1. ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET POLICY MEASURES FOR PRE- RETIREMENT UNEMPLOYED TO INTEGRATE INTO LABOUR MARKET Borbély-P., Tibor Bors, Ph.D. Senior Adviser, National Labour Office, Hungary Riga, 22nd August, 2013 (2nd training day)

2. Part I. Statistical portrait on pre-retirement age (55-62) group employment, unemployment in Hungary – different target groups

3. Older workers in Western-Europe

4. Older workforce in Hungary

6. Clients of the PES: allowances Job-seekers benefit for pre-retirement age group Based on the Employment Act (1991. IV.) registered at the local PES office; ready for job (!); in the register at least 45 days; not entitled for (regular) job-seekers’ allowance (max. duration 3 monthly currently) Amount: 40% of the minimal wage (2013: HUF 39 200 monthly (~EUR 130), HUF 1307 (1 EUR 4,3) daily

7. Clients of other national agencies : allowances (2) – rehabilitation -since 2011 a new rehabilitation act came into force - a new national institute set up for rehabilitation and social -rehabilitation system & pensions have been reconsidered - rehabilitation pensioners more than 5 years away from retiring age have been sending back the labour market -Rehabilitation allowance 30-50% of the minimal wage HUF 29,400-49.000; (~ EUR 98-163)

8. Employment rates in EU-27, Hungary Source: LFS, Eurostat 2012. Q22011. Q2 EU27Hungary Difference EU27Hungary Difference (EU-27- Hungary) % %-point % 15-64 years64,357,27,164,555,88,7 15-24 years32,817,815,033,518,115,4 25-49 years77,774,92,878,373,84,5 55-64 years48,937,211,747,535,512,0 15-64 years Pre-primary, primary and lower secondary education 43,926,717,245,425,919,5 Upper secondary and post- secondary non-tertiary education 68,562,56,068,961,07,9 Tertiary education 82,178,73,482,478,93,5

9. Average exit age from the labour force in some EU countries (2007, 2010) Eurostat

10. Changes in employment by gender and age (2011/2012) HCSO,2012

11. Registered job-seekers by age groups 2009-2012 PES data, 2012

12. Part II. Hungarian Practices for integration of pre-retirement age group

13. 55+ registered main findings Most of the registered 55+ are in the developed counties 39% (2012) of them are long-term registered

14. Activating PES 55+ registered jobseekers (PES data, 2012)

15. Thank you for your attention

16. Some issues for discussion Real exit age from the LM vs. EU 2020 goals (20-64 full empl. (75%) by 2020) digital skills for future above 55 (not only for work) Low mobility at certain age Intergenerational cooperation at workplaces Older workers benefit/wage protection vs. open LM