Penalty equal to 12 monthly main and auxiliary pensions from now on it will be imposed on retirees who continue to be employed if they do not declare their employment within the deadline.
A circular from the EFKA clarifies that interested parties must make an electronic declaration of employment relationship on the special electronic platform “Declaration of Employment of Retirees”, which was activated on the EFKA website as early as last February. The circular clarifies the deadlines during which the electronic submission of such a declaration is considered timely.
It should be noted that the relevant obligation is only for fully retired people who continue to work. In particular:
- Anyone who worked between January 1 and March 1, 2024 and stopped working must submit the respective electronic declaration by July 31, that is, no later than four months after the start of the measure in question.
- Those who start working from March 1st must submit their application online by the last day of the month in which they start working. Alternatively, they can do so by the last day of the month in which they submit their pension application, if their employment relationship has not been interrupted.
The process
If self-employment insurance is mandatory, a registration/re-registration application must be submitted to EFKA, either electronically or in person at the Agency’s competent department, if the interested party is not yet registered for the activity he/she carries out.
The procedure must be followed by all retired workers, so that they can identify through the competent services in which cases a contribution or resource must be paid in favor of EFKA, as a way of withholding monthly salaries.