ZUS to pay out retirement to 313k applicants due to lower retirement age

Social Security fund (ZUS) approved 313k retirement application filed after Poland lowered its retirement age. As of December 29, 395k decisions have been made by ZUS, with 233.2k motions submitted by women and 161.8k by men. Overall, 424k motions were filed between October, when the lower retirement age came into force and the end of the year. The average pension, for the applicants, amounts to PLN 1,614 per month to women and PLN 2,699 for men. So far, 27.9k motions were rejected by ZUS, and another 54.1k were suspended due to applicants deciding to continue to work.