Barcha famous that the federation is actively cooperating with the Fee on Social and Labor Affairs of the Sejm, the place discussions on the difficulty of indexation of pensions started in the present day, in addition to with the Ministry of Welfare. The federation is at the moment planning to ship a letter to the Sejm factions calling for indexation of pensions by 100%.
“We’ll see how the deputies react to this,” Barcha stated.
As well as, the federation requires consideration to contributions to the pension fund for the work expertise of pensioners. At present, the wage index for complete size of service is 50%, 60%, 70% and 80%. This is applicable to those that have a complete work expertise of 40 years or extra, nonetheless, the Federation of Pensioners reminds that there are pensioners who’ve a complete work expertise of fifty years or extra. For them it will be potential to enter a wage index of 100%.
It was beforehand reported that one of many options for indexing pensions might be the indexation of all pensions by 100%, which might guarantee an annual enhance in pensions for roughly 25% of pensioners.
The Welfare Ministry has estimated that a further 7.2 million euros shall be wanted this 12 months to index all pensions, and 35.9 million euros in 2025.
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2024-06-16 23:14:50