In Russia should return to the old age retirement due to the economic crisis caused by the pandemic coronavirus infection COVID-19. With this initiative, according to “Constantinople”, was initiated by deputies of Legislative Assembly of St.-Petersburg Oksana Dmitrieva and Sergey Tromadance.
The issue of retirement age a new twist
In 2018, as reported by “the Rambler”, in Russia it was decided on a phased increase in the retirement age to 60 years for women and 65 for men. In 2019, the reform started.
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Yesterday Dmitrieva and Tromadance offered to return the age of retirement as it was before the reform, 55 for women and 60 for men. Dmitriev called the reduction of the retirement age the traditional measure of public support during the economic crisis, and pretensioners one of the most affected categories of the population from the current crisis.
According to her, they are unreliable workers for employers, because more than others at risk of complications from coronavirus infection.
The Deputy of Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg expressed his confidence that the lowering of the age of retirement, in addition to direct assistance to pretensioner, will also help to relieve the employment service and to reduce the cost of unemployment benefits.
