As many as 22,571 persons benefited from the reexamination of the old-age pension in 2020, when two reassessment stages were conducted, covering pensioners who worked after retiring, IPN reports, quoting the Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Protection.

A number of 3,142 recipients asked to reexamine the pension as of January 1, 2020 and benefitted from an average rise of 2,005 lei in the pension.

Also, 19,429 persons benefitted from an average increase of 2,881 lei in pensions as of July 1, 2020. The average pension of those who had the pension reexamined is 5,559 lei.

As of January 1, 2022, the recipients of pensions set after January 1, 1999, who worked for five to seven years after retiring, can also have their pensions recalculated. The same applies to those who worked for two to five years after retiring, but can do this after January 1, 2023.

Of the 690,200 recipients of pensions, 168,600 continued work after reaching retirement.