Social benefit in the form of 13. The pension will remain maintained. Similarly, it does not reach for other social benefits, such as family allowances, parental allowance, maternity benefits or childbirth allowance within the second consolidation package.
He said this in the Sunday discussion session in TA3 TV policy Minister of Labor, Social Affairs and Family Erik Tomáš (Voice-SD). Opposition MP Marián Viskupič (SaS) He criticized the Labor Department for 13. Pension cannot afford to give seniors who have a pension higher than the current average wage in the Slovak Republic.
“It is finally a pension benefit because it is deserved by those pensioners who have a higher pension and are few, Because even two -thirds of seniors have not even an average pension. Therefore, we will not punish those pensioners who paid more or had a higher income, ”said Tomáš, saying that every senior is entitled to 13.
The scope of the social standards currently set up by the government, according to Viskupič, is unable to maintain as The current state gives 120,000 pensioners who have a proper old -age pension higher than the average wage in Slovakia, even the thirteenth.
It is, according to him, a non -social measure, since People with average salaries consist of 13th pension for seniors who have a proper old -age pension very good. According to him, the Social Insurance Agency (SP) is currently in a loss of around three billion euros, while the deficit was also significantly signed by the payment of 13 pensions. Tomas responded that if there were no 13th pension, the SP deficit would increase for the second pillar.
At the same time, the head of the Ministry of Labor also commented on the situation of redundancies in companies in Slovakia and He pointed out that there are no government measures behind the end of production.
“In the first four months of this year, about 21 mass redundancies have been reported, which does not mean that the whole company is over, only a large part of people ends or somewhere the whole company. Last year, it was 36 mass redundancies last year, 44 % less people at risk of employment or loss,” said Tomáš. In the case of unpaid wages by companies, the Labor Ministry is trying to help employees by paying these lost wages from the Guarantee Fund of the Social Insurance Agency.
Viskupic added that nThe biggest problem is that outgoing companies have no one to replace in Slovakia. New investments in the country are declining and will only be one percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) next year.
