According to the report from the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA): -
On 1 January 2020, the average worker had only 3,344 euros in reserves via the private pension system. This corresponds to EUR 14 per month as a supplement to the statutory pension. For workers close to retirement, the median pension reserve is EUR 9,119, or about EUR 38 gross per month in addition to the statutory pension.
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Only 53 joint representation committees have a sector-specific pension scheme (approximately 50% of joint representation committees).
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The majority of the members of these schemes are men, but there has been a slight and steady increase in the proportion of women over the years. In 2011, women still accounted for only 17% of active members of a sectoral pension scheme. The share of women has since increased year by year, reaching 41% in 2019.
It is therefore the statutory pension (first pillar) that remains the system that is the most secure and provides the most support.
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Working in a period of inflation: Additional stress, working conditions
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Depression and burnout In the RIZIV/INAMI classification, burnout and depression are included in the disease group for “psychological disorders”. In 2020, the findings were as follows for employees and jobseekers: -
36.87% of people with disabilities were disabled due to a disease in the group for “psychological disorders”. Among these people with disabilities for psychological disorders, 46.10% suffered from depression and 19.37% from burnout. 48