With the arrival of the year 2024, there were changes in the legal retirement age in Spain. The increase in age caused controversy on social networks.

Spaniards who want to retire from January, “with 100% of the pension, will have to be at least 66 years and six months old,” La Vanguardia and 20 Minutos publish.

This “pursuant to the 2013 pension reform, which gradually increased the retirement age from 65 to 67 over a total horizon of 15 years.”

Retirement age in Spain

The Spanish press explains that “these 66 years and six months will be the required age for those who have paid contributions for less than 38 years (in 2023, 66 years and four months of contributions were required to retire at less than 37 years ). and nine months of contributions).

“If the 38 years of contribution is exceeded,” they emphasize, “employees who want to retire with 100% of the pension from January 1, 2024 will have to be 65 years old.”

Employees who have contributed for 38 years or more can retire in 2024 at the age of 65.

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The media clarify that “what has not changed with the 2013 reform is the minimum contribution requirement to access the contributory old-age pension, which will be maintained for at least fifteen years, two of which must be withdrawn in the fifteen years before that. pension.

In Spain, social security allows this retire early to employees on a voluntary basis up to a maximum of 24 months before the normal legal age.”

On the other hand, “if early retirement is involuntary, it is possible to retire up to 48 months before the normal retirement age.”

In 2024, “those with less than 38 years of contributions will be able to access voluntary early retirement at 64 years and 6 months, while those with 38 years or more can do so from the age of 63,” Diario AS adds. .

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Partial retirement

They report in 20 Minutes that “in the event that employees want to access the partial retirement “without the company entering into a replacement contract, the minimum age for entry will be the normal retirement age applicable in each case.”

And he adds that “the minimum age for partial retirement from January 1, 2024 will be 62 years and six months if you have contributed for 36 years or more, or 64 months if you have contributed for 33 years.”.

Opinions about social networks

The information about pensions sparked reactions on social networks from those who consider the new regulations excessive: “Working every day up to the age of 67 and more and more young people without work,” says Caro Espíndola; “At 67, it is unfair to pay so much to retire, for what,” says Claudia Hernández; “It really doesn’t cross my mind: young people without work and people over 65 who are working, please,” said @aury.handmade.

Other users said: “I don’t see myself retiring from construction at that age, I think it will be difficult to arrive in good health,” said Juan Martínez, while the international Gema Collado criticized: “At this rate we will retire at the age of 80.” (JO)