On July 24, the president signed a bill that raises the retirement age to 70 years – for both women and men. After 14 days of publication, equal and comparatively advanced age will be the representatives of 1 professional group.
Who will be covered by the fresh regulations?
Those who want to quit comparatively young, we calm down. The president signed a bill raising retirement age to 70 for bailiffs and bailiffs. It is formally an increase in the age limit after which specified persons are recalled. The amendment is 1 of the elements of the improvement of the government on representatives of this professional group.
Moreover, those bailiffs and asessors who have been recalled under old regulations but have not yet turned 70 may search re-vocation.
What is the general retirement age?
It's inactive 60 years for women and 65 years for men. That's the minimum age to retire. specified regulations have been in force since 2017.
There are, of course, exceptions to this rule. Early retirement is possible for people working in certain professions. For example, miners or teachers and people with dangerous and hard jobs.
Let us remind you: in 2012, Donald Tusk's government introduced a bill which would gradually rise the retirement age for women and men to 67 (for women from 2040 and for men from 2020).
However, in 2017, the Law and Justice Government reduced the retirement age to the current 65 years for men and 60 years for women.
Work placement unchanged
It should besides be borne in head that the additional request to claim a pension is simply a minimum work placement. It is 20 years for women and 25 years for men.
It is regulated by detailed rules. For example, a non-contributory period may represent 1/3 of the contribution period. Retirement applicants can besides add up the contribution periods worked in different countries.
Why change?
One cannot neglect to announcement that in the alleged legal professions the retirement age is just 70 years. Komornica was an exception whose age was reduced in 2018. And if individual in this professional group doesn't want to work until they're 70, they can quit early. It's not a duty, it's a privilege.
It is besides crucial to remember that there is simply a discussion in Poland and many another countries about expanding the universal retirement age. People are statistically longer, so they should work longer. In addition, the shorter the work placement, the lower the pension. This is besides beneficial for the pension system, which is longer powered by contributions.
For now, Poland is encouraging longer work, without raising retirement age. But she may gotta make a hard decision. In 2024 the state paid nearly PLN 65 billion to ZUS, or 13 billion more than a year earlier.
In the last 20 years, the percent of people over 60 years of age has increased by almost 10 percent points in Poland, to over 1/4 of the population.
