The President of the German Pension Insurance has given hope for a pension increase in the coming year.
There is one important requirement, however.
It affects
millions of pensioners in Germany
: The President of the German Pension Insurance, Gundula Roßbach, has given
hope for a pension increase in the coming year
.
This was reported by the
German Press Agency
(dpa, as of March 27) on the occasion of a newspaper report on Saturday.
“The forecasts so far assume that wages will rise again compared to the previous year, mainly because there will be less short-time work * in 2021 than last year.
In this respect, I expect a positive development for the retirees in the coming year, ”said Roßbach der Düsseldorfer accordingly to the“ Rheinische Post ”.
"The prerequisite is, of course, that the third wave of the pandemic does not last until December."
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Corona crisis: Pension increase will be canceled in the west in 2021 - only a mini increase in the east
As reported, the
usual increase in old-age pensions has been canceled this year due to the corona crisis in western Germany
.
In the east there will only be a mini increase of 0.72 percent.
In 2020, however, despite the corona-related economic slump, there was another strong pension increase of 4.2 percent in the east and 3.45 percent in the west, as
reported by the
dpa
.
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What should retirees expect in the future?
Financially, Gundula Roßbach sees the
pension insurance as
well positioned, as
dpa
writes.
"The good years before the crisis gave us a relatively high sustainability reserve of currently around 35 billion euros," she said, according to the aforementioned report.
“It was reduced in 2020 by around four billion euros.
However, the decline was significantly smaller than expected a year ago. "
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The President of the German Pension Insurance had suggested that it should be checked whether the
additional income rules, which were
greatly improved
in the
Corona crisis
, can be retained for
the Flexi pension
.
In the case of early retirement pensions, the limit for additional earnings that were not offset against was raised from EUR 6,300 per year to EUR 46,000.
“I expect that will make the Flexi pension more attractive.
You should evaluate this and check whether it makes sense to adhere to the more generous additional income
rules
even after the pandemic. ”
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