Press Release: Pensions : European Commission decides to attack obstacles to job mobility in pension schemes

The European Commission has decided to attack the problem of supplementary pension rules which obstruct the mobility of EU workers when they go to another Member State to work, or even when they change jobs within their own Member State. The European Commission decision to launch formal consultation of social partners is the first step towards EU action to help workers who are forced to change pension scheme when they change their employer. The Commission consultation paper analyses three key parameters of supplementary pension schemes: rules on acquisition and preservation of pension rights ; rules on transferability of pension rights ; rules on cross-border membership of pension schemes (remaining in the same pension scheme while moving to a job in another Member State).