CEOMA refuses to make the retirement age to 67

– also points out that the extension of the period of contributions to calculate the basis of the pension will be a real fall in the same

Madrid, 2011-July the Confederation Española de organizations of older (CEOMA) refuses to set the age to 67, as it contains the law of modernization of the system of Social Security, approved in Congress.

CEOMA, who has advocated a flexible retirement age, recalls that there is no scientific evidence that endorsing the loss of ability to carry out work to reach a certain age.

To the Director Manager of CEOMA, Raquel Manjavacas, keep elders who wish to, in the labour market is in the interests of the company that they bring qualities which contribute to its economic development, thereby promoting economic growth and job creation, reducing precariousness ” and also benefits the general interests through contributions to Social Security and its impact on the cost of pensions.

With regard to the enlargement of the period of contributions – from 15 to 25 years – to calculate the basis of the pension, CEOMA points that you will be a real fall in the same because will be taken into account the initial years of career development are, in most casesthe lowest pay ”.

To justify this measure, the Executive has referred to the desire not to penalise those workers who are expelled from the labour market early. For this reason, since CEOMA has recommended in the whole process of dealing with the law as mechanisms to redress this inequality without penalizing the rest of the pensioners ”, Manjavacas pointed out.

Finally, the Director Manager emphasizes that it is key ” that will promote measures to promote the continuity of life skills and career plans that foster this vital phenomenon, impose the training throughout life, establish criteria for organizational flexibility or enhance the transmission of knowledge.

CEOMA, promote life skills is necessary economically but also socially and contributes to reducing socio-health costs and to prevent the unit.

CEOMA

The Spanish Confederation of older organizations (CEOMA) is an organization created non-profit for the defence of the rights of older persons. It represents more than one million members in Base and almost 1,500 associations and covers 41 organizations of elders of the various autonomous communities.