Compulsory Membership of Pension Schemes and the Free Movement of Services in the EU

Abstract

Mandatory pension participation in the Netherlands is currently under review. This article examines the manner in which the system of mandatory participation in sectoral pension funds is presently organised as well as future proposals from the perspective of the freedom to provide services. It also briefly reviews mandatory participation in Belgium,

Collective bargaining and unpaid care as social security risk – an EU perspective

“…(Vandekerckhove, 2018)The limits drawn by EU economic freedoms and competition rules for collectively agreed pension schemes have re-emerged recently in response to the increasing relevance of occupational welfare. (Meerten & Schmidt, 2017;Vanherle, 2019)…”