{"id":365,"date":"2017-12-06T15:28:36","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T15:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/retirement-age-must-be-raised-for-private-sector-workers-also\/"},"modified":"2017-12-06T15:28:36","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T15:28:36","slug":"retirement-age-must-be-raised-for-private-sector-workers-also","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/retirement-age-must-be-raised-for-private-sector-workers-also\/","title":{"rendered":"Retirement age must be raised for private sector workers also"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social Democrats co-leader R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall TD has welcomed the government\u2019s move to raise the compulsory retirement age for public sector workers to 70 \u2013 but called for the same flexibility to also apply to private sector employees.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Shortall said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany people in their late sixties are valuable members of the workforce, whether they work in the public or private sectors. \u00a0Yet we now have a situation where many private sector workers are forced to retire at the age of 65, one year before their state pension entitlements kick in, while their counterparts in the public sector will have the option of continuing to work until they are 70.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn some cases, private sector retirees will be able to claim an occupational pension and in other cases they may be able to find alternative employment. But in many cases, they will simply be left with no option but to sign on the dole for a year until they qualify for a State pension at the age of 66. These people face the ridiculous situation of an enforced \u2018gap year\u2019 \u2013 they are considered too old to work by their previous employer but too young by the State to claim a pension.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government set up a working group in 2012 to look at harmonising retirement pension ages. This issue clearly takes on much more urgency now that a decision has been made to increase the compulsory retirement age for public sector employees to 70. We can\u2019t allow a two-tier retirement system to continue that disadvantages private sector workers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n<p>6 December 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social Democrats co-leader R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall TD has welcomed the government\u2019s move to raise the compulsory retirement age for public sector workers to 70 \u2013 but called for the same flexibility to also apply to private sector employees. 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