“The Covid led to the termination of about one hundred thousand pensions during 2020 “. Pasquale Tridico, president of INPS, released the data relating to the weight of the pandemic on social security during his hearing before the parliamentary control commission on the bodies managing compulsory forms of social security. The number one of the public body highlighted that the peak on cessation of treatment was recorded in the last month of March: “The number of invalidity, old-age and survivors’ pensions eliminated due to death in 2020 and in the first months of 2021 experienced a very strong peak of about nearly one hundred thousand pensions eliminated in the months of March, April and May of 2020. Then the disease suffered a strong reduction and also the pensions eliminated. There was a recovery during the autumn and then immediately after a reduction in January, with a peak of increase up to seventy-five thousand pensions eliminated in March 2021 and then another reduction to the present day ”.
The figures confirm that those who are most affected by the pandemic are those who are more vulnerable over the years. Tridico also shared other issues with parliamentarians that could influence the progress of social security policies. A major concern is the management to which the employees of the company are registered public administration. The INPS summit reported that public management has a suffering of about 14 billion: a boulder which has been dragging on for several years now. Strong criticalities also for other categories of workers. Even the cash reserved for artisans and traders has to deal with a historical deficit of around 4-6 billion euros. Employees, on the other hand, have assets of 3.2 billion in 2019 which decreased in 2020 but are expected to increase over the next few years.
During the confrontation with the Parliament, Tridico was also able to take stock of the activities carried out to give support to the people most affected by the economic crisis and the closures arranged to limit infections. The final balance on refreshments he speaks of over four million assisted self-employed persons: “The institute has subsidized over 4.2 million casual, seasonal, agricultural and entertainment workers. On average they took about 1,400 euros each with important variations, for example the workers of the entertainment industry got an average of about 4 thousand euros. Whoever took all the bonuses got € 8,800 ”. Higher numbers for the layoffs Covid: check received by about 6.7 million workers.
In a few months the game of verifications and controls on the authorized treatments and provided between 2020 and 2021 will also come to life. A mass of work that the public body had never faced during its very long history. Activities that require specialized personnel and material equipment for the offices. Tridico therefore invited the politicians to commit themselves to get the hiring of new inspectors of the Entity. Over the past few years, 250 employees have retired who would not be replaced. A decline which, according to the INPS president, ended up directly impacting the effectiveness of the inspection service: “We must recover the recruitment capacity of inspectors and we also need to train employees in service”.
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