Old-Age Pensions under Favourable Conditions Act

Following persons have right to receive old-age pension under favourable conditions

Pension qualifying period shall be calculated on the basis of the State Pension Insurance Act and the Person Repressed by Occupying Powers Act.

The period during which a person is engaged in work specified in § 1 of this Act on a full-time basis (hereinafter favourable length of service) shall be calculated as the total of work periods.

Calculation of the length of service which grants the right to receive an old-age pension under favourable conditions is based on unrounded length of service.

Persons who have the right to receive an old-age pension under favourable conditions may claim for the pension at any time after the pension right arises, regardless of their last employment. An old-age pension under favourable conditions shall be granted as of the date of making the pension claim but not earlier than as of the date on which the right to receive the pension arises. Pensions shall be granted as of the date of attaining the pensionable age if the pension claim is made within three months after the date of attaining the pensionable age. Old-age pensions under favourable conditions are granted for life. A recipient of an old-age pension under favourable conditions who has the right to receive a pension on the basis of the State Pension Insurance Act has, on the basis of the specified Act, the right to claim for the grant of pension at any time after the right to receive the pension arises.

Old-age pensions under favourable conditions shall be calculated pursuant to § 11 of the State Pension Insurance Act. 3.1 per cent of the value of a year of pensionable service for each year engaged in work specified in List No. 1 shall be added to pensions calculated on the basis provided for in the first paragraph of this section to persons who have the right to receive an old-age pension under favourable conditions on the basis of clause 1 1) of this Act and to persons who have been engaged in underground work an additional 21.9 per cent of the value of a year of pensionable service for each year engaged in underground work.

The pension supplement provided for in subsection 24 (11) of the State Pension Insurance Act shall be added to old-age pensions under favourable conditions pursuant to the procedure provided for in the same Act.

Old-age pensions under favourable conditions shall be granted and paid after termination of engagement in works and working in production areas, professions and positions which grant the right to receive the pension. Upon return to the abovementioned work, the payment of old-age pensions under favourable conditions shall be suspended. Old-age pensions under favourable conditions shall be paid in full to persons who continue to be engaged in work which does not grant the right to receive a pension on the basis of this Act and to persons who have attained the age provided for in § 7 of the State Pension Insurance Act and continue to be engaged in work which grants the right to receive a pension on the basis of this Act.

Old-age pensions under favourable conditions shall not be increased on the basis of favourable length of service acquired after the grant of the pension.

The pension of a person to whom an old-age pension under favourable conditions was or is granted with a commencement date before 1 April 2000 shall be recalculated and if the recalculated pension proves to be smaller than the pension paid, payment of the pension shall continue in the former amount for the specified term.

In the case of a pensioner to whom an old-age pension under favourable conditions was granted during the period from 1 July 1992 to 31 December 1994 and who does not have the right to receive an old-age pension under favourable conditions on the bases provided for in clauses 1 1) and 2) of this Act, the provisions of § 11 of the State Pension Insurance Act apply upon calculation of pensions. If the recalculated pension proves to be smaller than the pension paid, payment of the pension shall continue in the former amount for the specified term.

Until 2015, women have the right to receive an old-age pension under favourable conditions according to List No. 1 if they have earned at least the following pension qualifying period

Year Pension qualifying period (years) Of which according to List No. 1 (years) Until 31 December 2006 15 7,5 2007 16 8 2008 16 8 2009 17 8,5 2010 17 8,5 2011 18 9 2012 18 9 2013 19 9,5 2014 19 9,5

Until 2015, women have the right to receive an old-age pension under favourable conditions according to List No. 2 if they have earned at least the following pension qualifying period

Year Pension qualifying period (years) Of which according to List No. 2 (years) Until 31 December 2006 20 10 2007 21 10,5 2008 21 10,5 2009 22 11 2010 22 11 2011 23 11,5 2012 23 11,5 2013 24 12 2014 24 12

Women who have earned the pension qualifying period required for receipt of an old-age pension under favourable conditions by 1 January 2007 shall have the right to receive an old-age pension under favourable conditions on the basis of the requirements for pension qualifying period in force until 31 December 2006.

Explanations concerning the application of the Lists of works, production areas, professions and positions which grant the right to receive an old-age pension under favourable conditions shall be provided pursuant to the procedure established by the Government of the Republic of Estonia.

Monitoring of the quality of evaluation of positions in enterprises and organisations and updating of the Lists of works, production areas, professions and positions which grant the right to receive an old-age pension under favourable conditions shall be carried out pursuant to the procedure established by the Government of the Republic of Estonia.