Pensions only for 15 years of work or more

Poles will have the right to receive pension only if they have been working for 15 years or more, according to a list of recommendation to the pension system reform the government has been preparing in line with its campaign program, daily Gazeta Wyborcza reported. Prime Minister Beata Szydło has submitted the list of recommendation to the parliament. The document did not explain whether or not those with fewer than 15 years of work will received their pension contrbutions back. The government explained that servicing payments to those with lower pensions due to shorter working time are too costly. According to social security institution ZUS as many as 80 percent of Poles receive monthly pension lower than PLN 882. There are even some pensioners who receive only PLN 5-6 per month.