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Factsheet for measure PL-2022-35/2779 – measures in Poland
Country | Poland , applies nationwide |
Time period | Temporary, 25 August 2022 – 20 September 2022 |
Context | War in Ukraine, Green Transition |
Type | Legislations or other statutory regulations |
Category |
Responses to inflation
– Increasing income in general |
Author | Jan Czarzasty (Warsaw School of Economics) and Eurofound |
Measure added | 26 August 2022 (updated 19 September 2022) |
Inflation in Poland has been rapidly increasing in 2022 and has hit record levels since 1990s. The government has decided to help pensioners, a group especially vulnerable to any shifts in the costs of living, by paying them a 14th pension. This legislation (Dz. U. 2022 poz. 1358) was announced already in May 2022.
All pensioners are eligible for the benefit. The 14th pension amounts to PLN 1,217.98 (approx. €259). However, in the case of people with a monthly pension between PLN 2,900 (€617) and PLN 4,188.44 (€891), the benefit will be reduced by the difference between their pension and PLN 2,900. The minimum amount of benefit will be PLN 50 (€10.64). This benefit will be exempt from any deductions. Pensioners do not have to submit any applications to receive this benefit.
The overall cost is expected to amount to PLN 11,400 million (€2,425 million). Ca. 7.7 million people are expected to receive the benefit in full, with additional 1.2 million receiving the reduced benefit.
All the pensioners eligible will receive the benefit, as the state does not require any application process for the benefit. No information on the exact number of beneficiaries is available as of early September.
Workers | Businesses | Citizens |
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Does not apply to workers | Does not apply to businesses |
Pensioners
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Actors | Funding |
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National government
Social insurance |
National funds
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Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:
Trade unions | Employers' organisations | |
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Role | Unknown | Unknown |
Form | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
Unknown.
Unknown.
Citation
Eurofound (2022), Extra payment for pensioners, measure PL-2022-35/2779 (measures in Poland), EU PolicyWatch, Dublin, https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/PL-2022-35_2779.html
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