In a joint statement, employers & trade unions from Europe's chemical as well as metal, engineering and technology-based industries are calling on EU lawmakers to protect & strengthen the second pillar occupational pensions in the upcoming revision of the IORP II Directive.

Today, social partners Ceemet, @ECEG_Brussels - European Chemical Employers Group and @industriAll_EU have issued a joint statement on the revision of the Occupational Pension Funds Directive revision. Both sides of the bargaining table are sending Brussels the same warning.

Within the next decade, 40% of shipbuilding workforce will retire. But who will replace them? This is an urgent question across the MET industries, where difficulties recruiting are due to a lack of qualified workers. Nearly 3in4 SMEs already struggle to recruit skilled people.