Changes in the regulations exclude some people from receiving this benefit. We are talking here about employees who were not employed on the basis of an employment contract, but on the basis of contracts. This may mean that thousands of Poles will lose the right to receive such a benefit.
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Who will be able to take bridge retirement? This only applies to certain people
The bridging pension is a special pension paid to people who were born after December 31, 1948 and performed work in special conditions or with special conditions. In addition, they must meet several other requirements, such as:
- reaching the appropriate age, which is at least 55 years for women and 60 years for men;
- proof of contributory and non-contributory periods of at least 20 years for women and 25 years for men;
- performing work in special conditions (of a special nature) specified in the existing regulations or work in special conditions (of a special nature) listed in the Act on bridging pensions before January 1, 1999;
- performing work in special conditions or of a special nature, which are listed in the Act on bridging pensions after December 31, 2008.
- proof of at least 15 years of work in special conditions or of a special nature.
However, the benefit will only be paid to those who meet all of the above.
Bridge pensions – new rules for granting benefits. Some will lose the right to it
However, some changes will come into force from January 1, 2024. From then on, bridging pensions will only be granted to people employed only under an employment contract. This is why, according to experts, there may be lawsuits from people employed under contracts who want to prove in court that their work is actually a full-time job. – I estimate that there may be several thousand people in the rescue service interested in filing such a lawsuit and I think they will have no problems proving that they actually worked in a job that entitled them to a bridge job – admitted Roman Badach Rogowski in an interview with “”.
In turn, Legal Advisor Andrzej Radzisław points out that these people will have a good chance of proving their case in court and can gain a lot from it. – Court decisions have recently moved in the direction that a person employed under a civil law contract, which is no different from an employment contract, is considered a full-time employee. Such a lawsuit will therefore be very profitable for people who would gain the right to a bridge pension, he says.
Source: Gazeta
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