Even more than 30,000 euros retrospectively some of the thousands are expected to receive by May or at the latest in the summer pensioners what are they entitled to increase in pensions them through parallel insurance.

The necessary software system for calculating the amounts has already been developed and implemented in the computerized systems of EFKA, and, according to available information, the first additional payments are being made. The bet, of course, is on a retroactive payment, since there are insured people – pensioners who are waiting for a pension increase due to parallel insurance during the insurance period, almost 7 years. Based on the design, outstanding, which according to EFKA up to 15,000, and according to representatives of pensioners exceed 60,000, they will be released by the end of May. These are supplements for pensioners who applied for a pension after May 2016, when the Katrugalu law was passed. They received their single, basic pension, but the calculation of the amount that will be added to the original basic pension through parallel work has not been completed since then. And this is because the insured are entitled for the period of their parallel insurance until 2016 to a 0.075% premium on the replacement rate, which will be given in addition to the pension, since they paid contributions to two Funds at the same time.

This provision of the law was not applied until recently, because, according to the leaders of EFKA, there were problems in planning, as well as in the implementation of the corresponding information system, which caused a sharp reaction from pensioners who saw – especially in the last period – other pensions come out much earlier, and they are delayed for years. Of course, the choice of the Ministry of Labor and the FECA administration was to first unblock pensions for those who had no income, given that in parallel cases, pensioners received at least the first pension.

According to reports, of these thousands of pending applications, those coming mainly from the former UAEE (traders, craftsmen, motorists, etc.) or the state have already been “unfrozen”. Until May, pending pension applications for engineers, lawyers and medical workers will be accepted in turn.

Thus, the amounts owed vary on average at the level of 300 euros per month, while there are cases when the backdated debt to pensioners exceeds 30,000 euros.

This is because, as the Unified Retiree Network (ENDICY) characteristically points out, it took 83 months, almost seven years, for the process of paying supplements to thousands of pensioners with parallel insurance to begin. According to Network President Nikos Hatzopoulos, it seems that the necessary checks have been completed and EFKA has begun the process of awarding debts.

So, for example, a state pensioner with a parallel experience of 26 years, 10 months and 23 days, higher education category (PE4) will have an increase to the already existing state pension in the amount of 478.61 euros per month gross. At the same time, retroactively, the pensioner will receive 38,746.41 gross euros (478.61 euros x 81 months = 38,767.41 euros).

A state pensioner with a parallel service of 24 years, 1 month and 2 days, compulsory education category (HE), will have a gross increase of 371.87 euros per month on the already existing state pension. He will also receive retroactively €30,121.47 (€371.87 x 81 months = €30,121.47 gross).