Chega will introduce a bill to parliament so that time spent at home caring for children under the age of 12 is included in the calculation of the pension.
“The period during which a parent gave up working as an employee or service provider to devote himself to domestic care counts towards the calculation of the old-age pension”provides the diploma released to the press this Wednesday.
As “domestic care”, the project notes that it is “actions, repeated over time, to care for and accompany minors in their growth process, to meet their needs and to allow the free development of their personality to improve”.
This project provides that people born after January 1, 1946, who were not receiving “any allowance or maternity allowance or any equivalent” at the time of domestic care, can benefit from this program in view of their retirement.
Only one of the parents can receive the benefit, which can be awarded to those who “care full-time for a child or children under the age of 12” or, over the age of 12, “require additional care” due to a disability or illness.
The old-age pension is an amount paid monthly to persons who are beneficiaries of the general social security scheme, in old age, and which replaces wages after working life from the age of 66 years and 7 months in 2022 and 66 years and 4 months in 2023.
Currently, the conditions for accessing the old-age pension and the amount to be received depend on the social security scheme you have withdrawn from, the reductions made and the age at which you retire.
Source: DN
