Research project SO/01/061 (Research action SO)
This study examines the extent to which flexible employees are protected (membership or not/extent of cover) by the various pension systems (first, second and third pillars) and the remaining gaps, if any, in the social protection provided for these employees.
Specifically, the following study questions are posed:
(1) How can current social security provide effective protection within an increasingly flexible labour market? We examine in particular whether and how the various pension pillars can be harmonised, bearing in mind the group of employees with a flexible and often insecure work status;
(2) What measures are in place that influence the participation of flexible employees in Belgian pension systems? As we take stock of them, we want to examine not only the impact of the working career on access to a pension system, but also indicate what gaps and forms of (possibly hidden) discrimination exist in access to the various pension systems. We can thus test to what extent the present structure of social security has adapted to new forms of labour;
(3) What is the role of social consultation in the development of additional pension protection for flexible employees? To what extent does current social consultation take account of the increasing importance of flexible labour?
Pensioenen en arbeidsmarktflexibiliteit : een onderzoek naar de sociale bescherming van flexibele werknemers in de Belgische pensioenpijlers
Peeters, Hans - Verschraegen, Gert - Debels, Annelies ... et al Gent : Academia Press, 2005 (PB6145)
Impact de la flexibilisation du marché du travail sur la sécurité sociale : résumé
Bruxelles : Politique scientifique fédérale, 2006 (SP1610)
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The impact of increased labour market flexibility on social security : summary
Brussels : Belgian Science Policy, 2006 (SP1611)
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