Particularly, Duterte mentioned the approval of the National Defense Act, Uniformed Separation and
Retirement Pension Bill, as well as the revival of the mandatory Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC).
The minimum
retirement pension will increase by about 12% and the old-age pension will be around 7 BGN.
Among the pending bills are the County
Retirement Pension Schemes, Inter-Governmental Relations, County Printers, Impeachment Procedure, County Attorney Bill 2018 and County Solicitor.
From March 1, 2019, the amount of average minimum
retirement pension will increase by 38.5 percent and reach 160 manats in Azerbaijan, Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population Sahil Babayev said.
Other factors under consideration are
retirement pension rates and dictating the statutory retirement ages for men and women, he revealed, saying the new law will guarantee all retirees uninhibited rights.
Under the new draft bill, ministers are eligible for
retirement pension if they have worked at ministries, government departments, public institutions or municipalities for 7 years.
Gender inequality does not affect only the average salaries received by men and women doing the same job, but also their
retirement pension.
The new military retirement system combines the traditional legacy
retirement pension with a defined contribution to service members' Thrift Savings Plan account.
The final
retirement pension is the average of the salaries in these two independent periods.
For nearly 50 years I paid towards my state
retirement pension and have just received a pension increase of PS3.35 per week.
My own state
retirement pension was reduced when I became a war widow, my war-related pensions will rise via inflation, which is zero, my reduced state
retirement pension will rise by 90p per week.