Turning necessity into opportunity: working longer, at last!

Marc De Vos sees how all political parties acknowledge the necessity of working longer while the reality on the labour market does not follow, notwithstanding the Generation Pact. The crisis has again put older workers in the firing line. A new Generation Pact is not necessary: we need to address the root causes of the marginalisation of older workers on the labour market. He proposes an action plan with measures for both the short term and the medium term. The Itinera Institute calls upon policy makers and social partners to urgently implement structural reforms that will yield an age-friendly labour market to the benefit of everybody, including the worker.

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