A breakthrough change for seniors. Pensions will be higher

The government has dealt with a draft act regarding the so -called June pensioners from 2009-2019. People who decided to retire this month received lower benefits. This situation took place, among others Due to the indexes of contribution valorisation and initial capital on the account of the insured person.

The Constitutional Tribunal has ruled that the provisions in this case are inconsistent with the Basic Law. The new regulations, which allowed for more favorable benefits, were covered by pensioners from 2020-2021, but in the case of those who completed the applications in earlier years, the situation did not change.

Pensions will be higher. Changes for 100,000 seniors

The Government Information Center reported that during the meeting of Donald Tusk’s office on Tuesday, July 8, a bill was adopted, which would allow re-calculation of benefits from 2009-2019. It is about both pensions and survivors’ pensions. The proposal of the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy assumes that Differences in the amount of benefits resulting from the so -called seasonality of pensions will be leveled.

The ministry explains that The amount of pensions will be determined again “With the use of a solution in which the valorisation of contributions, which are the basis for calculating the amount of the benefit, is made in the same way as when determining the amount of these benefits in May of a given year – if it is more favorable.”

The amount of the benefit determined in this way will then be valorized by all indicators of the annual valorisation of pension benefits. In this way, the final amount of the benefit will be determined – we read in the CIR message.

According to estimated MRPiPS data, that The new regulations will cover nearly 103 thousand. people. The increase is to be average about PLN 220. Thus, the annual cost of changes is almost PLN 280 million.