Due to the high demand for staff in the labor market, everything is being done to get the job done anyway: part-time starting to work more hours, relocation of labor migrants and workers who live outside the market or are already retired continue to work or go back to work.
“The statutory retirement age has of course been raised, but what needs more attention is the combination of pension and work,” says Kène Henkens, professor of pension sociology at the NIDI Institute for Demography and the UMCG. “Continuing to do something in the labor market at an older age is certainly part of the solution to the shortage.”
“More active role of employers”
“The great thing about the Netherlands is that we have a good pension system, which means that people have to work less later in life. But you should encourage people to do this voluntarily. Employers should play a more active role in this area,” says Henkens.
In some countries, such as Iceland and Japan, older people are already working much more often:
Source: NOS
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