusing to sign the text, the President
explained that he though the law was “unfair” and contrary to the
constitutional principle of equality. “I am not questioning the
fact that there is a problem with hasty early retirement, bu
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