The Sejm decided. ZUS will calculate pensions ex officio. There will be a increase for 100,000 pensioners
The Sejm voted at an express pace by the government bill on determining the amount of pensions from the Social Insurance Fund established in June in 2009-2019 and family pensions of the insured, which were established pensions in June in 2009-2019 (Sejm print No. 1523). July 15 this year The project was received by the Sejm, on July 22 the first reading took place, and on August 5, second and third.
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437 deputies voted unanimously for adopting the law. Earlier, they also voted for joining the third reading without directing the project to the Commission and rejected the amendments submitted by the PiS Club, assuming, among others payment of compensation for underestimated benefits. The act will now go to the Senate.
The new regulations assume that ZUS will calculate the amount of the benefit to everyonewho were injured in 2009-2019 because they retired in June.
Now the rule will be: ZUS will count according to May indicators and choose which version is more favorable for such a senior. Then he is valorized in such a calculated pension and indicates its new amount. ZUS will have three months to convert benefits from the date of entry into force. The Act is to apply from January 1, 2026, so the ZUS increase should be announced by the end of March next year.
Importantly, there is no option that it will be lower than the previous one.
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Example? A woman who retired in June 2015 will have a retirement again. As if she submitted the application a month earlier, i.e. in May 2015.
The amount obtained in this way will then be increased by the March valorisation indicators of 2016-2025. This is how we will get a new benefit as at July 2025, which may be higher by PLN 100-200 than the current one.
Ultimately, there will also be no suspension of pending proceedings. They will continue to run. However, it will not be possible to initiate new proceedings from the entry into force of the Act
