65 years – The retirement age of women up and the same as for men. Case on the President's desk

Zdjęcie: 65 lat – Wiek emerytalny kobiet w górę i taki sam jak dla mężczyzn. Sprawa na biurku Prezydenta RP / Materiały prasowe


Currently there is simply a clear difference in the retirement age between women and men in Poland. Women can end their professional activity at the age of 60, while men can only end their professional activity at the age of 65. However, there has been a discussion for years on the gradual increase in retirement age. Let us remind – in 2012 Donald Tusk's government introduced a law that assumes that the retirement age of women and men will be equalized and gradually increased to 67 years (for women from 2040 and for men from 2020). In 2017, however, the Law and Justice Government restored earlier rules – 60 years for women and 65 years for men. Now the president of the Republic of Poland has been offered a proposal to rise the retirement age of women again – this time to 65 years of age, that is, comparing it to the retirement age of men.