The ERC deputy Jordi Salvador announced this Tuesday that his party will vote in favor of the reform of the pension system and its processing in the form of a bill after agreeing with the Government on two measures that refer to the increase in benefits for women “who find themselves in need of reducing their working hours to care for a dependent child.”
At a press conference in the Congress of Deputies, Salvador explained that it is a “definitive” agreement with the Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, José Luis Escrivá, and that ERC will support this royal decree “by form”, because it has been accepted to process it as a bill.
This, according to Salvador, is “important” since other reforms “were not done that way.” “There is parliamentary processing, here we have been able to touch on points and commas of the initial project,” he added, and applauded that there has been “sincere dialogue” and that Escrivá has agreed to “stand up to the CEOE” and accept the “demands” of the pensioners.
They will also support him for “the fund”, since, as Salvador explained, there are five things in the agreement with Escrivá that “can be attributed to ERC”, three of which are already incorporated into the royal decree law: the solidarity quota, the 10% increase in the gender gap supplement and the extension of the scope of gap coverage to 84 months.
To these three points, he continued, two more have been added that “will be accepted” in the form of an amendment that refers to the increase in benefits “who are in need of reducing their working hours to care for a dependent child ”.
Specifically, ERC has achieved an increase in the retirement pension of the permanent disability benefit for working women who make a reduction in working hours. From now on, she stated, “they will quote at 100% of their working hours prior to the reduction” and “the increase will be applied throughout the period of the reduced working hours.”
The second point, he added, is the increase in the temporary disability pension due to risk during pregnancy or lactation for those workers who are reducing their hours. “Once again we also achieved 100%, even if it involves a reduction in working hours,” said the ERC deputy.
If it does not come out as a bill, Salvador explained that he has a “written” commitment from Minister Escrivá that the two new points would be included in the next law “as an additional provision.”
