Document 50 - Amendment to the Act on Pension Insurance

Published date: 16.01.2026 |Processed date: 16.01.2026 |Session 10

Submitters: Marian Jurečka, Monika Brzesková, Tom Philipp, Marek Výborný, Benjamin Činčila, Róbert Teleky, Petr Hladík, Václav Pláteník, Jana Filipovičová, František Talíř, Marie Kršková, Bohuslav Niemiec, Hayato Okamura, Jiří Vojáček

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Summary

The law fundamentally changes the conditions for entitlement to an old-age pension by shortening the required period of insurance from 35 to 25 years, which expands the circle of persons entitled to a pension from 2027. At the same time, it abolishes the already approved rule according to which the part of the pension corresponding to the so-called educational allowance was to be excluded from valorisation and maintains its full valorisation. The adjustments have a social impact especially on people with shorter working histories and parents, while pension expenditure is expected to increase gradually.

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Government Opinion on Parliamentary Document No. 50/0

Processed date: 17.02.2026

The government has taken a disapproving stance on the bill, which reduces the required period of insurance to qualify for an old-age pension from 35 to 25 years and maintains full indexation of the education allowance. It states that the proposal does not address the main problems of the pension system, weakens meritocracy, may encourage lower economic activity and is unfair to people with long work histories. The government also rejects further development of the pension education premium and points to significant negative impacts on the state budget, amounting to billions of crowns per year.