Government agrees on early retirement package for miners

The country’s miners will be allowed to retire five years earlier than the rest of the working population the government agreed at its cabinet meeting on Monday. The plan was put forward by the Ministry for Labour & Social Affairs; if passed into law, it would mean miners would be able to retire at the age of 58. The ministry tabulates that the total cost of the early retirement package will be an estimated 11.6 billion crowns until 2055 – the estimated expiry date for brown coal mines in the country.

Author: Jan Velinger