Rafalska: the duration of pension indexation is not threatened

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 not 8 million Poles benefit from increased profits over time?" – asks the newspaper.

"I categorically and categorically refute the information recently aired by some media about the date on which the date of indexation of pension benefits in 2019 was threatened," Rafalska said in a statement.

She stressed that "as in previous years, so in 2019, the valuation will be carried out 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 amendments aim to bring the lowest benefits to 1 100 PLN in the case of the lowest pensions and disability pensions 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 must cover 4 million 842 pensioners (outside the agricultural social security system), 114 000. people who benefit from early retirement benefits and benefits, 280 000 people who receive social pensions and 1 million retired from KRUS.