- The average January payroll stands at 1,223 euros, 25% more than the 981 euros of 2,018
- The government delegate highlights that, if the index of the 2013 reform of the previous government had been maintained, the increase would be only 12.32 euros
- José Vélez reiterates that the policies of the Government of Spain are sustaining the Welfare State in the Region of Murcia
January 25, 2023. The average retirement pension has been revalued 242 euros in the Region of Murcia in the last five years to place the payroll of retirees and retirees at 1,223.08 euros per month, 25% more than what they received in 2018, the government delegate reported in a press conference in which he detailed the benefits derived from the revaluation of pensions in 8.5% in general and in 15% in the case of non-contributory pensions.
“The pension system is one of the main assets of our Welfare State, and this very important increase of 8.5% by 2023 equals the average growth in prices in 2022, which guarantees the purchasing power of our 232,278 pensioners and the 255,934 pensions in the Region of Murcia, including those of widowhood, permanent disability, orphanhood or family favor,” explained Vélez.
The government delegate has indicated that this increase is not exceptional or circumstantial, since the purchasing power of pensions is assured in any circumstance thanks to Law 21/2021 promoted by the current Executive and which guarantees its revaluation with the consumer price index.
“I said recently, and I insist today, that the policies and measures of the Government of Spain are sustaining the Region of Murcia and its Welfare State, and proof of this is the significant increase of 242 euros that has experienced the average retirement pension in the Region of Murcia in the last 5 years. So much so that, if this commitment of the Government of Spain had not been mediated, the increase would have been only 12.32 euros applying the revaluation index of the previous Government of Spain and its reform of the year 2013”, said Vélez, who stressed that of those 242 euros, 95.82 correspond to the revaluation of the last year and is already charged for the first time in the payroll of January.
Of the 232,278 pensioners currently in the Region of Murcia, 111,701 are women and 120,577 men, accounting for a total of 255,934 pensions, 150,972 retirement pensions, 61,964 widows, 29,853 permanent incapacity pensions, 11,686 orphanages and 1,459 family benefits.
“It is an important day, because many banks advance the payment of pensions to day 25 and our pensioners will already see that rise reflected in their payroll today. But, above all, it is important because it is the observation of the commitment of this government with those who need it most, and at times like this, of high inflation and great international uncertainty, it is when it makes the most sense if pensioners, who do not have the capacity to react in these situations, are guaranteed their purchasing power,” he said with satisfaction.
The government delegate has said that this new framework offers a scenario of certainty, since it permanently guarantees the purchasing power of pensions without being dependent on the discretion of the government in office.
“But, in addition, this maintenance of the purchasing power of pensions is compatible with the strengthening of the accounts of the Public Pension System, because the measures of protection and improvement of the quality of employment promoted among other rules by the labor reform are improving the income of the system and moving towards budgetary balance,” he insisted.
During 2023, other relevant measures in the field of Social Security will begin to be implemented and will have a significant social and economic impact.
-Active retirement is facilitated among doctors and paediatricians of Primary Care of the public health services, which will be in force for three years, contemplating the possibility of combining 75% of the pension with full-time or part-time employment (50% of the day).
The objective is to help cover the insufficiency foreseen in the doctors of these specialties during the coming years as a result of the retirement process of promotions of doctors, very numerous in the eighties
-The new system of contribution for self-employed or self-employed workers based on net returns and agreed with the social partners begins to apply, which also includes improvements in their protection by cessation of activity.
With this new system, three out of four self-employed people - those who earn less - will have access to a quota equal to or less than the one they currently pay, a reduction that can be up to 30% compared to the current quotas. The new system particularly benefits women and young people.
-In 2023, the new regulation of occupational pension plans will begin to be applied, which will allow the population covered by these plans to expand, bringing us closer to the situation of the main European countries. Companies can reduce their contributions to Social Security to the employment plans of their workers, with a limit of 1,431 euros per year per employee.
They will also be able to make a deduction in the share of the Corporation Tax of 10% of their contributions in the pension plans of workers with annual gross wages of less than 27,000 euros, and the proportional part for employees with higher salaries. As for the workers, they can be deducted from the Income Tax up to 10,000 euros per year, with the contribution of the company, and the self-employed up to 5,750 euros per year from what they contribute to their occupational pension plan.