At yesterday, 17. The regular session of the Parliament of the Federation of BiH was adopted by the Amendment of Article 82. Of the Law on Pension and Disability Insurance.
This amendment has a particularly important role in preserving the stability of the Fund PIO, protect the rights of pensioners and prevent the abuse of the pension system of the Federation of BiH.
Recall, Article 82. The Law on Pio was adopted with the aim of protecting the abuse of pensions, which do not reside in the Federation of BiH, and to ensure the protection of the Fund, the Ordinance specified for the right to exercise the right to the difference between the entity ratio of pension to the lowest amount.
However, Supreme Court of the Federation of BiH With his judgment of 12/12/2023. He determined that this issue could not be regulated by the Rulebook, but exclusively on the legal path.
In this regard, Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Policy It prepared amendment to the law, which, in addition to meeting the Court’s requirements, significantly affects the preservation of the fund’s financial stability.
Namely, the inconsistency of this amendment has already been in 2024. year caused Damage of 8 million KMwhich further endangers the already overloaded Pension Invalid Insurance Fund and its increasing dependence on the FBiH budget.
Fund Pio is a budget user, and its financial plan is part of Budget of the Federation of BiH From which significant funds are allocated each year in order to enable regular pension payments.
Pension payout It directly depends on the financial stability of the Fund, and retirees, living on the edge of existence, must not be exposed to the risk of delay or endangering their income.
This law change therefore, not only prevention of abusebut also an expression of our care for retirees, as well as our responsibilities to the entire society, stands in the statement of the relevant ministry.
The Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Policy emphasizes that the issue of the Fund’s stability has been drunk from strategic importance for the future of the Federation of BiH, and this change protects, not only current rights users, but also Future generations of pensionersbecause a stable and functional pension system is the basis for the social security of all citizens of the Federation., Transfers Press Media BiH.
