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Recently, a friend asked why the country has been promoting the idea of delaying retirement for many years, yet it has not been implemented. In fact, the retirement age system in our country is a very complex system.
At present, the national documents on retirement age mainly refer to the 1978 State Council Document No. 104, which includes two regulations: "Interim Measures on the Retirement and Resignation of Workers" and "Interim Measures on the Placement of Old, Weak, Sick, and Disabled Cadres."
Later, in 1999, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security issued Document No. 9, "Notice on Stopping and Correcting the Violation of National Regulations on the Early Retirement of Enterprise Employees," which comprehensively emphasized the retirement age and early retirement regulations for enterprise employees.
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After that, in 2001, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security issued Document No. 20, "Notice on Issues Concerning the Improvement of the Basic Pension Insurance Policy for Urban Workers," which clarified the conditions for flexible employment personnel and peasant contract workers to receive pensions.
The current retirement age system has been supplemented by other documents and is also formulated by various localities on their own. For example, Jiangsu Province has clearly stipulated that retirement can be postponed upon personal application, consent of the employer, and record filing with the human resources and social security department. According to the recent national document, it indeed mentions that the reform of gradually delaying the statutory retirement age should be promoted in a voluntary and flexible manner, and in an orderly and stable way. In the early stages of implementation, it is likely to follow the model of Jiangsu Province, mainly based on personal voluntary application, and also requires the consent of the employer.
What is the statutory retirement age for various situations?
According to the summary of the above-mentioned policies, our statutory retirement age generally refers to:1. Normal retirement for employees: The retirement age for female management and professional technical personnel is 55 years old, and for female ordinary workers, it is 50 years old. In government and public institutions, they are also referred to as female workers and cadres, respectively, which is a model of setting retirement age based on identity. Regardless of their status, men typically retire at the age of 60.
The origins of these retirement ages in our country can be traced back to the "Labor Insurance Regulations" of 1951 and the "Interim Provisions on the Retirement of Workers and Staff" of 1957.
2. Early retirement for special jobs. For positions classified as special jobs, as long as the required working years on such posts are met, women can retire early at 45, and men at 55.
Special jobs are mainly divided into three categories: those involving high altitudes and particularly heavy physical labor must have worked for at least ten years, underground and high/low temperature work for at least nine years, and other jobs harmful to health for at least eight years. Special jobs are not self-identified; they must be recorded and filed in the employee's personnel file as a prerequisite for identification.
However, if an employee meets the conditions for early retirement due to a special job, after reaching an agreement with the enterprise, they can retire early and receive a pension between their legally stipulated early retirement age and their normal retirement age.
3. Early retirement due to loss of working capacity. If a person loses working capacity due to illness (not work-related), after assessment, women can retire early at 45, and men at 50.
If the person is still relatively young, they would receive disability benefits or go through the resignation procedures as stipulated.
According to the documents from 1978, the prerequisite for retirement at that time was to have a continuous working tenure of at least 10 years (with allowance for the conversion of working years). Now, it is based on having paid into the basic pension insurance for more than 15 years and reaching the retirement age to be eligible for a pension.
4. Urban self-employed individuals, flexible employment personnel, and contract workers in the agricultural sector, these are actually new employment entities that were not considered in the earliest retirement system of our country. In 2001, the state stipulated that for these groups, women need to have paid into the pension insurance for 15 years and can receive a pension at the age of 55, while men can do so at 60.Additionally, if one reaches the retirement age with less than 15 years of contribution to the basic pension insurance, they generally have to delay retirement and continue to pay until they have contributed for 15 years.
Overall, our retirement age system was established and formed at the beginning of the nation's founding. With the development and changes in the economic and social landscape, people's life expectancy has also greatly increased. The existing retirement and pension system indeed requires further improvement. #Top Headline Creation Challenge# #Retirement Age#
Recently, a friend asked why the country has been promoting the idea of delaying retirement for many years, yet it has not been implemented. In fact, the retirement age system in our country is a very complex system.
At present, the national documents on retirement age mainly refer to the 1978 State Council Document No. 104, which includes two regulations: "Interim Measures on the Retirement and Resignation of Workers" and "Interim Measures on the Placement of Old, Weak, Sick, and Disabled Cadres."
Later, in 1999, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security issued Document No. 9, "Notice on Stopping and Correcting the Violation of National Regulations on the Early Retirement of Enterprise Employees," which comprehensively emphasized the retirement age and early retirement regulations for enterprise employees.
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After that, in 2001, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security issued Document No. 20, "Notice on Issues Concerning the Improvement of the Basic Pension Insurance Policy for Urban Workers," which clarified the conditions for flexible employment personnel and peasant contract workers to receive pensions.
The current retirement age system has been supplemented by other documents and is also formulated by various localities on their own. For example, Jiangsu Province has clearly stipulated that retirement can be postponed upon personal application, consent of the employer, and record filing with the human resources and social security department. According to the recent national document, it indeed mentions that the reform of gradually delaying the statutory retirement age should be promoted in a voluntary and flexible manner, and in an orderly and stable way. In the early stages of implementation, it is likely to follow the model of Jiangsu Province, mainly based on personal voluntary application, and also requires the consent of the employer.
What is the statutory retirement age for various situations?
According to the summary of the above-mentioned policies, our statutory retirement age generally refers to:1. Normal retirement for employees: The retirement age for female management and professional technical personnel is 55 years old, and for female ordinary workers, it is 50 years old. In government and public institutions, they are also referred to as female workers and cadres, respectively, which is a model of setting retirement age based on identity. Regardless of their status, men typically retire at the age of 60.
The origins of these retirement ages in our country can be traced back to the "Labor Insurance Regulations" of 1951 and the "Interim Provisions on the Retirement of Workers and Staff" of 1957.
2. Early retirement for special jobs. For positions classified as special jobs, as long as the required working years on such posts are met, women can retire early at 45, and men at 55.
Special jobs are mainly divided into three categories: those involving high altitudes and particularly heavy physical labor must have worked for at least ten years, underground and high/low temperature work for at least nine years, and other jobs harmful to health for at least eight years. Special jobs are not self-identified; they must be recorded and filed in the employee's personnel file as a prerequisite for identification.
However, if an employee meets the conditions for early retirement due to a special job, after reaching an agreement with the enterprise, they can retire early and receive a pension between their legally stipulated early retirement age and their normal retirement age.
3. Early retirement due to loss of working capacity. If a person loses working capacity due to illness (not work-related), after assessment, women can retire early at 45, and men at 50.
If the person is still relatively young, they would receive disability benefits or go through the resignation procedures as stipulated.
According to the documents from 1978, the prerequisite for retirement at that time was to have a continuous working tenure of at least 10 years (with allowance for the conversion of working years). Now, it is based on having paid into the basic pension insurance for more than 15 years and reaching the retirement age to be eligible for a pension.
4. Urban self-employed individuals, flexible employment personnel, and contract workers in the agricultural sector, these are actually new employment entities that were not considered in the earliest retirement system of our country. In 2001, the state stipulated that for these groups, women need to have paid into the pension insurance for 15 years and can receive a pension at the age of 55, while men can do so at 60.Additionally, if one reaches the retirement age with less than 15 years of contribution to the basic pension insurance, they generally have to delay retirement and continue to pay until they have contributed for 15 years.
Overall, our retirement age system was established and formed at the beginning of the nation's founding. With the development and changes in the economic and social landscape, people's life expectancy has also greatly increased. The existing retirement and pension system indeed requires further improvement. #Top Headline Creation Challenge# #Retirement Age#