More than 41,000 statements were submitted by employees only in the first 18 days after the relevant platform was activated by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security and him , in an indication that reforming the insurance regime for pensioners already employed yields tangible results. This reportedly means that the number of registered e-EFKA pensioners is already around 17% higher than at the end of last year, i.e. before the retention of 30% of the pension was abolished. In practice, the significant increase in registered employed pensioners shows that first-stage reform achieves its three main objectives: tackling undeclared retirement work, providing incentives for qualified ‘unemployed’ to return to ’emergency’ by contributing to economic activity and increasing state revenue through the expansion of the tax base, with lower rates. Under the new scheme, pensioners who remain active on the market as wage earners pay only 10% of their insurable earnings in favour of e-EFCA, without any deduction from the pension. Certain categories, such as disabled persons and children, are entitled under conditions to be excluded from the payment of the resource in favour of e-EFKA. This implies additional revenue for each retired worker, which may reach up to EUR 3,500 per year. Staff of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security pointed out that these results were seen before they were even completed three weeks after the launch of the platform, adding that the aim is to continue improving all indicators in order to achieve the multifaceted objectives of the reform.
Over 41,000 retired workers enrolled on the platform within 18 days
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