To obtain the old age pension suffice 15 years of contributions, provided they have been paid by the end of 1992. Problem solved for about 65 thousand workers, even if it is not yet clear what the costs will be for the State in terms of higher social security expenditure.
Yesterday the Minister of Labour, Elsa Fornero, announced the go-ahead for an INPS circular which restores the protection envisaged in the pension reform signed 19 years ago by Giuliano Amato. A rule that had been abolished by a first circular of the Institute dated 14 March 2012 and on which the reverse is now coming.
"After having safeguarded 140 workers and having resolved the knot of onerous reunifications - reads the note from the minister - I am satisfied to be able to solve a problem that affects around 65 people, most of whom are women".
Inps thus defuses a potential bombshell, since the trade unions and ACLI had announced the opening of a dispute that could prove to be even more thorny than the exodus issue. The thesis, supported by authoritative legal opinions, was that an INPS circular could not change the provisions of the law, increasing the contribution requirement to 20 years. Also because the Fornero reform had not touched the safeguard contained in the 1992 text.
The people who will benefit from the provision are mostly workers employed in discontinuous occupations (such as domestic services, agricultural work or in the entertainment industry), who – having accrued at least 15 years of contributions by 92 – had then left the world of work convinced that they be able to obtain an old-age pension once the age requirements are met. A right about which there is now no longer any doubt.
