29 May 2022 8:55 am Federal Labor Minister Hubertus Heil clearly rejects an increase in the retirement age brought into play by certain economists because of high inflation. This cannot be reconciled with the reality of life for many people in Germany. Source: AFP © Ina Fassbender Federal Minister of Labor Hubertus Heil has spoken […]
18 May 2022 10:11 am In order to combat rising inflation, some business lobbyists in Germany are in favor of further raising the retirement age. More and more pensioners are faced with fewer and fewer employees. This could lead to further increases in prices. Source: Legion-media.ru In the fight against high inflation, some business lobbyists […]
15 Apr 2022 2:50 p.m At first glance, the pension increase of 5.3 percent in western Germany and 6.1 percent in eastern Germany from July 1 seems quite decent. However, under the impact of the currently rampant inflation, the purchasing power of senior citizens is being weakened instead of being strengthened. Trade unions, social organizations […]
8 Feb 2022 10:25 am The company pension scheme is an important security for many employees. However, the persistent phase of low interest rates and inflation are making it increasingly difficult for pension funds to generate returns. Every third pension fund is already under the stricter supervision of BaFin. About a third of all German […]
24 Jan 2022 5:41 pm About 90 kilometers south-west of Dublin, a film-worthy fraud attempt took place. Two men wanted to pick up the deceased’s pension from the post office with a corpse. The dead man’s nephew was one of them. He claims that his uncle only died on the way. In Carlow, Ireland, 90 […]
23 Jan 2022 11:37 am Many pensioners receive an extremely small pension, as figures from the Federal Ministry of Social Affairs show. This explained that the pure pension amount does not say much about the real income in old age. Accordingly, many of those affected would have retirement income from other sources. At the end […]