From the end of June and in successive waves to autumn, starts with EFKA or Great retroactive payment business to more than 50,000 pensioners. These amounts are concerned pending pension recalculations and Returns of Mnemonic Reservationsand in some cases can reach up to the 15,000 euros.
What is the payment of retroactive
The main weight of payments falls into two basic groups:
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About 40,000 pensioners with over 30 years of insurancewhose pensions are recalculated on the basis of improved replacement rates of 2020.
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Retired armed forcesentitled to the return of the bookings of Law 4093/2012.
First mass backgrounds are expected from the end of June to early July, by starting from the retiredwho will receive returns up to 2,700 eurosfor reservations in their main pensions during the period 1.1.2021 – 31.3.2023.
What are returns and how do they
The refund of the amounts is derived from Incorrect reservations in main and auxiliary pensionsas from April 2023 The detention was abolished in dividends And so the overall pension of the retirees fell to a lower scale. This leads to 27 months retroactivelywho are now returned to them.
According to social security experts, the average of retroactive will be ranging in 8,000 – 8,500 euroswhile in extreme cases, especially for Old pensioners with high earningsthe amount may touch or even exceed 15,000 euros.
The trap of ‘personal difference’
For each retirement recalculated, Adjusts and increases already given for the period 2023-2025. If it emerges personal difference (new pension amount less than or equal to the previous one), then the increase does not pass to pocket of the pensioner, but is offset. Only when the difference is reset will the retiree see a real increase in the amount of his pension.
Funds, Reviews and Payment Speed
Returns They will not become massive and horizontalbut gradually and vaccinesonce the recalculation is completed on a case -by -case basis. The reason? Each folder is unique: with successive or parallel insurance, incomplete earnings or insurance time.
EFKA has already begun Tests with new softwareso that recalculations can automatically “run” and correct the errors.
The Tmain insurance involved mainly concern:
When is the process completed – who has already been paid
OR EFKA administration estimates that All payments they will have Completed by Autumn 2025. Have already been paid retroactively to pensioners of Olympic Air Force and former bankwhile other pensioners of the same categories expected to be paid soon.
What do pensioners need to know – useful tips
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Watch MyEFKA or consult your insurance consultant. The process is automated, but there are cases that require information correction.
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Do not rush for applications. Payments are made automatically when the recalculation is completed.
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Pay attention to offsetting increases. If you see a fixed amount of pension, there may be a personal difference that is offset.
Payment of retroactives by EFKA is Important breath for thousands of pensionersespecially those who have been waiting for the correction of injustices in the calculation of their pensions for years. In spite of the complexity and the different speeds, The process is evolving and finally performing fruit. Beneficiaries are sufficient to be alert and regularly informed so as not to lose the money they belong to.