Official sources said Monday the
government is mulling an incentive to early retirement, under
which employers would pay into the national pension fund on the
employee's behalf.
This payment would be a loan from the employer to the
employee in order to speed up his or her retirement.
The measure may be included in the budget bill, the sources
said.
It would call for employer and employee to agree on early
retirement, with costs to be shared between both parties while
the State would pay for a residual amount.
This would be in the interests of firms wanting to speed up
turnover and hire younger staff once older employees retire.
The employer would also pay for a share of the early
retiree's pension, and the retiree in question would pay back
the "loan" through national pensions and social security fund
INPS via a mechanism that is still to be determined.
The current so-called Fornero pension law of 2011 also
contains measures to encourage early retirement, but the costs
rest with employers.
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