An increase of 82% in the issuance of new main pensions was recorded by e-EFKA in 2021 compared to 2019. The total number of awards for the previous year is close to 225,000 as by the end of November the awards amounted to 201,375, while based on the first estimates for in December the awards of the month will reach 23,000. It is characteristic that in 2020 161,771 pensions were issued, while in 2019 only 123,324. This is the best year in terms of pension awards ever recorded in the Agency, the result of a series of actions that effectively address the problem of outstanding pensions, eliminating the possibility of their reappearance in the future.
Read here the monthly illustration of main pension awards.
In addition, November is a record month for e-EFKA as 25,208 retirement decisions were issued, marking an increase of 52% compared to November 2020.
Due to the significant improvement in the award rates, the overdue main pensions have been reduced by 50,000 in the last 12 months and now amount to 83,090. At the same time, e-EFKA’s debts related to overdue main pension applications decreased by 56%, from 630.5 million euros in November 2020 to 278 million euros in November 2021. This is a rapid de-escalation of debts as priority was given to clearing old retirement cases for which there were even larger debts.
The reduction by 50,000 of overdue main pensions in the 12 months November 2020-November 2021 was made possible despite the significant increase in new retirement applications observed in recent months. Specifically, for November the number of new applications amounts to 21,629. The total number of new retirement applications for the 11 months of 2021 amounts to 191,062, while in 2020 it amounted to 175,705 and in 2019 to 170,111. This is a significant increase in new applications, but it has not stopped the strong rate of reduction of outstanding pensions.
The de-escalation rates of overdue pensions observed in recent months contribute to:
a) achieving the short-term goal of clearing all outstanding issues before 2019 by February 2022; and
b) the achievement of the medium-term goal for the settlement of all overdue pensions by the end of June 2022.
What is the reason for the progress in the outstanding pensions?
The significant progress is the result of a series of new infrastructures and management tools that were either adopted last year or had been launched earlier and matured in 2021.
Specifically:
1) A special Project Team was created to de-escalate the outstanding pensions.
2) The Control Tower was put into operation for the electronic monitoring of the issuance of pensions and the outstanding ones throughout Greece. With the Control Tower, better control of the performance per speaker, management and regional management is achieved, and therefore better management.
3) The central structure for the rapid award of successive insurance pensions was created in the Green Building of Kifissia Avenue.
4) The merger of the local branches and the creation of unified pension centers throughout Greece was completed.
5) The supply of 3,000 new computers with modern software was completed, replacing obsolete equipment that created problems in the daily lives of employees. The supply of another 2,000 computers is planned for 2022.
6) Emphasis was placed on the most problematic Funds of TSMEDE, TAN and TSAV and NAT where the outstanding pensions of previous years have been cleared at a rate of over 75%.
7) The mechanism of certified accountants and lawyers was introduced and put into operation in November. More than 300 new retirement cases have already been assigned to certified and their significant increase is expected in the near future.
THE Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Kostis Hatzidakis He stated: “Every month EFKA breaks one record after another in the issuance of new pensions and in the reduction of arrears. 2021 proved to be the best year for EFKA with 225,000 awards, 82% more than in 2019. We are not proud nor do we underestimate the significant progress that has been made. At the same time, there was a rapid de-escalation of debts to pending retirees as priority was given to clearing old retirement cases for which there were even larger debts. All of the above is the result of a series of actions that we have implemented in the last 12 months that have also contributed to increasing the efficiency of the employees involved in issuing pensions. Our goal is for these high rates of award to continue and to finally solve the problem of the outstanding main pensions by the end of June “.
THE Commander of e-EFKA Panagiotis Doufexis He said: “2021 has proved to be the best year in terms of the award of new main pensions and the closure of thousands of pensions. Now e-EFKA is firmly on its feet, operating with modern management tools and launching the final resolution of the issue of outstanding main pensions by the end of June “.
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