The Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration finalizes the mechanism to compensate the pension for periods of low or no contribution after having or adopting a child and that could already be
in force at the beginning of next year,
the minister has advanced to Efe , José Luis Escrivá.
This change, which will be made by modifying the
General Law of Social Security
, involves reformulating the maternity supplement in pensions that the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) considered discriminatory with men.
To do this, Escrivá explained, at the time of retirement
the working life will be seen and compensatory coefficients will be applied
to those periods without contributing after having or adopting children that will increase the amount of the pension.
"It is a regulatory change that establishes a payment associated with periods of low or no contribution to Social Security in the periods after having a child," he said.
It remains
to be determined what "window of time" will be taken into account
after the arrival of a child to see those "contribution gaps".
"We are at a fairly advanced point," Escrivá acknowledged, who trusts that this regulatory change, without legal risks due to discrimination, will be in force at the beginning of next year.
"It is not discriminatory between men and women but (...) we are sure that it will be
a benefit that, in a very high percentage, will favor women
and help reduce the gender gap that exists in pensions ", he defends.
The maternity supplement in pensions, approved in 2016 by the PP government, established an additional percentage in the amount of each new pensioner based on the number of children they had had: 5% more for two children, 10% for three and 15% for four or more children.
As of August 31, 2020,
319,896 women were collecting the maternity supplement in their
retirement pensions for an average of 59.5 euros per month, according to Social Security data.
According to the latest pension payroll, that of October, there are
3.7 million men receiving a retirement pension
for an average amount of 1,345 euros, while in the case of the
2.4 million women
pensioners the average pension does not reach 892 euros.
In this way, the gender gap in retirement pensions stands at 33.6%, although in the case of new registrations it is reduced to 19.5%, while a decade ago in these new registrations it also exceeded 33%, according to Social Security data.
With the modification that Escrivá raises, the aim would be to compensate for the reductions in working hours, or layoffs, that have occurred after maternity, since it is mostly women who have the largest contribution gaps.
According to the latest data from the Labor Force Survey (EPA), in the third quarter of the year there were
461,000 women working part-time
who claimed to do so to care for minors or dependents, compared to 29,200 men.
Likewise, there were 3.4 million inactive women dedicated to housework, compared to 510,000 men.
It is also mostly women (87%) who take leave of absence for childcare, with 38,454 registered in the first half of the year, compared to 5,431 men, although the first three years are considered effective contribution periods to Effects of Social Security benefits.
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