When accumulating a “Sodra” account, the accumulated service time was lost; it is necessary to verify that the pension does not suffer

Some mothers who were on paternity leave around 1995-1998 lack the length of service on which the old-age pension will depend.

Danguolė (the true identity is known to the editorial board), who had lost her experience in 1996 and 1997, was the first to contact Delfi. She herself applied to Sodra for this, but still received a response that she did not belong to seniority because she did not pay social security contributions. However, the woman disagreed: she went directly from work to parental leave, and the state has already guaranteed the length of service since 1996.

When the story of a woman became interested in Delphi, antiquity arose. The woman received an explanation that the employer did not provide data at the time. The woman is happy, her pension will be higher.

His girlfriend with a similar story later applied to the portal: Adele (her true identity is known to the editorial board) worked as a teacher all the time, was also on parental leave from 1996 to 1997, and lost 1.8 years of experience. .

Sodra’s reaction is analogous: there is no service time, because there are no contributions. However, when he looked more closely, he admitted that the employer did not provide data here either; duration of service depends.

Sodra has no data on the number of women who have lost their childcare experience. In each case, you need to check and apply individually. Sodra explains who might be interested in this: when antiquity belongs and when it doesn’t.

The correspondence did not convince Sodra

The first woman, Danguolė, was concerned about her seniority as she neared retirement. Realizing there was a lack of experience for almost 2 years, he asked Sodra about it. A 1995 woman gave birth to a daughter in April 1997 and was on parental leave for three years, lack of seniority in 1996-1997. period.

In the first response, on February 18, Sodra explained to the woman that the length of service depends on state social security contributions: for one year, the length of service was guaranteed by parental leave, after which there were no further contributions.

“From October 1999, state-funded insurance has been in place until the child is 3 years old,” Sodra wrote.

The woman disagreed, sent information that the women were insured with social security at the expense of the state since January 1, 1996.

On February 25, Sodra replied that yes, the woman has been right since 1996. From that reply, Danguoli was not clear whether she would receive seniority or not, and she applied again.

On March 1, Sodra responded that there were no contributions in 1997 and that length of service would not be taken into account. He also said that the woman did not get a job until 1998.

At that time, Danguolė’s patience did not last and she turned to the media, the woman assures that she worked all the time before going on paternity leave.

“I think there are a lot of women like that, and it is very strange. Again, I received a response that if I am not satisfied with these answers, write a complaint. I would ask you to send me the legislation according to which my service time is not calculated. I had a daughter in 1995 and I was on paternity leave for three years, until then I worked. When I gave birth in Soviet times, in 1986, it was possible to be on paternity leave for a year and a half; the length of service was credited there , and in free Lithuania it falls ”, the woman resented.

When Delfi contacted Sodra about her situation, the situation was resolved, the duration of the service came up, but we could not get a response due to the protection of private data.

“I just got a call from Sodra. He spoke very politely, saying that he couldn’t find a message from the employer that he was on paternity leave. Now I need to apply, state the reasons and they will review and calculate the length of service that I have lost, “said the woman happily.

It was not expected that there could be discrepancies

Inspired by the example of a friend, another woman, Adele, also verified her seniority and was shocked: she is missing for almost 2 years. He also addressed the media about his situation.

“I raised two children, the first from 1994 and the second, we gave birth in 1995, and since then I have been on maternity leave. In 1998 I went back to work. In 1996-1997, I lost 1.8 years of experience in paving Sodra Sodra is insured and has written that if there are no contributions, the length of service will decrease accordingly. But we were on paternity leave, “Adele is surprised.

She assures a teacher that she worked in high school all the time before giving birth and after paternity leave.

“I would not have even thought that there could be such situations. You know, you live and you are not caught, trusting that no one will deceive you. And there may be thousands of those women,” said the criminal woman.

Once again, after inquiring about the situation in Adele in the media, Sodra admitted that the length of service should depend: the data on the employer must be adjusted. Adele explained that she would have to submit an application to the territorial department, since there is no data on her work for almost 30 years; the employer has not provided information. Sodra explained that the employer had not provided all the necessary documents.

How to check seniority

Sodra was unable to provide information on the problems faced by the women because the information was private.

Sodra has been collecting data on the population’s workplaces, the time worked in them and the salary received since 1994. These data are entered in the Register of Insured Persons of the State Social Security and Beneficiaries of Social Security Benefits of the Status based on information provided by the policy holder (employer). If a person does not agree with the length of service data provided in their personal account, they can request it in writing to the territorial branch of Sodra. “Sodra specialists will examine each case individually and provide an answer,” the comment said.

Each resident can verify their accumulated seniority for the old-age pension by logging into their personal account on the sodra.lt website, in the “For the resident” section. The system will display not only the accumulated service time, but also the accumulated accounting units and points.

To review the duration of service annually, it is necessary to choose to form a new summary “Detailed information on the duration of the service of the social security pension” – provides information on the duration of the service acquired in each calendar year.

How to calculate seniority since 1995

For the period from 1995 January 1 to 2017 December 31 The duration of service consists of the time during which people pay or are paid the mandatory state contributions to social pension insurance, as well as the time during which these people receive social security benefits or subsidies, such as sickness, maternity, childcare and others.

The time of service is included in the entire calendar year, if during that year the amount of personal income and other income for which contributions were paid or should have been paid, as well as the amount of social security benefits received, does not it is less than the minimum wage every month. Otherwise, the length of service for that year is considered proportionally less.

Since 2018 January 1, the duration of service includes all calendar years, if during the calendar year the contributions are calculated from the amount of no less than 12 minimum wages (MMA) of that year. If contributions are calculated on an amount less than 12 MMA, a proportionally smaller part of the year is included in the duration of service. No more than 1 year of experience can be credited per calendar year.

Parents on parental leave for one to three years are covered by state social pension insurance with state funds since January 1, 1996.

“Until 1994, December 31, the following regulation on the payment of the childcare subsidy from the state social security funds was in force: for each child before a year and a half, the standard of living is paid At a minimum, for each child aged one and a half to three years, the benefit is paid at half the minimum standard of living.

(…) Benefits from state social security funds were granted and paid at the main workplace. Childcare allowances are generally awarded at the child’s mother’s workplace. Childcare benefits were paid on the basis of a request from the insured and a copy of the child’s birth certificate. This benefit is paid after the payment of the maternity benefit, “explains Sodra.

According to since 1995. According to current provisions, at the end of the maternity benefit payment period, one of the parents who took parental leave until the child was one year old received a maternity (paternity) benefit equivalent to 60 % of compensatory compensation. salary, but not less than the established minimum salary.

The other part of the pension is determined by the number of units of account acquired by a person; it depends on the amount of earnings and the amount of other income (including social security benefits, social security unemployment benefits) on which contributions are calculated.

“The units of account are calculated for all of 2017. December 31 the previous period, that is, they are not calculated separately for each year of that period. After 2018, January 1, the units of account are calculated for each calendar year, ”explained Sodra.