The German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) has rejected the concept of financial incentives for working longer in old age. “We oppose false demands to exempt older employees from paying tax or social security contributions. This would only take money away from social security and public budgets,” DGB board member Anja Piel told the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag, in remarks published on Saturday. Federal Labour Minister Hubertus Heil had earlier announced that he wanted to talk to trade unions and employers about incentives so that people who could do so would voluntarily work longer. Howeve…