Should people be allowed to retire earlier?

This vote proposed making the retirement age more flexible by allowing people to retire earlier with adjusted pension benefits. Supporters argued that workers should have more choice over when they retire and that people in physically demanding jobs often cannot work until the standard retirement age. Opponents argued that earlier retirement would increase pension costs and place a greater financial burden on the retirement system.

The proposal was rejected by Swiss voters

Seed source: Swissvotes federal popular vote dataset.
Swissvotes page: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/457.00
Official result data: https://bk.admin.ch/de/details-referenden-und-weitere-erlasse?voteNumber=457
Vote date: 1999-06-13
Original Swissvotes English title: Gesetz über die Invalidenversicherung
Original German title: Gesetz über die Invalidenversicherung
Swissvotes keyword/additional content: Abschaffung der Viertelsrente
Swissvotes short-description title: Volk stellt sich klar gegen die Abschaffung der IV-Viertelsrente
Original French title: Loi sur l'assurance-invalidité
Année Politique Suisse description: https://anneepolitique.swiss/prozesse/31364
BFS result map (German): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=de#c=indicator&i=vp19990613.prop_oui_457_0
BFS result map (French): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=fr#c=indicator&i=vp19990613.prop_oui_457_0
Official chronology (French): https://bk.admin.ch/fr/details-referendums-et-autres-actes?voteNumber=457