Over half a million visitors in a day as everyone can again check their earliest retirement date on mypension.be
The pension website more than doubled its previous record on Wednesday and slowed down at times as a result.
Since Wednesday, everyone who works or has worked in Belgium can once again see their earliest possible retirement date on mypension.be, for the first time since the pension reform. Until now this was only possible for people over 60, Business AM writes. The site also shows whether recent changes in the law have brought that date forward, pushed it back or left it unchanged.
The result was a rush. According to the three federal services involved, quoted by VRT NWS, the site recorded 581,534 unique visitors and more than 610,000 log-ins on Wednesday. The previous daily record, set in June, was 240,000. At times as many people visited in one hour as on a normal day, which slowed the site down on occasion. The situation is now stable, although minor delays remain possible at peak times.
Another new feature is that for supplementary pensions the site now gives a net estimate of the total amount at statutory retirement age, rather than only the balance built up so far, Business AM reports. People on temporary unemployment and those with very complex careers will not see a date for now. Full statutory pension amounts will follow in the second half of 2027. Because customer services are swamped with questions, people retiring in 2026 or 2027 get priority.