Those retirees and retirees who meet a series of requirements can choose to collect a supplement for reduce the gender gap in pensions, which replaces the call “maternity supplement” contemplated in article 60 and which was introduced into the General Social Security Law by Law 48/2015.
This was considered discriminatory by a judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union, hence the introduction of the new plus, which corrects the design problems presented by its predecessor and which did not attack the origin of the gender gap in the pensions.
The plugin allows collect up to 378 euros more in your pension yearly for each child to those who demonstrate that during their professional life the fact of having to take care of their offspring was detrimental to them in the workplace. Thus, the monthly improvement of the pensions of these retirees increases 27 euros per month, up to a maximum of 4 children, and is paid in 14 payments. As an example, we can say that the plus represents an annual income of up to 1,512 euros for families with 4 children.
To qualify for this upgrade it is necessary to be attached to any scheme of the Social Security system, request a contributory retirement, permanent disability or widow’s pension and have one or more children enrolled in the Civil registration. Yes indeed, they are incompatible with each other and will be paid in the Social Security regime in which the pensioner has more periods of registration.
The supplement is requested by completing an application at the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) or at the Social Institute of the Navy if it is a sea worker.
And the housewives?
They are entitled to receive a non-contributory retirement pension if they meet a series of requirements. To do this, you must prove that you have income or income of less than 5,639.20 euro per year. In the case of belonging to a family unit, the income of the entire unit will be taken into account to grant the pension. So it appears in the Royal Decree-Law 20/2022 , of January 26, on the revaluation of the pensions of the Social Security system. “The amount of retirement and disability pensions, in its non-contributory modality, is set at 5,639.20 euros in full per year. These benefits will maintain the 15% increase in the amounts during this 2023.
– The increase in pensions in 2023 will be 8.5%, a revaluation that was calculated with the inflation data for November and that will be applied to the contributory and those of the passive classes.
– Non-contributory pensions will increase by 15% as agreed by the Government with EH Bildu in the framework of budget negotiations in Congress.