Pensioners who continue working may be exempted from paying social insurance and health insurance contributions.
The corresponding legislative initiative to amend the law on the state social insurance system has been registered in parliament. Exemption from payment of social insurance contributions to the budget may be granted on the basis of an application submitted by a working pensioner to the territorial subdivision of the National Social Insurance Company. Recipients of such exemption will be deprived of the right to periodic pension revision provided for working pensioners. If such an application is not submitted, working pensioners will continue to pay contributions to the state social insurance budget and enjoy periodic pension revision, as provided for in the legislation. The bill also provides for the inclusion of working pensioners in the category of persons, in respect of whom the government acts as an insurer in the system of compulsory health insurance. According to the author of the project, Adrian Albu, in the conditions of a massive outflow of the active population from Moldova (only in 2014-2022, 265.5 thousand citizens emigrated from Moldova), the state should develop public policies motivating pensioners to continue their labor activity. Today, pensioners account for more than 22.5% of the population employed in the labor market. However, work for pensioners is a source of means for survival, as pensions are often too small. The author of the initiative emphasizes that a pension is a citizen's right received on the basis of a long work record and many years of payments to the state social insurance budget, while income in the form of wages allows working pensioners to receive additional means of living. The bill is to be considered by the Parliament. // 07.09.2023 - InfoMarket
