Topic: Western Europe
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government will consider changes to details of its pension reform proposals but will not back down from the basic plan to raise the retirement age, top advisers to President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Sunday. Trade unions plan ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Older people like reading negative news stories about their younger counterparts because it boosts their own self-esteem, according to a new study. German researchers said older people tend to be portrayed negatively in society. Although they are often ...
German think tanks say retirement age eventually will have to rise to 70Germans are famous for being hard workers — but retirement at 70? That's the prescription of two think tanks, which say years more toil are inevitable due to stubbornly low ...
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Sun, sea and sangria come top of the list for European pensioners seeking to relocate for retirement, a new survey showed on Tuesday. The survey by employee management consulting firm Aon Corporation found that one in four Europeans ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain announced plans to scrap the fixed retirement age next year, saying it wanted to give people the chance to work beyond 65, but business leaders warned the move would create serious problems. Currently, employers can force staff to ...
Britain will scrap a rule under which people can be forced to retire at the age of 65, the government said Thursday. The move, which comes into effect from October 2011, is expected to mean more people will work for longer, boosting ...
The French government was Tuesday to officially launch plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62, in a sweeping overhaul of the pensions system that labour unions have vowed to fight. The plan is a centrepiece of President Nicolas Sarkozy's ...
The government is to accelerate plans to raise the retirement age for men to 66, possibly by 2016, the government announced Thursday. Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith of Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative party announced plans to "reinvigorate" Britain's pensions ...
Labor minister says France to raise retirement age from 60 to 62 in 2018France will raise the retirement age from 60 to 62 in 2018 in an effort to get the country's spiraling public finances under control, the labor minister said Wednesday. ...
French strikers protest President Sarkozy's plan to raise retirement age past 60Strikes across France delayed flights, closed schools and frustrated commuters Thursday as workers protested government plans to raise the retirement age past 60 — one of the lowest even in Europe. ...
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