Just two working days before the January salary payment began, the ANSeS was not uploaded into the system no reinforcements or bonuses to make such payments effective.
This is what they said Clarion several pension lawyers and the Defender of the Elderly, Eugenio Semino, who had access to the salary receipts that ANSeS advances into the system.
According to the pension institution’s calendar for the following month, the payment starts Wednesday 3 January with non-contributory pensions and the following week with that minimum wage retirements.
THE lack of ads As for the bonus, it is causing a lot of concern both among pensioners who earn the minimum and among those who are slightly above and were also receiving compensation.
The total number of pensioners and pensioners amounts to more than 7.6 million people. 40% have assets equal to or less than a minimum asset, 23% have between one and two minimum assets and the remaining 37% have assets equal to or greater than two minimum assets.
In December, about 5 million retirees and retirees received the $55,000 bonus, including non-contributory pensions. Yes, OK the bonuses had been there since December 2019 on, From September 2022 this aid has become monthly, due to the insufficiency of mobility increases compared to inflation.
That means Pensioners have only received their pensions for 15 months, as would happen from January if there were no changes.
Meanwhile, pensions and pensions have been declining for at least 8 years. AND This decline worsened in 2023, with inflation peaking.
A year ago, the minimum asset was $50,124 plus a $10,000 bonus ($60,124 total), and this December that sector received a minimum of $105,713 plus $55,000 ($160,713). It represents an increase of 167.3%. Meanwhile, annual inflation is around 200%. The minimum overall income would be 32.7 points lower than the price increase.
Without bonus payment, Total income would be reduced from $160,713 to $105,713 before tax: a nominal drop of almost 35%, not counting monthly inflation which could approach 30%.
Meanwhile, if the $55,000 bonus payment is maintained, total income would remain at $160,713 in both January and February, when inflation could accumulate to 80% or more in those 3 months. The decline in the purchasing power of the minimum pension could exceed 30% in just three months.
This means that if the bonus is not maintained, the pensioners of the minimum They would earn less in January than in December. And if the inflation bonus is maintained, it should rise to at least $70,000 in January and nearly $90,000 in February and implement some emergency increases for those who don’t collect bonuses.
It is more catastrophic than its original heritage the situation of those who have not collected the bonuses which this year had an increase of 110.9% against an inflation of 200%. Represents a drop of 90 points in just 12 months. If you add inflation in January and February, the drop could be around 50%.
These losses add to those of recent years, with drops in December of 40% for those who did not receive bonuses and of over 10% for those who received bonuses.
Another unknown is what will happen to the payments of final sentences favorable to pensioners which the pension law provides that they must be paid within 120 days. This deadline was not respected for several years and now there is doubt as to which budget item Milei will assign to him for 2024.
However, if the decree provides for an increase or the provision of a bonus, the ANSeS could provide it a complementary payment on dates other than the monthly calendar.
Source: Clarin
