Pensions, Quota 96.7 is running out of time. The window to apply for early retirement at the age of 61 years and 7 months with 35 years of contributions (the so-called Quota 96.7) will indeed close on Wednesday, May 1st - during the course of 2025. But how does this measure work? What are the requirements, calculations, and who can obtain it? Here is a complete guide.
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What it is
Quota 96.7 concerns workers in strenuous and night jobs. The INPS, with message no. 812 of February 23rd last year (see Pdf below) has confirmed May 1st, 2024 as the deadline for submitting applications for recognition of performing strenuous and night work, but this only for those who will accrue the right to early retirement during the course of 2025. The measure is valid for employees who perform strenuous and heavy work and who meet the requirements from January 1st to December 31st of the next year. Let's see in detail how to apply for this form of early retirement.
The applications
The application for recognition of the right to retirement for strenuous work must be submitted by next May 1st on the INPS website and concerns those who meet the pension requirements in 2025. The request must therefore be submitted electronically, accompanied by the "AP45" form and documentation proving the requirements (with pay slips, workbooks, service orders, etc.). The application can be submitted by private sector employees with strenuous jobs even if they reach the right to retirement through the accumulation of contributions paid in one of the special schemes for self-employed workers.
Who can apply for it
There are several potential beneficiaries of this early retirement. The activities must be carried out for half of the working life or for seven years in the last ten.
What are the categories
- employees in strenuous tasks (workers in tunnels, quarries, in compressed air caissons; divers, high-temperature works, in confined spaces, asbestos removal); - employees in night shifts for at least six consecutive hours between midnight and five and for a minimum of 64 days a year or who work for at least three hours between midnight and five for the entire year; - workers on the assembly line in companies with specific Inail tariff items, who perform repetitive tasks; drivers of vehicles with at least nine seats, used for public collective transport service.
Requirements
As for the requirements for the pension, the facilitated benefit is granted to workers: - employees with quota 97.6 (61 years and 7 months of age plus 35 years of contributions). - self-employed with quota 98.6 (62 years and 7 months of age plus 35 years of contributions).
In the calculation of years of strenuous work, also periods during which notional contributions were accrued are included in addition to the mandatory ones, while purely notional ones such as during mobility are not included.
The commencement
Submitting the application for recognition of the benefit beyond the deadline of May 1st, 2024, in case of positive assessment of the requirements, results in the postponement of the start of the early retirement benefit by: - one month, for a delay in submission of up to one month; - two months, for a delay in submission of more than one month and less than three months; - three months, for a delay in submission of three months or more.
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