The government launched a consultation with the social partners on its program entitled "Inter-generation solidarity – action plan to increase the professional activity of people over 50." This plan, aimed at facing the demographic challenge, contains a series of draft reforms to bring people over 50 back to work and to maintain seniors active. (Ref. 080365)
In Poland, according to Eurostat figures, 28.1% of seniors (55-64) are working today, while the Lisbon strategy sets a 50% employment rate for seniors by 2020. To reach it, the government prepared an action plan which encourages companies a) to hire and keep seniors and, b) to increase these workers’ skills to make them more attractive on the labor market.
To that end, the program gives a series of objectives:
- Improve working conditions, promote the employment of workers over 50 and deal with age
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