On April 30, 2022, the Law “On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on Improving Pension Legislation” came into force, which, according to the Cabinet of Ministers, restores justice in pension matters.
The text of the law can be found in the newspaper “Voice of Ukraine” dated April 29, 2022 . Fair changes in pension provision under the current law are as follows:
The law allows ahead of schedule, one and a half years before reaching retirement age, to assign pensions to those people who have a full insurance record and whose employment contract has been terminated due to a reduction in staff or the liquidation of a company.
Now , early pensions will be awarded to mothers and parents of children with serious, rare diseases who have not been diagnosed with disability.
From now on , all types of pensions will be indexed according to uniform rules, on a certain date . Annually on March 1, pensions of all categories of pensioners will be indexed taking into account inflation and growth in average wages.
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