President signs into law bill lowering retirement age
President Andrzej Duda on Monday signed into law a bill lowering the retirement age to 60 years for women and 65 years for men.
19.12.2016 13:16
update: 27.09.2018 00:51
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Warszawa, 19.12.2016. Prezydent Andrzej Duda podpisał ustawę obniżającą wiek emerytalny, 19 bm. w Pałacu Prezydenckim w Warszawie. Ustawa przywraca wiek emerytalny obowiązujący w Polsce do końca 2012 r., wynoszący co najmniej 60 lat dla kobiet i co najmniej 65 lat dla mężczyzn. (mr) Fot. PAP/Jacek Turczyk
After signing the act Duda said that the issue was and is treated very seriously.
The presidential draft, which President Andrzej Duda promised during his election campaign, was submitted to the Sejm for review in late November last year.
The bill was passed by the Sejm (lower house) in November and approved by the Senate in early December.
The law will come in force as of October 1, 2017.
Today the retirement age in Poland is 67 years for everyone, and has been raised gradually - it would have applied to all women in 2040 and men in 2020. (PAP)
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