Trade unions question narrow referendum on women’s retirement age
Published: Tuesday, Aug 6th 2024, 10:40
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The Swiss Federation of Trade Unions (SGB) has warned of a loss of confidence in the reliability of official information on old-age pensions following the poorly calculated AHV financial prospects. The SGB itself questioned the narrow result of the referendum on raising the retirement age for women.
The increase in the retirement age for women from 64 to 65 was approved in a referendum in 2022 with 50.5 percent of votes in favor. "The federal government's miscalculations call this referendum result into question," the SGB announced on Tuesday.
The forecast models used for the AHV financial scenarios were too pessimistic and unrealistic, explained the SGB. The Confederation had significantly influenced AHV policy with its negative fear scenarios and exerted great pressure to cut benefits. "Employees and pensioners were misled."
The published deviations are almost equivalent to a 13th month's pension, the SGB continued. It demanded that the more money available than previously thought should be credited to the insured persons. The 13th AHV pension approved by the people should be paid out as early as 2025. In addition, the pension supplements for women, who are particularly affected by the increase in the retirement age, should be adjusted in line with inflation, according to the SGB.
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