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Increase of pensions for seniors with disabilities – from January 1 of this year. part of the disability reform started to be implemented. There is no need to apply to “Sodra” for the payment of higher pensions. Old-age pensions for people with disabilities are calculated and started to be paid without a person’s request, based on the data provided by the Agency for the Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities about the determined lost participation.
For each recipient, the increased pension is calculated individually, depending on the level of lost participation and the amount of the old-age pension. The name of the pension is also changing. Seniors who, as of January 1 of this year The agency for the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities determines 70-100 percent. lost participation, from now on will receive an old-age pension for a person with a disability.
The recipients of these pensions are sent notifications in their personal “Sodra” accounts and registered letters indicating the amount of their old-age pension for a person with a disability.
When will old-age pensions be paid to persons with disabilities
Old-age pensions for persons with disabilities begin to be paid in July. Most recipients will receive them on the normal pension payment schedule.
A lot of software development and testing work is done to make the pension calculation and payment process run smoothly. Therefore, a small number of recipients may receive an increased pension not together with the main pension payment, but a separate payment, which will be made by the end of July. This means that on the normal pension payment day, these recipients will receive their previous pension, and by the end of July they will be paid the non-payment of pension for the month of July.
At the same time, all recipients of old-age pensions with disabilities will be paid the excess from the date of determining the participation level (after January 1 of this year). For example, a pensioner with a disability applied to the Agency for the Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in April of this year and was found to have more than 70%. lost participation rate. In July, the pensioner will receive an increased old-age pension depending on his participation level, together with a three-month exemption (from April to June).
It is important – those seniors who have more than 70% of their pensions will receive increased pensions in July. lost attendance was determined by June 30. If the lost participation level is set in July, the increased pension will be paid from August.
Part of the beneficiaries may not feel the pension increase
The pensions of some recipients may not increase or may increase slightly. These are the people receiving the lowest pensions who are paid the lowest pension premiums.
For those with the required length of service, the sum of all pensions received cannot be less than the amount of minimum consumption needs. In 2024, it reaches 446 euros. If a person has not accumulated the required length of service, he is paid less. Then the amount of the premium depends on the ratio of the available and the required length of service.
Pensions are paid for the current month, and premiums for the previous month, after evaluating the amounts of all pensions and benefits received in the previous month.
For example, the old-age pension of a resident with the required length of service this year amounted to 360 euros and was lower than 446 euros, so he also received a bonus of 86 euros for recipients of small pensions. The total amount received by a person was 446 euros.
From July, the pension of a person with a disability will increase and reach around 420 euros. The person will continue to receive a bonus of 26 euros to bring the total amount of pensions they receive to at least 446 euros, but their monthly amount will not increase.
What is important to know for recipients of disability (loss of work capacity, invalidity) pensions
Part of the seniors, for whom the Agency for the Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities determined a participation rate of 70 percent or higher this year, continue to receive disability (loss of working capacity, invalidity) pensions and have not applied for the granting of an old-age pension. This is due to the fact that a person who has reached the age of old-age pension is paid a more favorable pension, but it is not possible to receive two – disability (lost working capacity, invalidity) and old-age – pensions at the same time.
It is important to note that changes in the calculation of pensions for seniors with disabilities apply only to recipients of old-age pensions, but not to recipients of disability pensions. Therefore, people who after January 1 of this year The Agency for the Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities determined 70-100 percent. who have lost their participation rate and who have never applied for an old-age pension can do so now.
A request for old-age pension can be submitted by logging in to your personal account or by visiting any Sodra customer service department, as well as by sending it by mail, attaching a certified copy of your personal document.
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