Retirement age for women to be raised to 65

Soon women will be able to choose whether they want to retire at the age of 60 or 65. The changes are required by the EU law and almost all EU countries have the same retirement age for men and women. The problem is, introducing this law to Poland will highlight the fact that the biggest unemployment group is constituted by women over 45, a group that has slim chances of finding work. Women also receive smaller pensions as they work fewer years and do not pay premiums when they are on maternity leave. The ministry estimates that if women who are currently 52 years old retired at 60 they would receive 58% of their current salary, but if they retired at 65 they would receive 86%. (Dziennik p.4) M.M.