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“The minimum wage will be indexed tomorrow, at the Government meeting. We will adopt the Government’s Decision. It will be indexed with 3.1%. As you well know, there were two different directions: one of the employers, one of the unions. The employers They wanted a moratorium, to keep the minimum wage frozen, and the unions wanted an increase of up to 2,400 lei, from 2,230 lei. We found a variant that would be anchored in reality, that is, the inflation rate and the increase in productivity. the crisis, labor productivity has not increased much, only 0.8%, and as a result the increase in the minimum wage will be 3.1%, 70 lei gross, ”explains Turcan, quoting Agerpres.
Regarding pensions, he pointed out that now there are two laws.
“We are in an old Law 263, in which the pension point is updated in relation to the inflation rate and to 50% of the average gross profit, and based on that new law we made the increase by 14% at the end from last year. Normally, pensions should have been indexed to the inflation rate at the beginning of the year, but what have politicians done? They quickly made the election logical and arranged the raises exactly during the election campaign period. As of September 1, this Law must enter into force 127/2019 published in the Official Gazette, but with some articles extended until September 1, which would have a budgetary impact for only 4 months of 48 billion lei and for next year 138 billion lei. two laws that collide head-to-head, with one that must enter completely unprepared from September 1, because not even the slightest step has been taken and I told them if in the PSD Government in 90 days they came with everyone’s update Return could give pensions, because we were prepared for the recalculation of pensions, “said the minister.
Turcan mentioned that the indexation of pensions to the inflation rate will take place in 2021, but did not say when.
“We have discussed with the prime minister and at least the indexation with the inflation rate will take place in 2021. We will announce it. We are in the budget preparation stage for 2021. (…) When we make the decision we will tell you”, assured. Raluca Turcan, highlighting that the indexation will occur “at least with the rate of inflation, of course, by the way.”
The minister also specified that he wants to correlate special pensions with contributivity.
“What did I do when I came to office? I said this: the issue of pensions out of the political dispute. I called specialists from the ministry, also from the Ministry of Finance, from the Ministry of Justice, so that we can find a way to deal with pensions. (special number), which should lead to its calculation based on contributivity, equity in the pension system and also to be bearable any law that we bring before pensioners, “said Raluca Turcan.
He stated that at the moment there are 9,600 beneficiaries of service pensions and that there are monthly pensions of more than 78,000 lei, 17,000 lei or 41,000 lei, while 900,000 retirees live on 800 lei.
“An element that matters to me and that will define my mandate as minister is that of equity in the pension system, because I cannot tolerate or sleep well at night, given that there are currently retirees in Romania who earn 78,634 lei per month, given that the contribution would cover a pension of 5,205 lei, and 73,429 represent favorable criteria of the laws elaborated by the PSD in Parliament ”, emphasized Turcan.
As for the best paid service pension of 78,634 lei, the minister demonstrated that it belongs to a person who worked in the legal field.
“We will put the solution on the table. We are working right now. What hasn’t been done in so long, I don’t think anyone can hope to achieve in a week or two ….. There are two separate aspects that at some point then we have the chapter on pensions in the public pension system, where we will find the equitable formula in terms of contributory and bearable over time and, at some point, we will cross these occupational pensions with what happens in the public pension system. final version … and believe me, I will not talk about it until the version is completed that starts from the premise of being constitutional, because I cannot play with millions of retirees, advancing a project or another that I doubt is unconstitutional “, Turcan added.
