Teachers and police officers will be exempt from stricter pension rules for civil servants
Civil servants will soon have to wait longer before they can take early retirement. The federal government, however, is planning a favorable regime for teaching staff, police officers, firefighters, and others, according to a memo seen by De Tijd.
As part of the government's comprehensive pension system overhaul, it plans to standardise statutory pensions, meaning that civil servants will largely be subject to the same rules as employees and the self-employed. According to a summer agreement reached earlier this week, the government is equalising the rules for early retirement.
This agreement stipulates that, in future, civil servants will not be able to take early retirement before other employees, the self-employed or contract civil servants. However, large groups will be exempt from this rule.
Active service
The government's coalition agreement already included a decision to phase out the favourable pension scheme for civil servants, which allowed them to retire after 40 years of service instead of 42. This is also confirmed in the summer agreement.
However, active service personnel such as pilots, air traffic controllers, police officers, firefighters and teachers will be exempt, albeit with the exception of higher education staff. From 2032 onwards, these groups will be able to take early retirement after 41 years of service. A system granting additional years of service under certain conditions will be installed for military personnel.
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