On April 30, new provisions of the pension legislation came into force in Ukraine. The Government called them fair.
On April 30, the Law “On Amendments to Some Laws of Ukraine on Improving Pension Legislation” came into force, which, according to the Cabinet of Ministers, restores justice in the appointment and indexation of pensions. The law was officially published in the newspaper “Voice of Ukraine” on April 29.
“This law on justice”, – stressed in the Ministry of Social Policy.
- For example, a pension in Ukraine can now be issued one and a half years before reaching retirement age.
“Given the problems faced by people of pre-retirement age in employment, the law allows early retirement, one and a half years before reaching retirement age, those people who have full insurance experience and employment contract terminated due to reduction state, liquidation of the enterprise “- noted in the Ministry of Social Policy.
- Also, from now on pensions will be granted to mothers and fathers of children with severe, rare diseases disabled.
- In addition, the law applies uniform rules of indexation to all pensions.
“The law provides annual indexation of pensions for all categories of retirees, taking into account inflation and average growth. The date of the annual indexation is also returned – March 1. It is now fixed by law, and will not be adjusted annually manually by politicians, “- said the Ministry of Social Policy.
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Recall, in 2022, Ukrainian retirees expects several stages of pension increase .
Ukrainians can calculate the size of the expected pension online. To do this, you need to use the Pension Calculator – a special electronic tool developed by the PFC.
