The German trade union confederation has called for mandatory company pensions for all employees as part of the planned pension reform. DGB chair Yasmin Fahimi advocated for at least partial employer funding.
Fahimi told the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland that around 20 million employees currently lack occupational pensions. This is usually because they work in companies without collective agreements. The DGB is ready to regulate the provision collectively through collective agreements. In non-tariff-bound firms, low-threshold inclusion in existing models could be possible. Fahimi stressed that financing must not fall solely on employees. She pointed to mandatory pension contribution rates of 20 percent or more in most European countries. The DGB plans to present concrete proposals by the end of the month, according to Fahimi.
