In 2024, women aged 58 and men aged 63 will be entitled to receive an old-age insurance pension. They must have at least 15 years of insurance experience and a retirement score of at least 28.2. Those who have extensive experience and are ready for retirement can retire early. Expert Maria Solovichenko from the Research Institute of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation and the Myfinance.rf portal told socialbites.ca.
“Long-time employees (for women – 37 years of experience, for men – 42 years) can retire two years ahead of schedule, but this is not possible before a woman reaches 55 years of age and a man reaches 60 years of age,” the expert said. recorded.
He announced that unemployed people of pre-retirement age can also retire early.
“If a pre-retirement employee is dismissed due to staff reduction or liquidation of an organization, he will be able to retire two years before the deadline. But for this, three conditions must be met,” Solovichenko said.
First of all, the pre-retirement person must be registered with the employment agency and the job search must be unsuccessful. Secondly, before retirement, the employee must have a minimum of 20 years of work experience for women and 25 years of work experience for men and have sufficient points for retirement. Third, the person must not have more than two years to receive a pension.
“The decision to offer early insurance retirement to a pre-retirement person is made by the employment agency with the consent of the unemployed, and the Russian Social Fund calculates and allocates retirement benefits,” Solovichenko said.
Svetlana Bessarab, Member of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs said “socialbites.ca” says that in 2026 and 2027 the pension will be indexed twice, starting from February 1, to the real inflation level, and from April 1, to the real level of income. The new procedure for indexing pension payments in Russia will come into force from 2025.
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