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The two governing parties have set the course for the end of early retirement without deduction after 45 working years with 62 from early 2022. As an alternative solution, there is an “early start bonus” for working hours between the ages of 15 and 20 with an additional gross pension of up to 60 euros per month. The decision is scheduled for Friday. The corresponding turquoise green amendment was presented to the National Council early Thursday night, is in the “Wiener Zeitung” and contains a surprise.
Because the first pension increase after retirement will be cut again from 2022. This savings plan was not known before. The general wide-ranging intervention in the pension system is carried out without any evaluation and without prior treatment in the parliamentary social committee.
Just four days after the decision to increase the out-of-tour pension to 2021, especially for low pensions of up to 3.5 percent at the start of the National Council week, a very cold shower follows Friday. Because with the increase in pensions starting in 2022, the turquoise green coalition is using the savings stick. Those who retire have to wait longer to get their first full pension increase. As with the abolition of the piracy regulation, this will remove a legal regulation that was only passed in September 2019 immediately before the National Council elections.
As rising pensions melt away
In the future, there will be an aliquot increase in the pension in the year after retirement. Those who retired in January will continue to receive the full pension increase the following year. With a retirement in February it is 90 percent, in March it is 80 percent, the percentage drops to 10 percent with a retirement in October, as can be seen in the application of the ÖVP and the Greens. Those who retire in November or December have to wait for the pension increase until the following year.
With this aliquot between the award of the pension and the first pension adjustment, the time that has elapsed between them is “taken into account in a fair way”, it is established in the justification of the coalition proposal. At the same time, there are short-term savings in pensions.
The abolition of Hackler’s early pension from 62 without pension cuts, which has only been in effect since the beginning of this year, has caused much more dust, although details from the ÖVP and the Greens were also released this week. This was mainly justified by the Greens with the fact that the early start bonus will be introduced from 2022 at the same time. Women benefit from this too, while the Hacklerpension is practically only used by men at the moment, because women can regularly retire at the age of 60, before their retirement age gradually increases to 65 from 2024. , beginning with the 1963 cohort.
The hacker’s anticipated pension without deductions of 62 will expire on December 31, 2021. The amendment stipulates that the regulation will apply later to all those who meet the requirements by then. This year, around 7,000 men had used the piracy rule as of October.
Twelve working months before the age of 20
The early start bonus of EUR 60 gross plus pension per month for working hours between the ages of 15 and 20 is taken into account under two conditions: someone must have worked at least twelve months before the age of 20. Short summer internships won’t be enough. Also, someone must have worked for a total of 25 years. This means that this hurdle is 20 years less than the Hacklerpension, from which women with shorter working hours will particularly benefit.
According to the pension, the Hacklerpension brought in an average of 300 euros more pension per month. Under the coalition’s proposal, the early start bonus will apply to all pension benefits from 2022. Additional costs are stated in the application at 35 million euros.
The abolition of Hackler’s early pension without deductions is justified as follows: “Thus, this regulation has proven inadequate to make a positive contribution to important goals such as a sustainably funded pension, gender equality and to bring the de facto retirement to the legal retirement age “. With a transition period until the end of 2021, the “necessary protection of trust” for those affected will be guaranteed. The early start bonus also works against the poverty of women in old age.
