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Ukrainians should check their employment records even before applying for pension benefits, as mistakes in entries can affect the crediting of insurance experience. Problems may arise due to inaccuracies in dates, missing necessary signatures and stamps, and also due to an employer’s non-payment of insurance contributions.
Having a long work history does not always guarantee it will be fully counted when a pension is granted. If entries in the employment record are made with errors or for certain periods of work insurance contributions were not paid, the Pension Fund may require additional documents to verify the experience.
Reasons why there may be problems with the experience
One of the most common causes is mistakes or inaccuracies in the employment record. Entries must be made properly, and the document must contain the necessary signatures of responsible officials and stamps.
Difficulties can also arise if the employer did not pay insurance contributions or paid them only for part of the month. In that case, the corresponding period may not be fully counted when determining the insurance experience.
If the employer made the error in the entry and the employee continues to work, the employee should contact the employer to make the appropriate corrections or submit clarified reporting.
If the enterprise has already ceased its activities, the necessary information can be confirmed through the archival institution or the successor of the enterprise.
Certain periods can also be confirmed with documents about education. For this, you need to contact the appropriate educational institution. If it is located in a temporarily occupied territory, the issue of confirming documents must be resolved through the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
An error in the date of birth also matters
Problems can arise even due to a discrepancy on the title page of the employment record. For example, if the employer many years ago incorrectly indicated the employee’s day or month of birth or only the year.
When applying for pension benefits or transferring the employment record to electronic format, such discrepancies can complicate the identification of the document and confirmation that it belongs to the applicant.
Therefore, before applying for a pension, it is worth checking all entries in the employment record in advance, including personal data, dates of hiring and dismissal, names of enterprises, and the correctness of the entries.
If errors are found, it is better to correct them in advance so that when applying for a pension there is no need to additionally confirm periods of work.
Earlier StopCor reported that the government presented a concept of pension reform, which provides for dividing the pension into a basic and an insurance part. The basic payment will be financed by the state, and the insurance part will depend on work experience and paid contributions. A bill with new rules is planned to be submitted to the Verkhovna Rada no later than autumn.
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