Law and Justice

Senate approves bill that reduces time contribution to the retirement of disabled people

04/04/2012

 


Mariana Jungmann
Reporter Agency Brazil

Brasilia - The Senate today approved (3) the substitute to the House Bill 40/2010 which deals with new rules for pension contributions of people with disabilities. The matter, which was approved with changes and return to the Chamber of Deputies, establishing a differentiated model of value and time of contribution according to the severity of the disability.

In the case of severely disabled people, the substitute provides that the period of contribution to the General Regime of Social Security is 25 years for men and 20 years for women. Those that are disabled should help moderate for 29 years and 24 years respectively. For people with mild disabilities, the bill provides that the contribution period is 33 years (men) and 28 (women).

The retirement age also changes. Those who meet the minimum term of 15 years of contributions have been given the right to retire at age 60 (men) and 55 (women), regardless of the degree of disability.

The text defines disabled people as those with impairments of long-term nature of mental, sensory or intellectual property rights that prevent the full and effective participation of society and in the same conditions as those without disabilities. The project, however, lets the executive branch the task of establishing criteria for defining the degree of disability.

The matter was reported by Senator Lindbergh Farias (PT-RJ), who has a daughter with Down syndrome. Parliamentarians involved in the cause of disabled people, as Deputy Romario (PSB-RJ), followed the vote which resulted in 52 votes in favor and none opposed.



Source: Agency Brazil

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