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The Law Of Some Of The Long Term Unemployed Persons The Pension Support

Original Language Title: Laki eräiden pitkäaikaisesti työttöminä olleiden henkilöiden eläketuesta

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Law on pension support for certain long-term unemployed persons

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In accordance with the decision of the Parliament:

Chapter 1

General conditions for access to pension aid

ARTICLE 1
Right to pension support

The person residing in Finland born in 1947-1947, who, on 31 December 2004, is entitled to labour market support and a public employment service (1295/2002) Section 7 of Chapter 1 , as referred to in paragraph 1 (5), in the form of a long-term unemployed person and paid for by the unemployment insurance law (1290/2002) The labour market support of at least 2 500 days, or for which a maximum period has been paid under the unemployment insurance law, in addition to the labour market support of at least 2 000 days from 1 January 1992 to 31 December 2004, Are entitled to pension support under this law. For the purposes of calculating the above 2 500 days, account shall also be taken of days where unemployment benefit has not been paid because of the restrictions mentioned in Section 2 (1), (3), (4), (7) and (8) of Chapter 7 of the Unemployment Insurance Act, or because of the fact that the person is Paid health insurance law (1224/2004) Of the sickness benefit. The right to pension support will continue until the end of the month in which the person reaches 62. (23.6.2005/455)

On 31 December 2004, in addition to the beneficiary of the labour market, the person entitled to the labour market support referred to in paragraph 1 shall be regarded as the person entitled to the labour market support, as referred to in Article 2 (1) to (8) of the unemployment insurance law and Article 3 (1) of the unemployment insurance law, Article 3 (1) The unemployed person referred to in the article, who receives sickness benefit in accordance with the sickness insurance legislation. (23.6.2005/455)

Pension aid shall be paid for the national pension contribution and the contribution to the occupational pension scheme as set out below.

ARTICLE 2
The beneficiary's entitlement to a retirement pension

The person referred to in Article 1 shall be entitled to (568/2007) And the retirement pension provided for in Article 5, from the beginning of the month following the age of 62. An old-age pension shall not be deducted from the allowance. (11.5.2007/574)

If, before the entry into force of this law, the person referred to in Article 1 has reached the age of 62, he shall be entitled to an old-age pension as referred to in paragraph 1. An old-age pension is granted on application.

ARTICLE 3 (11.5.2007/574)
Relationship with other benefits

The right to a pension entitlement shall not be subject to a person receiving an invalidity pension, an oldage pension or a reduced oldage pension, or a law on the entry into force of the National Pensions Act, (169/2007) Unemployment pension or individual early retirement pension, the date of entry into force of the pension law of the employee (186/2006) , or in accordance with the provisions of the Act amending the Pensions Act, (634/2003) An individual early retirement pension under the entry into force or a corresponding pension paid abroad.

The beneficiary of a pension scheme shall be entitled to a daily allowance in accordance with the sickness insurance scheme, in accordance with Section 6 of Chapter 8 of Chapter 8 of the Health Insurance Act. The beneficiary of a pension subsidy is not entitled to unemployment benefit under the unemployment insurance law.

The pensioner shall be entitled to a child increase as provided for in Article 51 of the National Pensions Act.

If the pensioner is entitled to an early retirement pension under the National Pensions Act, the initial pension will be paid in the amount of the initial pension exceeding the amount of the national pension. Pension aid and survivors' pensions under the National Pensions Act are not paid at the same time.

§ 4
Living in Finland

The residence of a person in Finland is determined by the law on the application of social security legislation (15/071993) Included.

Chapter 2

Number of pension subsidy

§ 5
Number of occupational pension contributions

If, by 31 December 2004, the person referred to in Article 1 has escaped the worker's pension scheme (185/1961) Pension under the minimum conditions, the pension scheme of workers in short-term employment (134/1962) Pension, the pension scheme for farmers (467/1969) A pension under the minimum conditions, the pension scheme of entrepreneurs (14/08/1969) Pension under the minimum conditions, the seamen's pension (192/1956) Of the pension scheme for artists and certain specific categories of workers (662/1985) Pension, municipal pension scheme (2003) Pension, State pension law (280/1966) And other pension to which the entitlement is governed by other provisions according to the State pension law, the pension law of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (298/1966) And of the Law on the Orthodox Church (1922/1969) , he is entitled to receive the pension subsidy as a contribution to the pension contribution calculated in accordance with the abovementioned laws until 31 December 2004. The pension contribution shall be adjusted for the 2004 indexation of the pension subsidy using the index figures provided for in Article 9 (2) of the Workers' Pensions Act.

ARTICLE 6 (11.5.2007/574)
Amouns of national contribution

Full national pensions amount to EUR 506,35 per month. If the recipient of the pension subsidy is married or in an open marriage, the total national pension contribution is EUR 449,13 per month. (7.12.2007/1157)

The amount of the pension contribution shall be reduced by 50 % of the total annual income from the total annual income, exceeding EUR 536 per year. The annual income account shall be taken into account in Article 5 and the benefits provided for in Article 22 (1) and (2) of the National Pensions Act. The revenue items affecting the determination of pension support shall be rounded to the nearest euro.

If the claimant has resided abroad, the amount of the national pension will be subject to the provisions of Article 21 (1) to (4) of the National Pensions Act.

The pension contribution shall not be paid if it is less than EUR 5,38 per month.

Chapter 3

Pension aid provisions

§ 7
Spouses and separation

If a man and a woman are not continuously living in a common household under marital conditions, the national pension contribution of the pension subsidy shall be subject to the provisions laid down in this Act concerning the persons married.

If the person who is married does not have a common household with his spouse, his pension contribution shall be subject to the provisions laid down in this Act for the pension of a person who is not married.

§ 8 (7.12.2007/1157)
Pension support during prison sentence

For the payment of pension support, the term of imprisonment of the pensioner shall be subject to the provisions of Article 66 of the National Pensions Act.

§ 9 (7.12.2007/1157)
Notification obligation

The beneficiary of a pension subsidy shall inform the National Pensions Office of the conclusion or termination of marriage, of the termination of the partnership or of the termination of an open marriage, of any change in earnings affecting the pension subsidy, the change abroad and the other Corresponding to the information necessary to pay the pension subsidy.

Chapter 4

Procedural provisions

ARTICLE 10
Application for retirement support

Pension aid is claimed by a form approved by the Social Insurance Institution for the purpose of the Social Insurance Institution. The applicant for pension support shall provide for the award of the pension subsidy and for the payment of the information on the name and date of his/her spouse, of the address, in prison, of the daily allowances and labour market support under the unemployment insurance law, Of the payout of their unemployment benefits and of the pension income they receive, as well as other information necessary to pay the pension. (7.12.2007/1157)

An application for a pension may be rejected if the applicant refuses to provide the information necessary to resolve the application or to submit a statement which may reasonably be required of him.

ARTICLE 11
Granting of pension subsidy

Pension aid shall be granted from the beginning of the month following the beginning of the month following the end of the month following the end of employment. Pension aid shall not be granted without any particular reason beyond the six-month period prior to the application for pension support.

ARTICLE 12 (25/10/2015)
Payment of pension subsidy

Pension aid shall be paid monthly to the account declared by the beneficiary in the European Union. In addition, Article 64 of the National Pensions Act shall apply.

ARTICLE 13
Temporary payment of pension aid

If, in the case of pension support, an appeal is pending in respect of pensions under the laws referred to in Article 5 and the amount of benefits under the laws referred to in Article 5, the pension subsidy may be granted and paid as temporary.

In the country applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community The settlement of run-down insurance periods is pending, the pension subsidy may be granted as a temporary period for the duration of the proceedings. (11.5.2007/574)

ARTICLE 14
The beneficiary's right to an invalidity pension

If a person receiving a pension subsidy becomes disabled as referred to in Article 5 or in accordance with Article 12 of the National Pensions Act, the pensioner may receive an invalidity pension from the beginning of the month following the onset of invalidity. The pension subsidy shall be abolished when the invalidity pension starts. (11.5.2007/574)

If the invalidity pension is granted as rehabilitation aid, the person referred to in this Act shall be entitled to the pension support, on the previous basis, from the beginning of the month following the end of the rehabilitation aid.

§ 15
Reable pension support

If a pension is granted retroactively to a beneficiary of a pension, a benefit or a benefit to the amount of the pension contribution of the national pension scheme, the Social Insurance Institution may recover from the same period the amount of the pension contribution paid over the same period. Of a pension or other benefit as provided for in the National Pensions Act.

If, in the same period, when a person is paid for a pension, the unemployment benefit under the unemployment insurance law has also been paid, the pension subsidy is paid to the payer for the period of unemployment benefit.

ARTICLE 16
Review of pension subsidy

The national pension contribution shall be adjusted if;

(1) the recipient of the pension subsidy ties the marriage or his marriage unravelled;

(2) the beneficiary of the pension subsidy goes to an open marriage or ceases to be open; or

(3) Whereas a change in the annual accounts affecting the pension subsidy has taken place other than that arising from indexation.

(11.5.2007/574)

If the change in pension support has taken place on 1 day of the calendar month, the pension subsidy will be reviewed from the beginning of the month. Otherwise, the pension contribution will be reviewed from the beginning of the month following the event.

If the conditions for raising the pension contribution rate are known to the National Pensions Office, an increase may also be granted without an application.

§ 17
Temporary suspension and closure of pension aid

The payment of the pension subsidy may be temporarily suspended or reduced until the case has been definitively settled, if there is a reasonable reason to believe that the pension subsidy should be terminated or reduced, or if it is in accordance with Article 9 The obligation to notify a revision of the conditions for the payment of pension support is not complied with.

If the pensioner moves abroad to live, the pension subsidy will be abolished from the beginning of the month following that in which the pension is transferred.

ARTICLE 18 (11.5.2007/574)
Payment of pension subsidy to the municipal institution

The Social Insurance Institution may decide that the pension subsidy is paid by the Social Services Act of the (710/1982) § 6 To the institution referred to in paragraph 1, for the maintenance of the assets of the beneficiary of the pension subsidy and of the property referred to in Article 66 (3) of the National Pensions Act, where the payment to the beneficiary of the benefit of the recipient or of his or her family is at risk. Pension aid thus paid shall not, contrary to the express consent of the recipient of the pension subsidy, be used for maintenance other than the maintenance period for which the pension subsidy has been paid.

The payment of the pension subsidy to the municipal institution may be made by the beneficiary, his marital or unmarried partner, the rest of his or her family or the person concerned, or by the institution concerned.

§ 19
Procedural provisions and appeals for pension support

The pension subsidy for the implementation of the National Pensions Act shall apply to what is laid down in the National Pensions Act concerning the adoption of a decision, the increase in late payment, the receipt of information, the use of data, the use of data and the technical service, And the correction of the pension decision, the appeal procedure and the withdrawal of the final decision.

Chapter 5

Outstanding provisions

§ 20
Output ban

However, the national pension contribution shall not be foreclosed in the light of the provisions of Article 93 of the National Pensions Act. (11.5.2007/574)

The agreement, which refers to the transfer of a pension entitlement under this law, is null and void.

ARTICLE 21
Implementation and right of access

The tasks relating to pension support under this Act shall be exercised by the Social Insurance Institution.

At the request of the Social Insurance Institution or the Employment Pensions Office, the Employment Office shall issue an opinion free of charge on whether the person referred to in Article 1 is a long-term unemployed person within the meaning of the Law on the Public Employment Service. The submission and opinion of the Labour Office's opinion may be laid down by a decree of the Ministry of Labour. (23.6.2005/455)

The National Pensions Office shall have the right to receive, free of charge, without prejudice to the provisions of this Act, information on the daily allowances paid to the applicant for unemployment benefit from the unemployment fund under the unemployment insurance law paid to the applicant.

§ 22
Reporting obligations of the Pension Security Centre and the People's Pension Fund

The Social Insurance Institution shall indicate the personal data of the person applying for the pension subsidy to the employment office for the purposes of Article 21 and to the Pension Protection Centre for the purposes of determining the employment pension contribution of the pension institution.

The Pension Security Centre shall inform the People's Pensions Office on the basis of the information received from the pension institutions in accordance with the laws referred to in Article 5, the amount or the change in the amount of the pension to the applicant for the payment of the pension subsidy.

ARTICLE 23
Financing

The State shall reimbursing the costs of pension contributions payable to the People's Pensions Office under this Act.

Before the date of payment, the Social Insurance Institution shall notify the State of the amount required for the payment of pension funds payable by the National Pensions Office. The difference between the amount of the pension contributions paid in the calendar month and the difference between the same month's advances shall be reported to the State during the month following the month of payment. The State must pay the difference by 15 days of the second month following the month of payment.

On the basis of the notification referred to in paragraph 2, the State shall pay the amount in accordance with the notification to the National Pensions Office not later than one business day before the date of payment of the pension subsidy.

The old-age pension paid after the end of the pension subsidy is financed in accordance with the provisions of the National Pensions Act and the employment pension schemes referred to in Article 5.

§ 24
Indexisdicity

The amount of the pension subsidy is linked to changes in the cost of living in such a way that they are amended at the same time and in the same proportion as in the Law on National Pensions (2003) Provides. The amounts provided for in Article 6 of this Act correspond to the scoring figure of the national pension scheme, according to which the size of the national pensions paid in 2001 has been calculated.

ARTICLE 25
Entry into force

This Act shall enter into force on 1 May 2005.

Before the entry into force of this Act, measures may be taken to implement the law.

Pension aid shall be granted before the date of entry into force of the law.

THEY 183/2004 , StVM 27/2004, EV 161/2004

Entry into force and application of amending acts:

23.6.2005:

This Act shall enter into force on 1 July 2005. However, the law shall apply from 1 May 2005.

LA 69/2005, StVM 10/2005, EK 17/2005

2.12.2005/943:

This Act shall enter into force on 1 September 2006.

Upon the entry into force of this Act, the pension subsidy of a person receiving a pension subsidy shall be amended to comply with this law without an application. The modification of the pension subsidy shall be adopted upon request.

The amounts provided for in the Act correspond to the scoring figure for the National Pensions Act, according to which the size of the national pensions paid in January 2001 has been calculated.

Before the entry into force of this Act, measures may be taken to implement it.

THEY 124/2005 , StVM 14/2005, EV 119/2005

11.5.2007/57:

This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2008.

Upon the entry into force of this Act, the law on the general charge classification of municipalities (19/05/1973) And the Decree of the Council of Ministers on the General Expentable Classification of Local Authorities (1920/2005) On the basis of Article 6 of this Act, the national pension contribution of the pension subsidy in the form of the second category of the premium shall be amended as from 1 January 2008. The decision to amend the pension subsidy shall be made at the request of the pensioner. Otherwise, the payment of the pension subsidy for the purposes of the entry into force of this Act shall continue, on the basis of the former, until the revision of the pension contribution under Article 16 of this Act or until the retirement pension ceases.

The amounts provided for in Article 6 of this Act correspond to the scoring figure of the national pension scheme, according to which the size of the national pensions paid in 2001 has been calculated.

Before the entry into force of this Act, measures may be taken to implement the law.

THEY 90/2006 , StVM 56/2006, EV 283/2006

7.12.2007:

This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2008.

Upon entry into force of this Act, the pension allowance shall be converted into compliance with this law from 1 January 2008.

The amounts provided for in Article 6 of this Act correspond to the scoring figure of the national pension scheme, according to which the size of the national pensions paid in 2001 has been calculated.

Before the entry into force of this Act, measures may be taken to implement the law.

THEY 95/2007 , StVM 9/2007, EV 55/2007

25.10.2013/4:

This Act shall enter into force on 1 November 2013.

THEY 100/2013 , StVM 9/2013, EV 103/2013