The Social Security Fund (CSS) has reiterated to the teaching sector and to the general public that the current benefits of educators remain intact and have not been part of the discussion regarding reforms to the Organic Law of the CSS. It is important to emphasize that the bill approved in the second debate does not suggest changes to the Self-Financed Early Retirement Plan (PRAA) for educators serving in the Ministry of Education and IPHE.
"All current rights, benefits, and requirements of the PRAA remain as established by Law No. 54 of December 27, 2000, with the aim of granting educators a temporary monthly pension in advance (at 52 years and 6 months for women and at 56 years for men), until they reach the minimum legal age to qualify for the old-age pension of the Social Security Fund, based on their current salary scale," stated the CSS.
The modifications to bill 163 do not include increases in the retirement age for any sector or labor activity in the country. Therefore, the CSS rejects as false the assertions that seek to sow unrest and confuse educators with issues that do not appear in the bill approved in the second debate by the National Assembly and that were never proposed or considered.
