By Chrysostomos Tsoufis

The platform for working pensioners is entering its third month of operation and already the declarations are approaching 80,000, surpassing the initial expectations. In order to avoid mistakes and “misunderstandings” and to make better use of the tool, e-EFKA has published a list of questions and answers to mainly clarify what applies:

WORK FOR MORE THAN AN EMPLOYER

The EFKA clarifies that the number of employers is not taken into account in cases of employment in the same capacity (all employers as an employee, for example). A declaration only needs to be submitted for the period of time for which the pensioner is generally employed.

INTERRUPTED WORK

The online service provides for the declaration of termination of employment, which is described in the instructions for use

ERROR IN JOB DECLARATION

For example, an insured person who has submitted a pension application, states by mistake that he is already retired. He cannot make a new application or edit an existing one. However, he can declare a break in employment on the same day as the one registered as the start date for the specific declaration and submit a new declaration with the correct information

Especially for self-employed pensioners (freelancers, land workers, self-employed, farmers):

START OF RESOURCE PAYMENT FOR EFKA

In the cases of employees who have submitted a pension application, the resource starts to be paid from the following month of the pension application and not after the pension is issued.

EXEMPTIONS FROM THE RESOURCE IMPOSITION

-Persons with mental disabilities
– People with special diseases such as quadriplegia, blindness, amputation, cystic fibrosis, etc.
-Pensioners due to disability who, however, are required to declare that they are working
– Those who receive the extra-institutional allowance or the corresponding allowance of article 54, of the p.d. 169/2007.
-Many children with at least one minor child or who is studying in higher or higher schools and up to the completion of his 24th year of age or is incapable of any livelihood work.
-Persons whose pension is issued or paid by the Ministry of Finance, such as victims of terrorist acts or war
– Retired OGA who continue to work as farmers are however obliged to declare work
-Pensioners of other entities except OGA who have an income from agricultural activity that does not exceed €10,000.
They are required to submit a declaration of employment

– Those employed in general government agencies who have not reached the age of 62

These categories only pay the insurance contributions

ACTIVITY BEFORE 1/3/2024

Those who were already self-employed as pensioners until 1/3/2024, or who did so from 1/1/2024 and stopped until 1/3/2024, are required to submit a declaration within 4 months until 30/6/2024

WIDOW PENSIONERS

They do not fall under the provisions for the payment of insurance contributions and resource

RESOURCE HEIGHT

-For freelancers it is 50% of the main insurance class to which they belong.
-For the self-employed it is 40% of the main insurance class to which they belong.
-For land workers 10% insured in an institution other than OGA 10% on the value of the wages with a stamp in the year of employment.

For self-employed attorneys, pre-collection bills are offset against the funds owed.
In cases of non-payment of insurance contributions, these are withheld from the pensions paid (main and supplementary)

EMPLOYMENT AS EMPLOYEE AND UNEMPLOYMENT

– Funds are due for both insurance activities
– total annual resource cannot exceed twelve times the current national pension. Today this amount is set at 426.17×12=€5,114.04

Failure to submit a declaration in any case results in a fine equal to the amount of 12 monthly main and auxiliary pensions.