Retirees have the opportunity to enter the labour market. The main purpose of the master's thesis is to present the employment status of retirees in re-entering the labour market. The reason for writing the paper is the Slovenian issue, especially due to the simultaneous enjoyment of the right to a pension and the work of retirees. Namely, the cumulation of work and receiving a pension is allowed in principle abroad, but Slovenia introduces many restrictions.
By reviewing domestic and foreign literature, we presented and evaluated the regulation of the field of work of retirees in Slovenia and Italy, Germany, Finland and the Netherlands, and identified the main differences between them. With the discussed topic, we present various forms and legal possibilities of work for pensioners and their impact on the amount of pension and the financial and tax aspect of these forms of work.
We find that the system of work of retirees with the simultaneous payment of a pension is essentially similar in all four analysed countries, with the most favourable system for pension recipients in the Netherlands. With the exception of the Netherlands, the restrictions apply to certain groups of retirees, most often the recipients of early pensions and invalidity pensions. On the contrary, in the Slovenian system, the simultaneous receipt of a pension and the performance of work is in principle not permitted, despite the fact that the legislation allows for some exceptions.
According to the findings, the main open question is the adequacy of the Slovenian system in relation to the current trend of population aging. Namely, in the four countries in question, we recognized many positive influences brought by various employment opportunities for retirees, which should be followed in our country as well. In the future, the legislator should consider the advantages brought by the general cumulation of work and the payment of pensions to the entire Slovenian population, and the negative aspects on which the current legal regulation is based.
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