Pension supplement for pensioners who continue to contribute

After the first supplement has been paid, additional supplements can be obtained when new contributions are made.

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Recipients must be registered with:

• the Compulsory General Insurance (AGO) scheme for employees (FPLD) or for self-employed workers (special schemes). Where the pension has been settled under the Employees’ Pension Fund (FPLD), a pension supplement may also be claimed in respect of contributions previously paid to a special scheme for self-employed workers;
• the Separate Pension Scheme, after the pension has become payable under the same Insurance scheme;
• the Entertainment Workers’ and Professional Athletes’ Scheme (formerly ENPALS), even where the pension has been settled under the Employees’ Pension Fund (FPLD).

Contributions accrued under the Compulsory General Insurance (AGO) scheme after 1 January 1996 (Legislative Decree No. 414/1996) give entitlement to a pension supplement for the recipients of a main pension paid by the:

• Flight Crew Pension Fund members who were registered with the same scheme after the pension first became payable;
• Public Transport Workers’ Fund (now closed).

For pensioners of the Electricity and Telephone Funds, pension supplements from the closed funds may not be paid out, except for recipients of ordinary invalidity allowances.

In the case of benefits obtained under the Separate Pension Scheme, with the right to calculation referred to in Ministerial Decree no. 282 of 02 May 1996, the supplement can be claimed only for the pension paid into the Separate Pension Scheme.

In the event of the pensioner’s death, contributions paid after retirement will automatically be taken into account when calculating the reversibility pension, even if they have already been used to provide a pension supplement.

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WHAT AM I ENTITLED TO?

The supplement amount increases the calculated pension.

However, where the pension is supplemented up to the minimum benefit, the amount may be absorbed by that supplement:

• where it is fully absorbed, the amount payable remains unchanged; 
• where it is partially absorbed, the excess is paid.

The calculation of the supplement share for the contribution periods acquired by 1 January 2012 is carried out using the contributory calculation system.

For contribution periods acquired before 31 December 2011, the system for calculating the supplement follows that used for the settlement of the pension.

Persons who have also worked in non-EU countries that have concluded an agreement with Italy may receive a pension supplement through:

• the sum of the Italian and foreign insurance periods;
• the international agreement.

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The time limits for claiming a pension supplement vary depending on the social security scheme.

Contributions paid or credited to the Employees’ Pension Fund (FPLD):

• after the pension first became payable give entitlement, on claim, to a pension supplement, provided that at least five years have elapsed since the date on which the pension first became payable or since the previous pension supplement. In certain cases, it may also be claimed after only two years, provided that the retirement age under the Compulsory General Insurance (AGO) scheme has been reached;
• before or after the pension first became payable under the Employees’ Pension Fund (FPLD), give entitlement, on claim, to a pension supplement, provided that:
  • the retirement age for an old-age pension under the self-employed workers’ schemes has been reached at the time the claim is submitted;
  • at least five years have elapsed since the date on which the pension first became payable or since the previous pension supplement.

Under the self-employed workers’ schemes, a pension supplement may be claimed only once after as little as two years have elapsed since the date the pension first became payable or since the previous pension supplement. For the first pension supplement, the retirement age under that scheme must have been reached.

Contributions paid after retirement, whether under the self-employed workers’ schemes or the AGO scheme, entitle the contributor, on claim, to a pension supplement, provided that at least five years have elapsed since the date the pension first became payable or since the previous pension supplement.

Once the retirement age under the scheme from which the pension supplement is claimed has been reached, the supplement may also be claimed after two years.

Contributions paid to the Separate Pension Scheme after the pension first became payable entitle the contributor to a pension supplement, which may be claimed:

• for the first time, two years after the date on which the pension first became payable;
• thereafter, five years after the previous pension supplement. It is not necessary to have reached the retirement age under the Separate Pension Scheme.

Contributions paid to the ex-ENPALS scheme after the pension first became payable entitle the claimant to a pension supplement on claim, provided that at least five years have elapsed.

In certain cases, it may also be claimed after only two years, provided the retirement age has been reached.

For certain categories of workers registered with the Scheme, the age limits for the old-age pension set out in Presidential Decree No. 157/2013 must be observed:

• Dance Group;
• Orchestral Singers Group;
• Actors Conductors Group;
• Professional Athletes Group.

For pensions settled from 2012 onwards, the new retirement ages and the life expectancy-related adjustments provided for by Law No. 214/2011 apply.

HOW CAN I CLAIM?

The claim can be submitted online to INPS by using the dedicated service.

 Alternatively, it is possible to contact:

• the Contact centre at 803 164 (free from Italian landlines) or +39 06 164164 from mobile phones;
• patronage institutes and intermediaries of the Institute, through their online services.

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The tabel (in Italian) shows the deadlines exceeding thirty days, set by the Institute with a Regulation.

In addition to the terms for the issuance of the measure, the tabel (in Italian) also indicates the relative manager.

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