According to a report by the Court of Auditors, one in seven pensions calculated at the time of retirement in 2019 was wrong.
In three years, the proportion of erroneous pensions has increased by a third.
In one out of two cases, the amount of the error is less than 124 euros.
But it is mostly against the retiree.
If you've just retired, keep a close eye on your pension amount.
In its report on Social Security published yesterday, the Court of Auditors indicates that in 2019, one in seven pensions calculated at the time of retirement was wrong.
"Mistakes are too frequent", says the Court, which calls for "essential progress".
The more so in three years, the proportion of erroneous pensions increased by a third.
An error which in two thirds of cases is to the detriment of the retiree.
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Thousands of euros per year
If in 50% of cases, the error is less than 124 euros, mainly to the detriment of the retiree, this can represent over the years several thousand euros for a retiree who does not request a correction.
These figures come directly from the National Old Age Insurance Fund, which set up a team of 40 people in 2016, to estimate these error rates.
Each year, this team extracts a sample of 10,000 pension files that have just been liquidated and recalculates them entirely to identify the differences between the amount found and the amount initially established.
An error to report immediately
And for 60% of the errors, they are due to an imperfect consideration of the elements of an employee's career, such as poor transmission of information, a change of employer in the middle of a year, or even a period of unemployment.
So to avoid any errors, it is essential to examine in detail the individual career statement that you receive every five years from your 35th birthday, and more frequently when you approach retirement age.
This record is mainly used to identify errors and any oversights and to report them immediately.