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Abstract
A 60-year old widow with a house but without income other than a small widow’s pension has successfully challenged legislation that moved the qualification age for state pension benefits from 65 to 67. A court has found that, in her particular case, the legislation constitutes an “individual and excessive burden” within the meaning of ECtHR case law on the First Protocol to the ECHR. The government was ordered to start paying the widow state pension from age 65 despite and contrary to the wording of the law.
European Employment Law Cases |
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| Case Reports | 2016/18 Legislation that increased the statutory retirement age violates ECHR (NL) |
| Keywords | human rights |
| Authors | Peter Vas Nunes |
| DOI | 10.5553/EELC/187791072016001001019 |
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