Changes demanded by Constitutional Court

The government is meeting with business and union leaders on Thursday to discuss pension reform. The reform follows a ruling by the country’s Constitutional Court last year which said that the current pension system, where big earners are disadvantaged when it comes to pension payments, was unfair and should be amended. The solution advanced by the minister of labour and social affairs to offer top earners bigger payments at the expense of a 6.0 percent cut for 80 percent of the population has been attacked by unions. The three-way meeting will also discuss plans to simplify benefit payments and financing of transport infrastructure from 2011-2013.