Government recovers brake on early retirement of the previous government – publico

                 

                         
                     

                         

                 

 
 

The government will regain the rules that were in force last year and only allow access to early retirement for workers over 60 years old and 40 career. The intention is revealed in the draft of the State Budget (OE) for 2016, sent on Friday to Brussels, and was confirmed by the Minister of Labour and Social Security, Vieira da Silva.

“In 2015 It was partially restored the anticipation of access to pension for flexibility, for people over 60 years of age and 40 years of contributory career. This part-time will be maintained in 2016 in order to proceed to a re-evaluation of the scheme of early retirement, “the Government in the document.

Between 2012 and 2014 the reform anticipation of the regime was suspended for private sector workers. In 2015, the executive previous partially thawed access. But since January 1, 2016, early retirement was fully unlocked, including who at age 55 had 30 discounts. The problem, warns Minister Vieira da Silva, is that the result of changes introduced by the former government in the social security system (increasing the statutory retirement age, the worsening of the sustainability factor and the reduction of protection of long careers) to penalty that these pensions are subject is very high.

Faced with a “regime of heavily penalizing early retirement”, the Government decided that the law in force (Legislative Decree 187/2007) will be suspended and will be resumed the restrictions introduced last year (60 years and 40 or more discounts) until the reform anticipation of the regime is reviewed in its entirety

“With the calculations we made -. and is that the most important message – the cuts [in the value of pension] people who have access to early retirement with the rules that are currently in force are extremely high, “said the minister at the end of a meeting of the Standing Committee for Social Dialogue .

“We are concerned about the size and nature of these cuts,” he added, noting that has already been introduced at the beginning of the year, a change that gives 30 days for workers to decide whether to keep or not request, after knowing the value of the reform that will be entitled. “This will serve as a defense against the risk of cuts as high as 60% of the pension,” explained the minister.

The Government assured Vieira da Silva, “work for, as quickly as possible, build another fairer alternative regime that defends people with long careers sustainability of Social Security. ” He added that “the anticipated pensions are justified because there are many people in Portugal who have very long careers should not be treated the same way all workers. But are justified in a framework that is not so exaggerated cuts like those that the current legislation allows. “

Vieira da Silva did not say when that system will be suspended, with only advance that this will be done in own legislation outside the OE level.

For now, those who called for reform under the rules that are in place (55 years old and 30 career) will have their rights guaranteed. “All people have access, throughout the period, the legislation is now in force. Will, however, strongly advised to meditate well on the impact of such a request, “he said.

The changes that the government intends to do in the short term cover only workers who pay into the general scheme of Social Security and not affect civil servants, who pay into the General Retirement Fund, as confirmed to PUBLIC official source of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. State employees remain free to ask for early retirement under the rules in force, although they are subject to the same penalties that private workers, either by increasing the retirement age, either via the sustainability factor.