The pension payments that a citizen who has reached retirement age receives directly depends on his length of service. Therefore, you need to know the specifics of calculating allowances.
In 2018, there are bonuses for length of service exceeding 35, 40 and 50 years. All calculations of pension payments are made strictly according to special formulas.
In 2018, the Russian government approved new formulas by which pensions should be calculated. For some categories of persons, preferential rates are provided.
You also need to know that pensioners with extensive work experience receive increased pensions. If the length of service exceeds 35 years, then the citizen can qualify for a higher pension
It is necessary to understand that the rules for calculating and receiving pensions have changed in Russia.
In 2018, these benefits consist of several parts:
Further additional payments will be added to these amounts. And one of these are additional payments for long work experience, since the state wants to reward the employee for long-term work and deduction of taxes.
All increases will concern the amount of the insurance part of the pension, since everyone can receive such a pension.
When handling pension savings, you should rely only on current and new regulatory documents. Since they can find reliable information regarding any rules and regulations in the field of calculating pension benefits.
The main legal document in this regard is Federal Law No. 400-FZ “On Insurance Pensions”. Thus, Article 8 talks about the conditions that must be met in order to receive payment.
In this law, a separate chapter is devoted to insurance experience - the third. There is information about the procedure for calculating working years, which years can be taken into account and which cannot.
On pension payments in terms of the labor part, Federal Law No. 173-FZ “On Labor Pensions in the Russian Federation” should be used. There, Chapter Three talks about the insurance pension and the possibilities of receiving it depending on the length of service.
According to the law, every citizen of the Russian Federation is required by the state to receive pension payments as the main source of income upon reaching a certain age or due to certain circumstances. The law establishes that women must retire at the age of 55, and men at the age of 60. Next year this norm will remain unchanged.
Important! Some persons have the right to retire early, as before. This applies to citizens retiring based on length of service and occurs after their official work experience with characteristic working conditions reaches its maximum.
Long service payments are compensation given to people whose professional activities involve increased health risks. It also takes into account that the age of people can negatively affect the quality of work, which is why the state decided to send them into retirement. In turn, such pensioners can continue to work, but in more comfortable conditions, while receiving compensation for lost earnings in the form of a long-service bonus.
According to current legislation, pension payments are constantly indexed and changing. Currently, the pension is formed from 2 parts:
Thus, the length of the total length of service and its availability have a direct impact on the payment of the pension, but are not the factors that play an important role in determining its size.
The amount of pension accruals today, as before, depends on the citizen’s salary, since the salary portion affects the amount of monthly insurance contributions received by the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation from the enterprise. This means that the higher your official salary, the more money the employer will transfer to your individual account opened with the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation.
If you are an individual entrepreneur, then by law you are required to pay for yourself to the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation in order to be able to receive the required pension from the state in the future.
In order for the state to provide you with an additional payment to your pension payments for 40 years of service, it is absolutely not necessary to work during this time. The legislation establishes rules that state that the following will be taken into account in the full length of service:
The time spent studying at a university in a specialty that will become a citizen’s profession in the future is not included in the work experience according to the law.
Military personnel working under a contract, on the contrary, have the right to count on an increase in their pension for length of service. The amount of the bonus in this case will depend on the number of years served for the Motherland.
When applying for an additional payment for a pension benefit, you should understand that if you have a long work history, there may be other factors that allow for an increase. Thus, one of the main indicators is the size of wages.
Here they will take into account how much the employee received on average per month in wages. In addition, work experience should be added to this parameter.
Those women whose work experience is at least 30 years can count on an increase in pensions, and for men the bar is set at 35 years.
It is necessary to understand that the size of the increase will be expressed in coefficients. They are numbers that are added to the balance of the insurance pension.
It is worth understanding that calculations are carried out for each pensioner individually. Thus, the norm for distribution of coefficients has been established in the amount of one point for each additional year of work.
For example, for five years of additional service, a pensioner will receive 5 factors to increase the benefit payment.
2017 was marked by innovations in pension legislation.
Now citizens' pensions will be calculated using special formulas. At the same time, pensioners who have a long working life (35, 40, 50 years, etc.) can count on receiving increases and additional payments for length of service.
Citizens who have the title “Veteran of Labor” receive the right to an increase for long work experience. The size of the increase and the right to additional privileges are established by the regions independently.
Regions may introduce additional benefits for veterans. Utility bills, public transport and others
The amount of the increase is set at a fixed amount and depends on the financial capabilities of the region.
For example, in St. Petersburg, labor veterans are paid 828 rubles for the title.
Benefits also apply:
In Moscow, labor veterans are provided with an additional payment of 495 rubles.
In addition, the government of the capital provides for:
Currently there are 2 components of pension payments:
Important! The amount of pension provision is affected not only by the number of years worked, but also by what the citizen’s official salary was, as well as contributions to the Pension Fund.
Article of the Federal Law “On Insurance Pensions” dated December 28, 2013 No. 400 establishes recalculation when:
The reasons for late provision of such information may vary. However, they can be provided for recalculation. The legal basis for recalculating pension payments is:
Is it possible to recalculate a pension after 40 years of work experience? Here it would be more appropriate to talk about an additional pension for 40 years of service for women and 45 for the stronger sex. Thus, the male and female population of the Russian state who have such a work activity can receive a good additional payment to their payments in the form of a coefficient equal to 5.
If the number of years has slightly modest indicators (m/f) - 30/35 years of experience, an increase in pension is also possible. However, the indicator will be less - only 1 additional coefficient.
35, 40 years of work experience and a large increase in pension do not always “go” together. In addition to the years worked, pension contributions, or rather their cash equivalent, play a very important role. This indicator directly depends on what the citizen’s official salary was.
Important! Even with 50 years of experience, the additional payment to the pension may be insignificant if the pensioner received “black” wages for most or most of the time. Accordingly, contributions to the Pension Fund were minimal.
It is worth focusing a little on how length of service is taken into account when calculating a future pension. The concept of points is new to pension legislation. The following categories of citizens with a long period of work can count on additional bonuses from the state:
All of them can count on premium bonus accruals and weighted odds.
The Russian Federation strives to improve the quality of life of its population, regardless of age. Supplement to pension for existing experience of 40 years, 45, 30, 35, 50, etc. in varying amounts suggests that continuing to work after reaching retirement years can have a beneficial impact on the financial component for both citizens and the country’s budget.
If work activity is carried out on the territory of the Russian Federation, then there are certain periods that may or may not be included in the insurance period. To begin with, it is worth noting that the time of payment of pension accruals is its first and main indicator.
In addition, it includes the following indicators:
These time periods do not represent actual work. For this reason, pension contributions do not go. That is, the longer these periods continue, the smaller the payments and accruals to the citizen may be.
According to Art. 16 Federal Law No. 400, an additional payment to the insurance pension in a fixed amount is provided for the following categories of citizens:
The length of work experience of women and men may influence their ability to receive additional payment to their pension in the following cases:
In the first two cases, an increase in pension provision is established after a recalculation has been made, and in the second case it is made without a declaration annually from August 1 based on insurance premiums transferred by the policyholder.
If new documents are submitted that affect the amount of the pension, the citizen will need to write an application for recalculation by contacting the territorial office of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation at the location of his payment file.
Work experience, equal to 35 years for women and 40 years for men, also increases the amount of payment by establishing an allowance for a veteran of labor. This additional payment, as well as the conferment of this title itself, is assigned by the social protection authorities at the citizen’s place of residence.
It is worth noting that this category of citizens is entitled to a monetary increase only if the applicant has already been assigned an old-age pension. In addition to surcharges for long-term service over 35 or 40 years, various benefits are provided, some of which can also be translated into monetary terms. As for the legal regulation of issues related to these issues, it is under the jurisdiction of regional authorities
Pension benefits are always calculated in the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation. But it is necessary to understand that there may be exceptions here too.
Thus, standard pension payments can only be provided by the Pension Fund. It is to this government agency that you should contact for registration of all payments and additional payments.
But in the case of pensions for military personnel, the pension department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will handle the registration. Therefore, for all questions, documents should be submitted there - in accordance with where the serviceman is assigned.
Pension provision for citizens is always based on indicators of their length of service. This is the starting point from which the state is able to calculate a person's pension benefit.
But you should not take into account such indicators as:
Such points should be taken into account when applying for a pension in Russia. Because they will help you obtain the highest benefit.
For those workers who retire with a work experience of 35 years, a small increase in the form of 1 coefficient is provided. But it is worth noting that 35 years is the required length of service for men in this case, while 30 years of experience is enough for women to receive the bonus.
Here it is worth considering additional conditions for receiving bonuses:
If these conditions are absent, then it is unlikely that you will be able to obtain high bonuses for such length of service.
Here it should be understood that for exceeding the length of service, an allowance is given in the amount of 500 to 700 rubles. In this case, for calculations, indicators on wages and the number of increased years of work will be taken.
In this case:
In this case, calculations will be based on a coefficient of 5. It also takes into account what amount of wages a citizen had.
If a person received a high or average income, then additional allowances are provided. And they should also be taken into account when independently calculating pension benefits.
Citizens of the country who have 50 years of experience or more are provided with maximum benefits by the state. The standard calculation of compensation involves calculation based on additional years of work.
For each such year, one more coefficient should be added to the total number of coefficients.
But in addition to this payment, the state also provides a fixed payment. In 2018 it is 1 thousand 63 rubles.
Important! Military personnel in Russia receive monthly bonuses based on length of service as a percentage of their salary - from 10 to 40 percentage points. At the same time, labor veterans with similar experience receive additional benefits.
But they will have to initially obtain this status for themselves and only after that apply for benefits in the form of free travel, discounts on utility bills, etc.
According to current legislation, for each year of service that is fully worked out and exceeds 30 and 35 years for women and men, 1 percent of the pension is provided. But it is worth considering that the supplement cannot be more than the minimum old-age pension.
Here it is also necessary to take into account how much length of service for excess work is counted:
In this case, the continuity of labor in production or in an organization is not taken into account when calculating. Since this kind of allowance is not used and does not apply in 2018.
If you have a total experience of exactly 40 years, you do not need to apply to social security or the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation. But if you have officially worked for more than 40 years, then you need to bring the following documentation:
For labor veterans, the law provides for completely different conditions for pension payments.
Labor veterans include citizens who:
In order to be recognized as a labor veteran, you will need to visit the social security office at your place of registration in order to obtain the appropriate certificate.
To issue a certificate you must present:
After receiving the certificate, you can qualify for the following benefits provided to pensioners depending on the region of residence:
In June 2018, Dmitry Medvedev announced a new pension reform to raise the retirement age. From January 1, 2019, the retirement age will begin to increase in stages “plus one year every other year.” As a result of the reform, which will take 10 years for men and 16 years for women, the retirement age for women will increase to 63 years, and for men to 65 years. The first to increase the retirement age will be men born in 1959. , they will retire at age 61 in 2020. According to the increased retirement age, women born in 1964 will retire. at the age of 56 also in 2020. Next, the retirement age will be increased year by year according to the “plus one year every other year” scheme.
Men with 45 years of experience and women with 40 years of experience, according to the new pension reform, from January 1, 2019, will be able to retire 2 years ahead of schedule.
Federal Law No. 400 “On Insurance Pensions,” adopted in December 2013, established new procedures for the formation of insurance pension payments in Russia. During the discussion and drafting of the law, many ideas were proposed regarding what should form the basis of the new pension system. The choice was made in favor of the so-called pension points - a kind of universal coefficients that simultaneously provided information about:
When developing the law, there was a plan to introduce bonus points for long work experience (from 30 years for women to 35-40 years for men). The so-called pension supplement for 40 years of service did not appear in the final version of the law. Instead, bonus coefficients were introduced for deferring retirement for a period of 1 to 10 years.
Legislators expressed the idea that such replacement of some bonus incentives with others is in fact identical. Without applying for a pension and continuing to work, a citizen actually accumulates additional work experience and receives coefficients for this to increase the payment up to 2 times.
Thus, the initiative to introduce incentives for persons with extensive insurance experience has not found a place in modern legislation. The procedure for calculating payments for persons who have worked for 40 years is no different from a similar procedure for all other citizens.
The provisions on the status of “Labor Veteran” are reflected in Federal Law No. 5 “On Veterans”.
This status can be obtained by:
Despite the fact that the provisions on labor veterans are spelled out in federal legislation, the status itself has been transferred to the rank of regional since 2005. This means that the subjects of the Federation have become empowered to independently determine the requirements for citizens to obtain this status and assign it.
Most regions have adopted the above requirements of the federal legislative act as a standard. These include Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnodar Territory.
Some entities have put forward their own provisions regarding the assignment of status:
Acceptance of documents, making a decision and assigning a title is under the jurisdiction of regional bodies for social work with the population.
The current additional payments to pensioners for 40 years of service are reduced to MDV - a monthly cash payment. Its amount is set by local authorities and paid towards the pension.
Let's consider what kind of financial support title holders in various regions of the country should expect:
As can be seen from the table, financial assistance to labor veterans in Russia as a whole is very symbolic. These payments are increased annually due to their indexation by the percentage of established inflation, but a significant increase in such payments is apparently not expected. This is partly due to the fact that labor veterans are recipients of a fairly significant package of benefits.
Federal law shifts the provision of a preferential package to regional authorities as a responsibility. However, the law contains a list of benefits for persons with veteran status. This:
Let's list what benefits are most common in the regions:
This list may be supplemented with other items. For example, in Moscow, for medical reasons, a veteran can receive a free trip to a sanatorium and travel to and from it by rail.
A separate list of benefits is contained in the Tax Code. Let’s imagine what labor veterans are entitled to in terms of tax privileges:
To understand how a pension is calculated in conditions of long service, it is necessary to understand the general scheme by which the insurance payment is calculated.
Since 2015, this formula has been as follows:
P = (B * SB) + FV
The formula does not contain such a thing as an increase for pensioners for 40 years of service. Experience in it is reflected indirectly in the concept of points: the longer a citizen works, the more points he will receive. But the number of points largely depends on the salary.
Thus, a pension for 40 years of service is calculated according to the same scheme with payment for a shorter period of work. The new pension system, although it puts forward certain requirements for the minimum length of service to receive a pension (9 years in 2018), does not contain any mechanisms in relation to citizens whose work experience has reached 35-40 years.
An important point is the question of how pensions were calculated before 2015.
Important! Citizens who have now completed significant work experience began their working career back in the 70s of the last century. Since that time, several systems for calculating pension benefits have been in operation in the country.
Let's look at this issue in detail using the example of calculating the pension of a particular citizen.
When calculating your pension, you will need to take two periods into account:
In order for the payment to be processed in the current or next year, all pension savings to the Pension Fund that were transferred before 2015 will undergo a conversion process. This means that information about the length of service, the amount of deductions and the citizen’s salary will be transferred to a modern point system.
Let's look at how conversion is carried out for the period up to 2015. An important point is the concept of “pension capital” - these are funds collected before the introduction of new legislation that are accumulated in a person’s pension account. To calculate it we use the formula:
PC = FFP * 12 * C * 16%,
Let's take as an example Ivan Volkov, whose career began in 1977 at the age of 20. In November 2017, the man will celebrate his 60th birthday and plans to obtain the status of a labor veteran and a pension.
We calculate the man’s pension capital collected by 2015:
17000 * 12 * 40 * 16% = 1,305,600 rubles
As the average salary, we took the modern salary of a man in the amount of 17,000 rubles. For more accurate calculations, it is necessary to make rather difficult conversions of previous amounts into current ones. A certificate about the state of your pension account at a certain time can also be obtained from the Pension Fund. To do this, you need an application, passport and SNILS.
The following formula allows us to convert this figure into the required points:
PB = (PC / 228) / SB2015,
We convert the calculated pension capital into points:
(1,305,600 / 228) / 64.1 = 89.3 points
How are points accrued since the new rules are introduced? Points are transferred annually based on the amount of contributions for the year. The algorithm is as follows:
IPC = SV / MSV *10,
Let's calculate the number of points received by Ivan Volkov over the last three years:
Total collected over 3 years: 7.16 points, for the entire period: 96.46 points.
The formula for calculating the insurance payment is given above. We substitute the values of our pensioner into it:
Pension amount in 2018 = (96.46 * 81.49) + 4982.9 = 12,843.42 rubles
The total pension in 2018, taking into account the length of service until 2015, will be 12,843 rubles.
Question: I am a labor veteran and live in Moscow. I heard that I can get an increase in my pension if I give up benefits. What benefits are we talking about and what is the size of the increase?
Answer: Indeed, you can refuse to receive benefits in kind and choose monetary compensation. This applies to free travel on city and suburban railway transport, free medications with a doctor’s prescription. The amount of compensation is 837 rubles. The refusal can be issued at social work centers with the population.
Four important factors when you can actually count on payments provided by law.
Recently, persistent information has appeared on the Internet that all pensioners with 35 years of work experience (women) and 40 years of work experience (men) will be paid a certain amount in addition to their pension. Even a specific figure emerged: 1063 rubles. No. There are no additional payments for length of service only.
Let's define this issue and clarify.
1. When calculating the length of service coefficient for total work experience developed before January 1, 2002, a 1% bonus is provided for each year in excess of the required length of service - 25 years for men and 20 years for women. But such people, unfortunately, are now becoming fewer and fewer. After all, in order to work more than the specified length of service before 2002, you had to start working no later than at the age of 18.
2. With the introduction of the new law on insurance pensions, from January 1, 2015, “pension points” began to be added to the pension for each calendar year of service worked. So, if a citizen works for at least 20 years with an average salary of at least 20 thousand rubles, he will receive an average of 40 “points” towards his pension, which, taking into account the current cost of one “point” (81.49 rubles), means an addition to the pension of 3,259.60 rubles. The more experience is developed, the more “points” the citizen will receive. Consequently, the additional payment to the pension will be higher.
3. The law on insurance pensions provides for a rule according to which persons who have worked for at least 30 years in the agricultural sector and are not employed as of the date of pension assignment have the right to receive a fixed pension payment increased by 25%. Taking into account the fact that the minimum fixed payment after January indexation is 4,982.90 rubles, the amount of the additional payment will be 1,245.73 rubles.
There is just one caveat: this norm has been suspended until 2020. The decision to suspend it has been made more than once (in 2016 - until 2017, and in 2017 - until 2020). It is difficult to say whether it will come into effect.
4. Persons who have received the title “Veteran of Labor” are entitled to additional payments to their pension at the expense of the regional budget. The amount of additional payments and the conditions for receiving them vary by region, on average they range from 300 to 2000 rubles.
But the procedure for awarding the title “Veteran of Labor” has recently seriously changed; becoming one is now much more difficult than before. But it is possible - if there is a state or departmental award, i.e. This mainly applies to state, municipal and equivalent employees. Moreover, since 2016, unified government criteria have been introduced for awarding insignia, which give the right to apply for a veteran title. The department or organization itself can no longer decide at its own discretion who is worthy of such a serious award.
Let us remind you that the title “Veteran of Labor” is awarded by regional social protection authorities. To receive it, you must submit an application and documents confirming that the applicant meets all the criteria provided by law.
From the moment the decision is made to confer the title, the citizen has the right to enjoy all the benefits provided for “labor veterans.”
One of the main criteria influencing the assignment of a pension is length of service. If it does not exceed the minimum value (for 2018 - 9 years), then the citizen does not have the right to receive an insurance pension. But the opposite situation is also possible - when the length of service exceeds not only the minimum, but also the average. In this case, it is possible to increase the size of the pension payment. But not everything depends only on length of service... Let's consider what the law says about additional payment to pensions for work experience of more than 35 years.
The old-age pension in the Russian Federation today consists of two parts - insurance and funded.
The formation of the funded part of a pension is essentially a type of investment and does not directly depend on length of service. Of course, we can say that the longer a person works, the greater the amount in his savings account will be. But here a lot depends on the level of wages and the right choice of investment option. In addition, we should not forget about the existing moratorium on replenishing the funded portion. For now it is valid until 2020, but it is very likely that the “freeze” of pension savings will not be canceled in the future.
As for the formation of the insurance pension, significant changes were made by the Law of December 28, 2013 No. 400-FZ “On Insurance Pensions”. The insurance pension, assigned since 2015, consists of two parts - fixed and variable. The fixed rate is established by law (for 2018 it is 4982.9 rubles) and is subject to regular indexation.
The basis for the formation of the variable part of the insurance pension is the number of conditional indicators - individual pension coefficients. In practice, they are usually called pension points.
Pension points are awarded based on length of service and the amount of contributions transferred by the employer.
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In addition, the law also provides for the accrual of points for so-called “non-insurance” periods if this activity is socially significant. For example, points are given for periods of child care and military service.
Also, pension legislation provides in some cases for the application of increasing coefficients to accrued points. Such indexation is provided for when applying for a pension later than the established period (Clause 15, Article 15 of Law No. 400-FZ).
The fixed part of the pension can also be increased for certain categories of pensioners. In some cases, this benefit is “tied” to length of service, namely:
In a sense, we can say that the benefits described above are an additional payment to pensioners for service over 35 years (after all, 35 years is more than the required length of service for all benefit options). But in this case, the determining factor is not the length of service, but the characteristics of the areas in which the future pensioner worked.
Four important factors when you can actually count on payments provided by law.
Recently, persistent information has appeared on the Internet that all pensioners with 35 years of work experience (women) and 40 years of work experience (men) will be paid a certain amount in addition to their pension. Even a specific figure emerged: 1063 rubles. No. There are no additional payments for length of service only.
Let's define this issue and clarify.
1. When calculating the length of service coefficient for the total length of service worked before January 1, 2002, an increase of 1% is provided for each year in excess of the required length of service - 25 years for men and 20 years for women. But such people, unfortunately, are now becoming fewer and fewer. After all, in order to work more than the specified length of service before 2002, you had to start working no later than at the age of 18.
2. With the introduction of the new law on insurance pensions, from January 1, 2015, “pension points” began to be added to the pension for each calendar year of service worked. So, if a citizen works for at least 20 years with an average salary of at least 20 thousand rubles, he will receive an average of 40 “points” towards his pension, which, taking into account the current cost of one “point” (81.49 rubles), means an addition to the pension of 3,259.60 rubles. The more experience is developed, the more “points” the citizen will receive. Consequently, the additional payment to the pension will be higher.
3. The law on insurance pensions provides for a rule according to which persons who have worked for at least 30 years in the agricultural sector and are not employed as of the date of pension assignment have the right to receive a fixed pension payment increased by 25%. Taking into account the fact that the minimum fixed payment after January indexation is 4,982.90 rubles, the amount of the additional payment will be 1,245.73 rubles.
There is just one caveat: this norm has been suspended until 2020. The decision to suspend it has been made more than once (in 2016 - until 2017, and in 2017 - until 2020). It is difficult to say whether it will come into effect.
4. Persons who have received the title “Veteran of Labor” are entitled to additional payments to their pension at the expense of the regional budget. The amount of additional payments and the conditions for receiving them vary by region, on average they range from 300 to 2000 rubles.
But the procedure for awarding the title “Veteran of Labor” has recently seriously changed; becoming one is now much more difficult than before. But it is possible - if there is a state or departmental award, i.e. This mainly applies to state, municipal and equivalent employees. Moreover, since 2016, unified government criteria have been introduced for awarding insignia, which give the right to apply for a veteran title. The department or organization itself can no longer decide at its own discretion who is worthy of such a serious award.
Let us remind you that the title “Veteran of Labor” is awarded by regional social protection authorities. To receive it, you must submit an application and documents confirming that the applicant meets all the criteria provided by law.
From the moment the decision is made to confer the title, the citizen has the right to enjoy all the benefits provided for “labor veterans.”
The legislative aspect of the issue of calculation and payment of bonuses The procedure for assigning pension bonuses is regulated by Federal Law No. 400, dated 2013. The federal law, adopted in 2001, talks about social bonuses and government increases. Some constituent entities of the Russian Federation establish a fixed financial payment or a discount in relation to utility bills. The most famous regional payment is the “Luzhkov” bonus, which began to operate at the end of 2007.
The new calculation system assumes the accrual of higher benefits if women have a work experience of 30 years and 35 years for men. Each additional year worked leads to an increase in bonus pension points in accordance with the following scheme: a man who has worked for 35 years and a woman who has devoted 30 years to work has the right to accrue incentive points for each year; Having 40 and 35 years of experience, respectively, entitles you to an additional 5 points. Supplement to benefits for long-term work Many citizens are concerned about the question: will pension provision change if the duration of work is 40, 45, 50 or more years? Yes, but we must not forget that service in the army and being on maternity leave (maximum duration 4.5 years) are counted as length of service, but you will have to forget about the period of obtaining higher education. By the way, if the work activity lasted over 40 years, then no additional privileges are granted.
Supplement to benefits for long-term work Many citizens are concerned about the question: will pension provision change if the duration of work is 40, 45, 50 or more years? Yes, but we must not forget that service in the army and being on maternity leave (maximum duration 4.5 years) are counted as length of service, but you will have to forget about the period of obtaining higher education. By the way, if the work activity lasted over 40 years, then no additional privileges are granted. The sad thing is that having a long experience cannot guarantee a large pension, because... the amount of government support directly depends on the official “white” salary. Particular attention must be paid to the constant desire of the authorities to change the rules of the game. Payment of accrued benefits begins to be made from the month following the one in which the application was submitted. If a pensioner has long had a reason to receive a pension benefit, but has not applied for it, then you can only count on those payments that are due for the 6 months preceding the time of submitting the necessary papers.
Harmful working conditions A pension associated with hazardous working conditions is calculated in the same way as a regular one. The employer is obliged to make insurance transfers, the amount of which depends on the category of danger the work belongs to. Harmfulness is determined by the certification commission. If, as a result of the inspection, the profession is recognized as dangerous, the employer is obliged to transfer additional funds for insurance. The amount of such a contribution usually ranges from 20 to 30% of the employee’s monthly official income. Work on collective farms There is no supplement to the collective farm pension due to long work experience or other reasons. There is no mystery in this, because a citizen can already enjoy all the benefits and benefits that come with membership in a collective farm. If a person has already reached the age limit, but continues to work for the benefit of a collective farm or an institution whose activities are of an agricultural nature, then old-age pensions are paid regardless of the amount of official income. And if the enterprise is not related to agriculture, then the payment of collective farm benefits stops.
In accordance with the latest innovations, which have already begun to take effect this year, the size of the pension is calculated using new formulas.
Now, having worked for 35 years, a pensioner has the right to claim an additional payment to the basic benefit. It is worth noting that the longer the work experience, the greater the additional payment to the pension.
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The new program for calculating pensions is aimed by the state to ensure that the population is interested in increasing their work experience. This is expressed in the form of bonuses for work of 35 years or more. Additional pension points are awarded according to a specific scheme:
So, for example, if one pensioner worked for 43 years, and the level of white wages did not exceed the minimum, the pension may be significantly lower than that of a pensioner who worked 10 years less, but at the same time officially received a salary above the average. The amount and procedure for calculating additional payments are stipulated in Federal Law No. 400 of 2013.
In Soviet times, to qualify for a pension, a person had to work for at least 25 years. Later, the government of the Russian Federation established that the minimum work experience is 5 years. With the latest reforms, the government has decided that Russian citizens must work for at least 15 years to qualify for a pension.
The rules for calculating length of service have also changed. Now, studying at a higher educational institution will not be taken into account, but maternity leave and military service will also be counted towards work experience.
If you have 30/35 years of experience (for women and men, respectively), the state expects to award bonuses in the form of additional points, which are taken into account when calculating pension payments. As mentioned above, if a person has worked for more than 35 years, 1 point is awarded each subsequent year. If a citizen has worked for 35/40 years, then the bonus is 5 points.
Working for 35 years or more does not guarantee receiving decent pension payments. This is directly related to the contributions made by employers.
If there were no such deductions (i.e. the work was unofficial) or they were insignificant (the “white” salary was less than actually due to the employer’s evasion of paying full taxes), there is no need to count on additional payments. Only those persons who worked officially and did not hide their real income from the state will be able to see a significant difference.
Women and men who have worked for more than 35 years and are already receiving a pension have the right to claim additional accruals. So for their work activity they will receive an additional 5 additional points. When calculating, it is worth remembering that the time spent on parental leave is taken into account in full if the total amount does not exceed 4.5 years.
To receive a pension supplement, you need to visit the Pension Fund with documents:
A PF employee accepts a package of documents from the applicant and, within a specified time, checks them for the possibility of accruing additional payments to the pension.
Reasons for refusal to receive additional payment may include::
To prevent such incidents from happening, it is important to correctly calculate the length of service and provide only reliable and complete information to the Pension Fund. If a refusal is received for unknown reasons, it is recommended to submit an application for benefits to a higher authority.
If you receive an unreasoned refusal, it is recommended to immediately file a lawsuit with the provision of all documents and a written refusal from the Pension Fund.
Today, few pensioners end their working career with a pension.. Most people of retirement age continue to officially work at enterprises and pay taxes on their salaries. This is due to the fact that in some cases the benefit barely reaches (or even does not reach at all) the minimum subsistence level per citizen.
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One of the main criteria influencing the assignment of a pension is length of service. If it does not exceed the minimum value (for 2018 - 9 years), then the citizen does not have the right to receive an insurance pension. But the opposite situation is also possible - when the length of service exceeds not only the minimum, but also the average. In this case, it is possible to increase the size of the pension payment. But not everything depends only on length of service... Let's consider what the law says about additional payment to pensions for work experience of more than 35 years.
The old-age pension in the Russian Federation today consists of two parts - insurance and funded.
The formation of the funded part of a pension is essentially a type of investment and does not directly depend on length of service. Of course, we can say that the longer a person works, the greater the amount in his savings account will be. But here a lot depends on the level of wages and the right choice of investment option. In addition, we should not forget about the existing moratorium on replenishing the funded portion. For now it is valid until 2020, but it is very likely that the “freeze” of pension savings will not be canceled in the future.
As for the formation of the insurance pension, significant changes were made by the Law of December 28, 2013 No. 400-FZ “On Insurance Pensions”. The insurance pension, assigned since 2015, consists of two parts - fixed and variable. The fixed rate is established by law (for 2018 it is 4982.9 rubles) and is subject to regular indexation.
The basis for the formation of the variable part of the insurance pension is the number of conditional indicators - individual pension coefficients. In practice, they are usually called pension points.
Pension points are awarded based on length of service and the amount of contributions transferred by the employer.
In addition, the law also provides for the accrual of points for so-called “non-insurance” periods if this activity is socially significant. For example, points are given for periods of child care and military service.
Also, pension legislation provides in some cases for the application of increasing coefficients to accrued points. Such indexation is provided for when applying for a pension later than the established period (Clause 15, Article 15 of Law No. 400-FZ).
The fixed part of the pension can also be increased for certain categories of pensioners. In some cases, this benefit is “tied” to length of service, namely:
In a sense, we can say that the benefits described above are an additional payment to pensioners for service over 35 years (after all, 35 years is more than the required length of service for all benefit options). But in this case, the determining factor is not the length of service, but the characteristics of the areas in which the future pensioner worked.
The fixed part of the insurance pension, just like the variable one, can be increased if you apply for it later (Clause 5, Article 16 of Law No. 400-FZ). The size of the increase in both cases depends on how late the person applies for a pension payment. Maximum (if applied 10 years after the due date) the pension can increase by more than 2 times (Appendices 1 and 2 to Law No. 400-FZ).
The issue of pensions for non-working pensioners for 35 years of work experience is not separately reflected in the legislation. In general, an increase in length of service entails an increase in pension payments, but specifically, no additional “bonuses” are tied to a length of service of 35 years. The connection between pension indexation and length of service exists only for those who worked in the Far North or in agriculture, but there we are talking about a different duration. The law does not provide for a special recalculation of pensions for service of more than 35 years.
This year, innovations regarding the calculation of pension payments came into force, and now, in order to receive a large pension, you need not only to work on an official basis, paying mandatory insurance contributions to the Pension Fund, but also to earn individual pension coefficients, popularly called “pension points.” " The longer a person worked before retirement, the more points he will receive, and therefore for an impressive length of service a person is entitled to a certain bonus. Let's consider what additional payment is due to the pension for 35 years of work experience in 2018.
Starting this year, pension payments will consist of two parts:
It turns out that the amount of the pension payment is affected not only by the size of the average monthly salary, but also by the duration of work - additional payments to the pension will be assigned to men who have worked for more than 35 years, and women who have worked for 30 years or more.
As additional assistance to pensioners who do not receive bonuses and other increasing payments, regional authorities approve various benefits, subsidies and discounts. Read also the article ⇒ “Preferential travel ticket for pensioners in 2018.”
In connection with the adopted innovations in the pension calculation system, large amounts of benefits will be accrued to men with over 35 years of work experience and women who have worked for 30 years.
The longer a person works at enterprises, the greater his pension will be. Each year worked increases the number of IPC (“points”) earned by a citizen:
Those who are trying to accumulate as much work experience as possible in order to increase future pension benefits should take into account that some periods during which work activity was not carried out are also subject to inclusion in the work experience. These include conscription service in the Russian army, as well as being on maternity leave and caring for a child under 1.5 and 3 years old.
The time spent studying at a higher educational institution (even in a specialty in which the person later worked for the employer) is not included in the length of work experience.
Due to the fact that the state is constantly changing the rules for calculating pension payments, you can never know for sure that 40 years of work experience will lead to high pensions. Not only do you need to receive a “white” salary, from which taxes and insurance premiums are deducted, you also have to keep track of the constantly changing formulas for calculating additional payments and allowances.
For work experience of 40 years, 50 years or more, no additional payments or allowances are provided, the only exception being a pensioner with the title of labor veteran.
To qualify for additional payments to pension payments, you must independently contact the authorized bodies with a pre-collected set of documents confirming your right to the bonus. An employee of a government agency will issue an application form, which you will need to fill out, indicating reliable and accurate information about yourself.
Please note that each region of Russia has its own rules for determining the amount of pension benefits, since regional additional coefficients and the cost of living are different.
The Pension Fund is responsible for the payment and calculation of pension payments for each specific case. To contact us about additional payments to pensions for long work experience, please contact: territorial division of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation.
You must apply for a supplement to pension payments based on 35 years of work experience with the following documents:
Document
The form will be issued at the place of submission of documents
Russian Federation passport (with a registration stamp in the region where the application was submitted)
From last place of work
Certificate of personal account or copy of savings book
Servicing bank branch
Pensioners who served in the military before retirement have the right to count not only on an old-age pension, but also on pensions associated with the assignment of a disability group or length of service.
The insurance part of the pension will be provided only to those citizens of retirement age who have not quit their jobs in a civilian institution and continue to receive military benefits. An additional pension payment is assigned if:
To apply for a second pension, you will need to collect the following documents:
Document
Where to get it
Russian passport with a stamp indicating registration in the region where the application is submitted
Certificate of pension insurance
From last place of work
Certificate of average monthly income for 5 years of continuous activity
A certificate indicating the position, duration of service, which was taken into account when calculating the state. benefits for long service or disability
Relevant law enforcement agency
Workers of the Far North and equivalent territories have the right to retire before they reach retirement age:
Pension provision for citizens who have worked for a long time at an enterprise in which the certification commission discovered harmful production conditions have the right to apply for early retirement. Payments will be calculated in the general manner, but the employer will make large insurance contributions (20-30% more than usual).
Contrary to the expectations of pensioners, there is no additional payment to the pension for long-term work on collective farms. This is due to the fact that collective farm workers, as members of the farm, are entitled to all sorts of benefits and preferences. In the event that a citizen, having reached retirement age, does not leave work on a collective farm, his pension will be accrued without taking into account the amount of monthly earnings. If the work is not related to agriculture, the pension benefit for work on the collective farm is no longer accrued.
Regional authorities are authorized to increase pensions and approve additional payments depending on length of service. So, the pension can be increased if:
Every year in excess of 30 years of work experience for a woman and 35 years of work experience for a man, the pension payment increases by 1% of the amount of the pension that would be paid according to the formula from Art. 27 of the Federal Law “On Pension Insurance”, provided that it does not exceed 1% of the minimum old-age pension payment.
If the work experience in excess of the standard is more than 20 years, the pension supplement is carried out taking into account only the total duration of work. But if the excess insurance period is at least 30 years, the salary must also be taken into account.
The procedure for assigning pension supplements
Error: The woman, by agreement with her employer, spent 7 years on maternity leave, thinking that the duration of the maternity leave would be included in the insurance period.
Pensioners with 35 years of service are entitled to an increase in benefits if they have fulfilled the established conditions. The main indicator is the availability of production and reaching retirement age.
Experience indicators are taken into account when a citizen is awarded. For each applicant, calculations of this type of pension are made separately. This manual consists of 2 parts.
These include:
The amount of the fixed component is established by the Government of the country. To calculate the insurance part, you will need to multiply the number of accumulated points by the value of 1 IPC.
In 2019, monthly payments are assigned to citizens if they have have at least 10 years of service and accumulated 16.2 points . Only the time during which the organization paid insurance premiums for the person is taken into account.
The fact of official employment will affect the possibility of receiving bonuses.
This applies to situations where:
Additional payment is made if the listed the circumstances are documented.
It is necessary to understand what the difference is between labor and. The first indicator is used when assessing the pension rights of a person who was employed before the beginning of 2002.
The length of work experience will affect the amount of the calculated amount of payments. It is calculated using a special formula and then converted into points. Since the beginning of 2002, benefits are affected by contributions transferred by the employer to the Pension Fund for each employee.
From this point on, the concept of insurance experience is introduced. When calculating it, the periods during which the person was officially employed and funds were transferred to the Pension Fund for him are taken into account. Additionally non-insurable periods of time are taken into account.
Non-insurance periods are considered to be the time during which a person did not work due to certain circumstances.
Including:
The listed time periods are taken into account when calculating the bonus for long experience. The period during which the person underwent training outside of production activities and maternity leave longer than 1.5 years is not included in the calculation.
Important! Unofficial work is not included in the length of service and is not taken into account when assigning additional payments.
You can often find information on the Internet that people who have worked for 35 years or more are entitled to an additional payment to their pension. The increase is expressed in an increase of 1.
Important! The laws do not provide for the possibility of increasing the amount of benefits in such terms.
An increase in pensions for service over 35 years in 2019 in Russia will only occur in a situation where a citizen continues to work. Then he is entitled to a recalculation of the insurance part of the benefit. The procedure is carried out at the beginning of August each year.
During this process, all points accumulated over the past year are taken into account. There is no need to write an application for recalculation. A female representative who has more than 35 years of experience and the title of Veteran of Labor.
This status is issued when applying to the social protection department. Provisions of regional legislation apply. This title allows receive bonuses for production in the amount of 35 years.
If a citizen has documentary evidence of unaccounted experience, then to make a recalculation, he will need to contact the MFC or the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation. As a result of this procedure, the amount of the pension payment can increase significantly. Confirmation is a certificate, agreement or extract made from the order.
During the recalculation, pension points that have been accrued over the past time are taken into account. When calculating the IPC for non-insurance periods, it is necessary to use a different methodology.
For each time period, a person is awarded 1.8 points. The exception is maternity leave. For the first child, 1.8 IPC goes into the piggy bank, for the second - 3.6, for third and subsequent ones – 5.4.
Seniority bonuses are awarded only to those persons who, upon receiving the opportunity to obtain pensioner status, continue to work. The specified group of persons cannot, which since 2019 has been carried out since January.
When increasing, the percentage established by the Government is taken into account. For a working pensioner, the payment increases due to an increase in the number of IPCs. For a year maximum a person can earn 3 points.
In 2019, value terms IPC is equal to 87.24 rubles . The maximum additional payment to the benefit, based on this amount, will be 261.72 rubles. A citizen will be able to receive a full recalculation of payments only after the termination of his employment relationship.
Currently, the assignment of Labor Veteran status is regulated by regional acts. For example, persons living in the capital receive the specified title if they started working as a minor when the Great Patriotic War was going on.
In this case, a female representative must have 35 years of service, a man - 40.
Please note: Moscow authorities have indicated that a citizen with 20 or 25 years of experience can receive a production bonus. This value was established for men accordingly. They will need to confirm the fact of registration in the capital.
To assign an additional payment, the following conditions must be met:
Thus, an increase in pensions in Russia only for Russians whose work experience is more than 35 years occurs subject to certain conditions. This category of persons has the right to count on bonuses if they continue to work or have the status of Veteran of Labor.