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2022-12-06T05:51:12.888Z


From the study of the Ministry of Social Equality, it appears that for senior citizens who are not academics, are not married and live in the periphery - there is a negative change in the quality of life after retirement age. The ministry defined that it is interested in focusing on these populations and returning them to the labor market: "to turn them from a burden to a help"


On video: Minister Merav Cohen in an interview with his Telo Vicky Adamker on the day of the Knesset's swearing-in (Niv Aharonson, Roni Knafo)

A new study by the Ministry of Social Equality, which came to Walla! this evening (Monday), found that for most adults there has been a change for the better in the quality of life after retirement age.

The research also showed that while the respondents believe that working in old age is very important - only 18% of them believed that it is possible to find a suitable job and get a real opportunity from employers.



The official retirement age in the State of Israel is currently 62 for women and 67 for men, while in the public sector the employee is obliged to retire, while in the private sector there is no such explicit obligation.

One of the issues currently occupying the Ministry of Finance and Social Equality is "employment of adults", this is in accordance with the aging of the population and the need to ease the economy.

According to the study, for senior citizens who are not academics, are not married and live in the periphery, there is a negative change in the quality of life after retirement age.



The study found that those who receive an old age pension want to work less.

About 25% of the pension recipients do not want to work at all, compared to 8% of those who do not receive a National Insurance pension.

Only 41% of those who receive an allowance from National Insurance intend to work significantly in the coming years, compared to 76% of those who do not receive an allowance.

It also shows that the level of motivation to search for a full-time job after retirement age is higher in men than in women.

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The study emphasizes that most retirees do not want to work after retirement - and as the adult population grows, the economy will not be able to accommodate 25 years of retirement age on average.

In another study conducted a few years ago, it was found that each percent of workers who return to the workforce after retirement age returns two billion shekels to the economy per year.

So even a few percentages and half jobs can do a lot of good for the economy.

According to the study, 64% of the respondents stated that retirement caused them to change for the better, while 16% indicated a change for the worse - the researchers believe that these are adults with financial difficulties and on whom the ministry wants to focus.



The researchers looked at the motivations of the workers to go to work after retirement age, and found two main reasons - 60% due to financial reasons, of which 30% must live up to the standard of living and 30% believe they will not be able to maintain the standard of living before retirement because incomes have decreased.

The other 40% want to work for reasons of appreciation and meaning.



Yiffit Bar, head of employment and rights exploitation at the Ministry of Social Equality, explained to Walla that the elderly population is strong, and the economy can use it: "Our goal is to turn them from a burden to a help," she defined.

"In our time, people reach retirement age in better health, and they can be used. We need to help senior citizens who want to work, but have difficulty doing so."

"Work is an important source of a sense of self-importance."

Merav Cohen (Photo: Reuven Castro)

"Employees look forward to retirement age and to work with less commitment and pressure," Bar continued.

"Many former CEOs are looking for part-time jobs to exercise the free time they have been created and are entitled to.

They want to work part-time, but in these positions they are overqualified, that's why the employers don't even call them for an interview.

They want to work because they want their everyday to have meaning and less because of the salary. The goal of the office is to mediate with employers whose employees are looking for a job that requires a 'small head', and that is actually appropriate," she emphasized.



Most of the adults who ask to work because of financial problems are mainly manual workers from the periphery - where there are fewer offers that can suit them.

But there is another structural reason, which Bar described: "One of the reasons is damage to the benefits that are received after retirement and also in the pension - the employee says to himself, 'I will work up to the ceiling that is allowed to me in order to continue receiving an old-age pension.' (Over the age of 70, the group does not decrease regardless of income). Now the ceiling is 6,700, starting next year 7,500 - this will lead to an important and significant change, thus becoming a producer and consumer, rather than sitting in the health insurance funds," she promised.

"To become a resident of a health fund - a producer and a consumer."

Yafit Bar (Photo: Public Relations)

The head of employment and rights exploitation at the Ministry of Social Equality explained the statistic that the retirement crisis is more difficult for men than for women, "both because a man is defined a lot by his place of work and also because a woman has wider employment options such as part-time jobs, which there are fewer for men," she said.

"Our goal in all populations is to strengthen self-confidence in the ability to search and find work," Bar concluded.



The Minister of Social Equality, Merav Cohen, said that "Employment of adults is one of the most important issues I dealt with during my tenure at the Ministry of Social Equality. It is quite clear that employment is not just a matter of earning a living, for many of us work is an important source of a sense of self-importance, which cannot be replaced.



"Ensuring employment at an older age goes, among other things, through the issue of retaining older workers in their workplaces," continued Cohen.

"The experience and the research work done here show that once a person retires from work and sits at home it is very difficult to return them to employment and therefore we must do everything we can to keep older workers in their workplaces even if it is only in a part-time job or in a new job that suits them."

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Source: walla

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