Women’s day – Heinisch-Hosek calls for promised credit waiting periods

Old-age poverty fight – Waiting days credit for minimum pension

Vienna (OTS/SK) – SPÖ-Chairman and equal treatment, spokeswoman Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek calls for on the occasion of the woman day of the woman Minister and the black-blue government, once again, the promised credit for the waiting periods. „The government has promised that all the waiting months for Vorrückungen, holidays etc. are counted. Nothing happened.“ It is also pushing for inclusion of waiting times on the minimum pension of 1,200 euros. „That would be an effective measure against the poverty of women in the Board – and not the mandatory pension splitting, the Minister Bogner-Strauß now propagated, but the triggers on low incomes no problems at all.“ ****

„We need to ensure that women come to regular wages, and thus have an independent Board, they can live on. If by the government to the promotion of women from the labour market policy target to be deleted specifications, or to important initiatives such as the action to 20,000, then we will go exactly in the opposite direction,“ she criticizes. Two measures are particularly urgent: a legal recognition of the waiting times in the case of wage vorrückungen the women would be helped immediately. „For the amount of the Pension is extremely important. The ÖVP and the FPÖ would have to agree to our request“, said Heinisch-Hosek.

In addition, it needs the recognition of insurance periods in the case of the increase of the minimum pension. „Women who have done childcare would benefit greatly.“ From the mandatory pension splitting holds Heinisch-Hosek little. „We have created the possibility that couples voluntarily share pension times. Because this was advertised in the last years, have increased the Numbers fortunately. A way out of the risk of poverty of women in old age, but this is only in rare cases, because it only works if the Partner has a high income. The independent Board, waiting periods and insurance periods are credited, is the key to livelihood security in old age.“ (The end) mr/ah/mp

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