Women may currently be precluded
from the benefits of a new decree making it easier for people
close to retirement to go part time at the end of their careers,
it has emerged.
Under the provision signed by Labour Minister Giuliano
Poletti on Wednesday, private sector workers on full-time
permanent contracts who have at least 20 years of pension
contributions and the requisites to retire before the end of
2018 will be able to cut a deal with their employees for a
reduction in their hours of between 40% and 60%.
In practice, the measure applies to people born before May
1952.
However, recent changes to pensions laws mean that women
may not be able to take advantage of this option, since those
born in 1951 have already retired while those born in 1952 are
due to retire this year.
People that can benefit from the change will receive in
their pay packet, on top of the money for the hours they work, a
sum that is equivalent to the social security contributions that
the employer would have paid for the hours they no longer work.
Furthermore, the State will also give them a social
security contribution for the hours they no longer do so that
their pension will be what they would have received had they
continued to work full time.
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