Press Release: New study results support EU pension initiative to aid worker mobility

Supplementary pension schemes continue to pose obstacles to mobility for workers across Europe according to two new independent studies, presented by the European Commission on 22 January, 2008. The studies support the case for a Europe-wide initiative to improve people's access to supplementary pension rights when changing jobs or working in another EU country. The Commission's proposal for a directive on the issue – revised in October 2007 – forms part of the work programme for the Slovenian EU Presidency.

European Commission: MEMO/08/29: Supplementary pension schemes and mobility in Europe http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/08/29&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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