They want to raise the retirement age, but not everyone
The authors of the document “On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine” On Compulsory State Insurance “on Certain Issues of Determining the Retirement Age” propose to raise the age for all by 1 month annually for 12 years, and at the same time to reduce 6 years of age.
- Starting from January 1, 2023, annually increase the age, which gives the right to the appointment of a retirement pension, by 1 month. And so on until January 1, 2035.
- Women who have given birth to a child and raised him before the age of six are entitled to a reduction in the retirement age by 6 months.
It is noted that the specified reduction in the retirement age for women is applied for each child, but the retirement age for women cannot be reduced by more than 3 years.
Why do they want to change the retirement age
The innovation was initiated by 10 people’s deputies from the Servant of the People party. The explanatory note to the bill explains that the general increase in the retirement age to 61 years in Ukraine is intended to compensate for just such a decrease in the age by six months of mothers of children under 6 years old.
In addition, it is noted that in a number of EU countries the retirement age for citizens has been raised to 65 years or more.
Also, the deputies predict that the implementation of the law “will help to overcome demographic problems and stimulate the reproduction of the population, as well as provide social protection for mothers in the matter of pensions.”
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