Overview
- The Budget Law keeps automatic life‑expectancy updates to pension access, adding 1 month in 2027, 3 months in 2028, 5 months in 2029, 13 months in 2040 and 23 months in 2050.
- CGIL estimates about 5.1 million private‑sector employees—roughly 29% of those with at least one day of paid work—do not reach a full year of contributions and will need extra work to recover the added months.
- Examples from the analysis show that with €5,000 in annual pay nearly two additional months of work would be needed in 2028 to offset the extra three months, while €8,000 requires about five weeks and even €12,000 still needs roughly two weeks.
- The minimale contributivo to count 12 full months is €12,551 in 2026, and its increase of about 14.9% since 2022—an estimated 16.5% by 2026—means a worker at flat pay could lose up to 22 credited weeks between 2023 and 2026.
- The government’s labor undersecretary Claudio Durigon said officials will try to neutralize the scheduled rise this year or next, but no concrete measure has been announced.