19 oktober: Our members have agreed in majority with the result.
12 oktoeber: The negotiations about a new Pension contract for DSM have reached a final phase. This is important not only for DSM, but also for the employees of the other companies that have placed their pensions with PDN (see below for details). Through two MS Team sessions on September 3 and 7, everyone was given the opportunity to be informed and to ask questions. Here the presentation: Pensioen_PDN_presentatie_7_sept.pptx
At the end of September, those involved (DSM employees and retired) can vote on the agreement.
We are in a deadlock, breaking point is the term of the contract. The transition period until agreement has been reached on a new scheme based on the national pension agreement. The unions stand for a maximum term of two years, and then look at the situation again, DSM wants to let the contract run until there is an agreement. As an implementing organization, PDN wants a decision from the social partners at the latest by the end of this month in order to be able to process the changes in time before the current contract expires on 1-1-2021. Use the coming weeks to see if we can still achieve a result.
For your information: Stichting Pensioenfonds DSM Nederland (PDN) is the pension fund for Koninklijke DSM N.V. (DSM) in the Netherlands. PDN is entrusted with the implementation of the pension scheme of DSM Nederland B.V. and associated and formerly associated companies. This also includes the (active and inactive) pension schemes of companies that were part of the DSM group in the past, such as Anqore, Fibrant, Centrient, OCI, Borealis and Arlanxeo. More info https://www.vdpdsm.nl/pdn SABIC and Stamicarboin have set up their own pension system and are therefore outside the PDN fund. The SABIC Pension contract expires in 2024.