The National Taxi Association (Antaxi) has signed an agreement with CEOE and ATA to request coefficients allowing earlier retirement without pension cuts. It is preparing a similar deal with CC OO and UGT for salaried drivers. The measure aims to recognize the arduous nature of the job and could benefit around 100,000 families.
The latest pension reform allows sectors with particularly arduous jobs to request coefficients reducing the retirement age without pension cuts, in exchange for higher contributions. Employers' and unions' agreement is required. In this context, Antaxi signed an agreement on Monday with employers' group CEOE and self-employed association ATA to start procedures for license-owning taxi drivers who contribute as self-employed, as reported by EL PAÍS. Antaxi president Julio Sanz García stated that the deal with unions CC OO and UGT —included in the sector's ninth collective agreement— will be formalized in coming days, also covering salaried drivers. Once both agreements are signed, they will submit a formal request to the General Directorate of Social Security Order, including reports on sick leave, accident rates, and other indicators of job hazards. The Social Security has six months to assess the documents; if negative or no response (negative administrative silence), they cannot reapply for four years. Antaxi estimates the measure would benefit nearly 100,000 families: about 70,000 self-employed and 20,000 salaried employees. This pathway already applies to sectors like mining, maritime professions, flight crew, police, firefighters, and forest firefighters. The set coefficient determines early years —for example, 0.20 per contributed year multiplied by years worked, without going below 52 except in rare cases—. Self-employed taxi drivers would bear the full contribution increase. Other sectors like transport and construction have also started similar procedures.
