Pensioners to feel the employment squeeze if government bill is passed

Yesterday the Sejm passed amendments to two bills restricting employment of pensioners in an attempt to secure jobs for younger people. These will now b e debated by trade unions and employers' organizations. Minister of Labor Je rzy Hausner proposed that employers would have to pay seven times higher Lab or Fund contributions for each pensioner they employ, who earns over the zl. 760 minimum wage. Those exempted from the regulation would be people with va rious disabilities and employed in special enterprises who employ such perso ns. The other amendment seeks to suspend payment of a pension if an employee resumes work for the same employer within two years after their retirement, the only exception here will be university professors. The government estima tes that within six months the new law could free up 120,000 jobs. (Gazeta W yborcza p. 1) K.S.