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Glossary:Partial retirement pension

Partial retirement pension: periodic payments to those above the legal or standard retirement age who remain in paid employment but with reduced working hours or whose income from employment is below a set ceiling. In such cases, individuals typically receive a portion of the full retirement pension.

Further information

  • Social protection (ESMS metadata file — spr_esms)
  • ESSPROS Manual
  • Regulation (EC) No 10/2008 of 8 January 2008 implementing Regulation (EC) No 458/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European system of integrated social protection statistics (ESSPROS) as regards the definitions, detailed classifications and updating of the rules for dissemination for the ESSPROS core system and the module on pension beneficiaries.

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