Even if the moratorium for women expired on December 31st and the Chamber of Deputies has not dealt with the project that replaces it, which has the approval of the Senate, Clarín was told by ANSeS that the The UDAI or the Delegations of the social security institution receive the retirement procedures of those who requested an appointment by 31 December.
“People who had access to shifts before December 31st keep the right to join the plan of regularization of the law 26.970, regardless of the date that the shift has assigned for its presentation to the UDAI”, clarifies circular letter no. 1/2023 of the pension institution.
Meanwhile, “cases that are being processed before 1/1/2023 and which due to permissible situations must be resolved under the guidelines of this moratorium can be resolved normally,” the circular adds.
However, “Those who did not request the shift or did not apply to request the benefit before 1/1/2023 will not be able to access the moratorium plan Therefore, the Udai should not perform any duties related to the 26.970 law”
On the other hand, the Government has included the Senate project in the extraordinary sessions of Congress which begin on 9 January.
The bet of the party in power is that, this time, the opposition gives the quorum and the project can become law because the moratorium for women expired on December 31st and the new law that should have started on January 1st, which concerns both women and men, has not been dealt with by the Chamber of Deputies.
In turn, the Moratorium Law 24.476 is still in effect, difficult to access because the periods to be included must be between January 1, 1955 and September 30, 1993 and “inclusion in this moratorium is previously subject to a socio-economic assessment”as reported by ANSeS.
Consequentially, if the project is not approved, 9 out of 10 women and 7 out of 10 men approaching retirement age (60 for women, 65 for men) they will not be able to retire because they will not reach the 30 years of required contributions.
According to official reports from the Congressional Budget Office and ANSeS, without a moratorium in place, between 720,000 and 800,000 men and women would not be able to retire in 2023 and 2024 because even if they meet the age requirement (60, women and 65 for men) would not reach 30 years of contributions.
According to the OPC, in the first year there would be “494,242 people, of whom 78.3% were women. For the second year, enrollments would be approximately 225,409 people”, for a total of 719,651 people who accumulate many years without contributions due to having worked in the informal sector or being unemployed, and are in a situation of socio-economic and financial vulnerability.
Meanwhile, the director general of ANSES programming, Ignacio Amigorena, had estimated that the interim debt payment plan could “include around 800,000 people of retirement age in the system over the next two years, of which around 60% are women”.
In the case of 65-year-old men, the only variant without a moratorium would be to access the PUAM (Adult Elderly Benefit) which guarantees 80% of the minimum wage (currently $40,099), regardless of the salary and years actually paid (5, 10 or 25 years) and without entitlement to the spouse’s widow’s pension.
Meanwhile, women would have to wait until the age of 65 to also access the PUAM under the same conditions.
The moratorium with an average sanction from the Senate makes it possible to regularize the missing periods up to December 2008 (inclusive) through the application of an installment method which will be discounted directly from the accrued pension. The number of installments can reach up to 120, according to the conditions established by the law.
Source: Clarin
