“Now Russia employs 7.3 million people over working age,” Topilin’s statement at the meeting of G20 labor and employment ministers cites the Russian Ministry of Labor’s press service.
According to him, over five years the share of working pensioners among all employed in Russia increased from 8.5 to 9.6%.
At the same time, the minister said that in Russia "more than 95% of the economically active population work."
At the end of July, it was reported that the Pension Fund of Russia will recalculate insurance pensions for pensioners who worked in 2018.
At the end of May, a Superjob survey showed that recruiters of manufacturing and industrial enterprises are most loyal to employing retirees.