Four interventions – The parameters – Who cares – What will happen to those who have more than 30 years of insurance
of George Avtias
They “thaw” increases in pensions from the beginning of 2023 after its “freezing” Katrougalos Law, which particularly pressured pensioners’ incomes.
Based on the official data of the Ministry of Labor, we will have four interventions:
- Growth based on inflation and GDP
- Increase over 30 years of insurance
- Increase due to abolition of extraordinary contribution
- Increase in pensions due to parallel insurance
Analytically:
Growth based on inflation and GDP: The relevant law stipulates that the increase in 2023 will be 50% of GDP plus the Index. That is, if we have a GDP of 4% and an Index of 10%, then the increase will be (2 + 5) 7%.
This increase concerns everyone, except those who have a personal difference, which must be zeroed in order to become beneficiaries.
In essence, the Katrougalos law has mortgaged – according to labor experts – future increases to thousands of retirees.
Increase over 30 years of insurance: Here those who have completed over 30 years of insurance will receive an automatic pension increase without the intervention of another factor, as replacement rates increase.
Increase due to abolition of extraordinary contribution: The extraordinary contribution is abolished according to a statement by the Prime Minister from 2023. It concerns an unjust contribution of a memorandum nature. Those who have a pension of more than 12,000 euros per year will receive it.
Increase in pensions due to parallel insurance: And this increase concerns thousands of retirees, who did not receive the increases they were entitled to, due to the lack of relevant software.
Do you have the money, Minister? We have them, the Minister of Labor replied, Kostis Hatzidakisthree weeks ago, when I hosted him on the SKAI TV show.
So wait, for the best, as economic developments due to war and conjunctures gnaw at incomes.
