What about seniority pensions? “Introduction to the Polish legal order new retirement benefits are associated with possible financial and social consequences. Thus, the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy took the initiative to be discussed possible legislative solutions and joint development of the direction of the discussed position,” emphasized the Ministry of Family, Work and Social Policy in a comment for journal “Fact”. It was explained that the meeting, among others, with the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Senior Policy and the President of ZUS is scheduled to take place in December.
When is the government's position? They are waiting in the Sejm two projects Act on seniority pensions – civil (“Solidarity”) and submitted by MPs of the Left. However, work on the new benefit has been continued suspended and are to start when the government adopts a position on this matter. The family resort announced that this should happen by the end of this year.
How much will the reform cost? Both acts propose access to the benefit after 35 years for women and 40 years for men. From calculations Ministry of Finance shows that the reform may be expensive PLN 24 billion.
More We wrote about this in the text: “How much will pensions increase in 2025? There are forecasts [WYLICZENIA, KWOTY]“.
Source: Fact