(Finance) – “In the public sector two out of three employees are over 50 years of age: this is 2.2 million out of 3.2 million. It is urgent to introduce a Early retirement ‘window’ for those who work in the Schoolstarting with the teachers: in fact, the generation gap between students and teachers is too high and this also risks compromising learning and teaching”: this was declared by Marcello Pacificonational president Aniefafter having learned updated data on the composition of workers working in the public sector.
The Anief union remember that in the school from 19 September to 23 October 2023 ATA teachers and staff can apply for retirement. While for school managers there is time until February 28th. In all cases, except for nursery and primary school teachers, the rules apply to all employees: no exemption is in fact foreseen for these workers, although the high percentage of burnout among teachers which, in fact, medical studies recognize without a shadow of a doubt. “For this reason – concludes President Pacifico – the union will never tire of demanding early exit at the age of 62 and without penalties on the pension allowance, in the same way as what is provided for employees of the military sector. Furthermore, it is necessary to make the completion of university studies free and extend the burdensome nature of the work to all staff, with tax breaks and adequate investments for pensions complementaryin order to also re-evaluate what is currently only a figurative contribution from the State”, concludes the Anief leader.
A few weeks ago the proposal was made public Cisalto which Anief belongs, and presented to the Social Security Expenditure Observatory established at Minister of Labor and Social Policies, for the revision of the general rules of the Fornero Law: the proposal concerns the criteria for calculating pension allowances, in particular the system of minimum thresholds. On outgoing flexibility, the Confederation considers it necessary to provide for more generalized forms of flexibility, also through a recovery of employment, as well as a review of the current rules, which are currently very restrictive, relating to the so-called Women’s Option and the Social Ape. And Cisal reiterated the need to extend the strenuous working conditions to all teaching staff of all levels.
If the problem is significant for current middle-aged workers, it risks becoming a tragedy for young people. Based on the latest projections Of Euresfor the current ones under 35 the average pension could only be 1,577 euros gross per month for employees and 1,650 euros for those who work with a VAT number. Furthermore, recent research produced by National Youth Council with Eures on the future pensions of current workers under 35 has predicted that the retirement of the new generations of workers could slide frighteningly forward, by another 7 years compared to the current 67, with monthly pension checks of just over 1,000 euros.
During the comparison on pensions between the Government and the social partners last summer Cisal also presented a document to the Ministry of Labour measures specifications to guarantee the dignity of pension benefits, in particular for those who are currently linked to the “pure” contributory social security system: “The truth – concludes Pacifico – is that we need to guarantee that we retire with the maximum contributions which cannot be lower than 80% of the last salary”.