13th month pay to reach PLN 10.8 bln – ZUS
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The total expenditure on the “thirteenth month” allowance for pensioners can reach up to PLN 10.8 billion, of which PLN 9.1 billion will be spent on social security expenditure, according to ZUS (Social Security Office) President Gertruda Uścińska’s statement for Monday’s Rzeczpospolita daily.
“Considering that 7.7 million people from the social fund had gotten pensions and disability benefits in December, and another 470,000 in other types of long-term benefits paid by the ZUS, we estimate that spending on the “13th allowance” may reach PLN 9.1 billion. The for million beneficiaries insured within the Agricultural Social Insurance Fund (KRUS) should also expect PLN 1.2 billion in the form of “13th allowance,” while uniformed pensioners will cost the budget an additional PLN 440 million,” said Uścińska. She added that the Social Security Office “does not anticipate” the need to take out commercial loans for the payments.
