Rafalska: Information on the delay in the indexation of annuities and old-age pensions

Tuesday, "Gazeta Wyborcza" wrote on the new rules for the valuation of pensions announced by the government in March. According to "GW" ZUS, there is no time to change computer system. "Will 8 million Poles not benefit from increases over time?" – asks the newspaper.

"I strongly and categorically deny the information recently released by some media that the date of indexation of pension benefits in 2019 was threatened," Minister Rafalska wrote in a statement.

She stressed that "as in previous years and in 2019, the valuation will be from 1 March 2019".

"The dissemination of information questioning the possibility of a timely valuation does not serve any other purpose, nor does it raise unjustified anxiety among retirees," added the head of the Ministry of Labor and Employment. Social Policy.

Last week, the Social Committee of the Council of Ministers delivered a positive opinion on the pension indexation bill in 2019.

The changes aim to increase the lowest benefits to 1.1 thousand. PLN in the case of the lowest pension and disability pension due to the total inability to work. In turn, the lowest pension for partial incapacity for work must be raised to 825 PLN. The new mechanism predicts that retirees will receive a minimum increase of PLN 70.

At the beginning of November, the Minister of the Family announced that the proposed solutions would cost 8,443 million zlotys. They have to cover 4 million 842 pensioners (outside the system of agricultural social insurance), 114 000. people who receive allowances and benefits of early retirement, 280 000 people who receive social pensions and 1 million pensioners of KRUS .