Will the retirement age increase? The former minister appeals

Recently, the proposal of the Minister of Funds and Regional Policy, Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, has gained much publicity. In an interview for Wirtualna Polska, she suggested that women with children could retain the right to a pension at the age of 60, while women without children would receive the benefit on the same terms as men, i.e. after they turn 65.

The idea was strongly criticized by the Minister of Family, Labor and Social Policy, Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk. – There will be no increase in the retirement age – emphasized Dziemianowicz-Bąk, emphasizing that this declaration applies to both sexes.

The deputy minister of labor in Donald Tusk’s first government, Prof., sees this issue slightly differently. Agnieszka Chłoń-Domińczak, currently director of the Institute of Statistics and Demography of the Warsaw School of Economics. In her opinion, some changes in this area are needed.

Will the retirement age increase? The deputy minister comments

– I believe that we should at least equalize the retirement age for women and men and, ultimately, raise it. Our health is improving and we live longer. All this also gives us the potential to work longer – says the former deputy head of the Ministry of Labor in an interview with Money.pl.

Chłoń-Domińczak emphasizes that when discussing the retirement age, we must remember about the shrinking labor resources in Poland. – On the other hand, we have in the labor market the underutilized potential of 50 plus employees and broadly understood automation and robotization, which make it easier for us to fulfill our duties and make the work performed less physically demanding. In my opinion, we should take into account all the above-mentioned elements in this debate and, on this basis, develop new mechanisms, instead of clinging to these solutions, which are already very archaic from today’s point of view. – explains the portal’s interlocutor.

A recent survey by SW Research for “Wprost” shows that as many as 56.3 percent Poles believe that childless women should not retire later than mothers. A quarter of respondents (24.8%) have a different opinion, and 19% has no opinion on this matter.