The retirement age for judges as of July 1, 2020 will be 50 years and six months, both for men and women. Afterward, the retirement age will annually rise by half a year until the standard retirement age of 53 is reached, in 2045. This is provided in a bill approved by the Government on May 13, IPN reports.
Under the bill, a general length of service of at least 20 years and a half for judges and a length of service as a judge of at least 13 years are set as from July 1, 2020. Later, the general length of service and the length of service as a judge will be annually raised by six months until a general length of service of 34 years and a length of service as a judge of 15 years are reached.
Minister of Health, Labor and Social Protection Viorica Dumbrăveanu said the goal of the bill is to standardize the retirement conditions.
The bill is to be debated in Parliament.
Currently, the legislation provides that the judge who reaches 50 and has a length of service of at least 20 calendar years, at least 12 years and a half of which as a judge, is entitled to a pension of 55% of their average salary, plus 3% for each full year of work for a length of service of 20 years, but not more than 80% of their average salary, taking into account the indexation of the salary.
