Most workers posted from Finland are posted to Sweden. In 2018, nearly four out of five certificates for posted workers were granted to men. When viewed by groups of people, only officials and grant recipients included more women (58%) than men.
In 2018 earnings-related pension expenditure amounted to 27.9 billion euros, up 800 million from the year before. The number of new old-age retirees fell back to 49,000, representing a decrease of almost 8,000 or eight per cent from 2017. The main reason was the pension reform that was put into effect in 2017.
The self-employed expect to continue working past retirement age clearly more often than employees. The biggest reason for staying on is having enjoyable and inspiring work, but financial reasons come into play as well. Only half of the self-employed feel they are paying enough to provide sufficient pension cover. Some plan to continue working because …
Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, has been selected as the seat of the new European Labour Authority (ELA), which starts its operations in October 2019.
The trust in the pension system grew last year. If the financial sustainability of the pension system had to be improved, the most accepted measure would be to raise the pension contribution. The alternative of cutting pensions in payment or future pensions gained no support.
Jaakko Kiander has been appointed Director of Research, Statistics and Planning at the Finnish Centre for Pensions. Tuovi Rautjoki has been appointed Director of Communications.
What is the status of cross-border cooperation between European social security institutions today? Where are we heading from the point of view of European experts? These topics will be discussed at the MoveS seminar arranged in Helsinki, Finland, on 13 September.
The share of under-45-year-olds returning to work after rehabilitation grew by five percentage points during the three follow-up years. Seven out of ten were in working life three years after their rehabilitation ended, statistics of the Finnish Centre for Pensions shows.
The Finnish Centre for Pensions now publishes parallel publications (open access) of its research articles. This way, as many as possible can access our research results.
The adequacy of pensions gains in importance for the economic well-being of an ever-growing share of ageing Europeans. One of the keynote speakers, Rudi Van Dam (Chair of ISG), points out that the social security indicators have to be improved and made more multi-dimensional. The job is not easy, because the indicators are a politically …
Finnish Centre for Pensions – Central body of and expert on statutory earnings-related pensions