During the pandemic, many older employees agreed with their employers on partial retirement. Now, not only do many companies want their experienced staff back – many employees also want to continue.
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Munich Rainer Neubauer is in a situation that doesn’t sound like a trap to many people at first: In a year he won’t have to work anymore, but he’ll still get a salary. Like many older employees, Neubauer, who actually has a different name, was offered the opportunity to go into semi-retirement during the pandemic. For this purpose, his working hours were not reduced, but it was agreed that he could end earlier.
Back then it was a great performance for the now 62-year-old. Today he would like to continue working. His employer would also like to keep the business economist. Because in many sectors, business is going well again and skilled workers are rare. But getting out is difficult, especially from the partial retirement model that Neubauer has chosen.
According to estimates, the number of people in the same model accounts for more than half of the approximately 270,000 people in semi-retirement. The Handelsblatt shows two options for how employees and companies can escape the part-time trap.
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