1. An old-age insurance pension is assigned before reaching the age established by Article 8 of this Federal Law, if there is an individual pension coefficient in the amount of at least 30 for the following citizens:

1) women who have given birth to five or more children and raised them until they reach the age of 8 years, who have reached the age of 50 years, if they have an insurance record of at least 15 years; one of the parents of disabled people from childhood who raised them until they reached the age of 8: men who have reached the age of 55, women who have reached the age of 50, if they have an insurance record of at least 20 and 15 years, respectively; guardians of disabled people from childhood or persons who were the guardians of disabled people from childhood who raised them before they reached the age of 8 years, the old-age insurance pension is assigned with a decrease in the age provided for in Article 8 of this Federal Law as of December 31, 2018, by one year for every one year and six months of guardianship, but not more than five years in total, if they have insurance experience of at least 20 and 15 years, respectively, men and women;

(see text in previous edition)

1.1) women who have given birth to four children and raised them until they reach the age of 8 years, who have reached the age of 56 years, if they have an insurance record of at least 15 years;

1.2) women who have given birth to three children and raised them until they reach the age of 8 years, who have reached the age of 57 years, if they have an insurance record of at least 15 years;

2) women who have given birth to two or more children, who have reached the age of 50, if they have an insurance record of at least 20 years and have worked for at least 12 calendar years in the districts Far North or at least 17 calendar years in equivalent areas;

3) disabled due to military trauma: men who have reached the age of 55, women who have reached the age of 50, if they have an insurance record of at least 25 and 20 years, respectively;

4) visually impaired persons with I disability group: men who have reached the age of 50 years, women who have reached the age of 40 years, if they have insurance experience of at least 15 and 10 years, respectively;

5) citizens with pituitary dwarfism (Lilliputians) and disproportionate dwarfs: men who have reached the age of 45, women who have reached the age of 40, if they have an insurance record of at least 20 and 15 years, respectively;

ConsultantPlus: note.

Persons specified in paragraph 6 of part 1 of this article, who in the period from 01/01/2019 to 12/31/2020 will turn 55 (men) and 50 (women) years old, a pension can be assigned 6 months earlier than reaching the age established by Appendix 6 (FZ of 03.10.2018 N 350-FZ).

6) men upon reaching the age of 60 years and women upon reaching the age of 55 years (subject to the provisions provided for in Appendix 5 and to this Federal Law), if they have worked for at least 15 calendar years in the regions of the Far North or at least 20 calendar years in equivalent to them areas and have an insurance record of at least 25 and 20 years, respectively. For citizens who worked both in the regions of the Far North and in areas equated to them, an insurance pension is established for 15 calendar years of work in the Far North. At the same time, each calendar year of work in areas equivalent to the regions of the Far North is considered nine months of work in the regions of the Far North. Citizens who have worked in the regions of the Far North for at least 7 years and 6 months are assigned an insurance pension with a decrease in the age established by Article 8 of this Federal Law by four months for each full calendar year of work in these regions. When working in localities equated to regions of the Far North, as well as in these localities and regions of the Far North, each calendar year of work in localities equated to regions of the Far North is counted as nine months of work in regions of the Far North;

Content

In order for the state to start paying you a pension, it is not enough to reach a certain age. In addition, Russian pension legislation is not ideal and is constantly changing. For this reason, ordinary citizens are interested in what should be the length of service for retirement, taking into account recent changes, as well as the difference between work and insurance experience.

What is seniority for retirement

Under the length of service, it is customary to understand the total duration of labor, social, entrepreneurial and other types of activity in accordance with the law. Based on these data, vacation pay, allowances for wages, pension and other payments. It is customary to distinguish three types of work experience:

• insurance. For accounting, the time during which insurance premiums were deducted in Pension Fund. Contributions are paid by the employer from each transfer of funds in favor of the employee throughout labor activity.
• continuous. The concept includes employment in one organization. You can save continuous experience by working in different organizations, but the break between changing jobs should not exceed one month.
• special. Accounting for hours worked occurs within the framework of a specific labor activity.

General insurance

The insurance period is the time when a citizen made contributions to the FIU, while he could work both in Russia and abroad, if this does not contradict the law and international treaties. In addition, the total length of service, taking into account recent changes, includes the time of service in the army, temporary disability and the period of caring for a child up to one and a half years. If you received unemployment benefits, you can also count on enrolling this time in the insurance period.

Special retirement experience

In the presence of seniority, some people have the right early exit for a well-deserved rest or for accrual of pension payments. The concept of special experience means the performance of certain activities for a certain time in a certain area and in a certain profession. This type includes, for example, employment in the regions of the Far North, pedagogical activity, underground work and other difficult working conditions.

Continuous

In view of recent changes, the length of service for retirement is considered continuous, when a person worked all the time in one place. If he moved from one place to another, the total experience can also be considered continuous, but subject to certain requirements. Firstly, the break between job shifts should not be more than a month, and in case of dismissal of one's own free will - no more than three weeks.

Only here there is one “but”: upon dismissal of one’s own free will, it is necessary to work for next location at least 12 months. The early reason for dismissal must be valid - reduction, termination of the contract, etc., but not dismissal under the article or termination of labor relations of one's own free will. In this case, the seniority will be considered interrupted.

What length of service is taken into account when calculating a labor pension

Until 2002, pension payments were calculated depending on how many years a person worked. For women, this figure was 20 years, and for men - 25. For each additional year, an additional payment was charged. In connection with the reforms carried out and taking into account recent changes in legislation, the length of service for calculating pensions no longer plays a major role, since insurance is taken for calculation. Today, the amount of pension payments depends on the transfers that were made to the FIU and the timing of their payment.

What is included in the insurance period

In addition to deductions to the Pension Fund, there are a number of "non-insurance periods" when time will be counted in the length of service, but only if before and after that the person was officially employed. These include:

• maternity leave with 1, 2, 3 and 4 children until they reach one and a half years, but in total no more than six years;
• work in the border service, internal affairs and the federal penitentiary service;
• service in the army or equivalent to it;
• illness, as a result of which temporary incapacity followed;
• participation in public and social work;
• later proven unjustified imprisonment and imprisonment;
• receiving unemployment benefits;
• caring for relatives over 80 years old, children, the disabled;
• spouse (a) who is in the military or public service outside the Russian Federation or at the place of service, but who does not have the opportunity to find a job.

Experience under special working conditions

Taking into account the latest changes, in order to receive a special pension, a man must work in special working conditions for at least 10 years, and a woman for 7 years. However, this will not be enough if the total length of service is less than 20 years for the stronger sex and 15 for the weak. Special working conditions include:

• employment in hazardous conditions;
• employment in difficult conditions;
• work in special professions;
• work in the Far North or equivalent areas.

Conditions for retirement

Each person independently decides when he wants to go on a well-deserved rest, but for this it is necessary to comply with certain requirements. Taking into account the latest changes in legislation, the main indicators are:

1. reaching a certain age. If a person worked under normal conditions, the law sets a threshold of 60 years for men and 55 years for women. When working with special conditions, this figure drops to 55 and 50 years.
2. general work experience. The minimum figure for the representatives of the stronger sex is 25 years, and the weak - 20.
3. Mandatory pension insurance. A person applying for a pension must be insured and pay contributions to the Pension Fund.

Early retirement regardless of age and length of service

For all categories of citizens, the requirement for a minimum insurance period is unconditional. On the other hand, there are certain individuals who may qualify for early appointment pension payments, regardless of the number of years and insurance experience. These include people who worked in mines and mines, rescuers of emergency services, medical workers, persons who worked on ships of the fishing industry, etc. The main criterion for retirement is the length of labor output.

Social grounds for early retirement

Taking into account recent changes, some persons who have a certain insurance experience, for social reasons, may qualify for early payment. These include:

• mothers of many children;
• the visually impaired and those who became them as a result of a military injury;
• persons who worked in the regions of the Far North.

In addition, unemployed people can go on vacation earlier than the generally established age. retirement age, and citizens who are registered with the Employment Center, but not earlier than 2 years before the retirement age.

How many years do you have to work to get a pension?

Many citizens are waiting for pension payments, so they are interested in what is the minimum length of service for a pension in Russia today, taking into account recent changes. Since the legislation in the field pension reforms is constantly undergoing changes, it is necessary to constantly monitor the changes in order to ensure at least a small but stable income in old age.

To establish an old-age insurance benefit

If you turn to the law "On Insurance Pensions", you can make sure that men go on a well-deserved rest at 60 years old, and women - at 55. You can also see there that the length of service for retirement in old age depends on certain requirements. In addition, the disability insurance pension is assigned in the presence of any length of service, regardless of the time and reasons for the onset of disability. The same requirements are inherent in the calculation of payments due to the loss of a breadwinner.

To assign a state pension

Pension money is allocated from the federal budget:

• for length of service: federal state civil servants, cosmonauts, military personnel and persons equated to them, employees of the flight test staff;
• by disability: victims of man-made or radiation disasters, cosmonauts, military personnel and persons equated to them, participants in the Great Patriotic War, employees of flight test personnel;
• in case of loss of a breadwinner: families of military personnel, employees of flight test personnel and astronauts;
• by old age: victims of man-made or radiation disasters;
• social pensions: disabled children (including by birth), disabled people, persons not entitled to insurance pension.

To receive pension payments through the federal authorities, the requirements are only for total length of service:

• for federal civil servants since 2019 it is 15.5 years (from 2019 - 16.5 years);
• for cosmonauts and pilots - 25 years for men or 20 for women;
• military personnel is established in accordance with the law of the Russian Federation of February 12, 1993 No. 4468-1 on pension provision specified persons;
• liquidators - 5 years;
• disabled people - no requirements.

The minimum length of service for the appointment of an old-age pension

Until recently, the minimum insurance period for an old-age pension was 5 years, but taking into account the latest changes since 2015, the calculation has become as follows:

• from 01.01.2015 the minimum was 6 years;
• from 01/01/2016 rose to 7 years;
• from 01.01.2017 8 years are required;
• from 01.01.2018 will be 9 years old.

In this way, until 2024, it is planned to gradually increase this indicator to 15 years. If the value at the time of entering a well-deserved rest is lower, a person will be assigned a social pension, to which there will be an additional payment up to the subsistence level of the region where he lives.

The procedure for calculating the experience

In accordance with the Federal Law "On labor pensions in Russian Federation» each insured person must be assessed for their pension rights, and the number of years does not affect this indicator. The evaluation of pension rights takes place in two stages, based on the worked period of employment: before January 1, 2015 and after. In the first case, the calculation takes place using the calculation rules that were in force at that time and taking into account the preferential procedure. In the second, the procedure for calculating length of service is regulated by the provisions of Law No. 400-ФЗ “On Insurance Pensions”.

Multipliers

When there are no special conditions, the length of service is accrued in calendar order. However, taking into account recent changes, correction factors are used for some categories:

• 1.5. They are used for citizens who were exposed to radiation during actions to eliminate the consequences of the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (with the exception of military personnel);
• 2.0. Employment in leper colonies or other institutions to combat dangerous epidemics is taken into account. Passing military service.
• 3.0. For combatants and those undergoing treatment and rehabilitation after military injuries.

What periods are not taken into account

Each person must understand that there are certain time periods that are not taken into account in the insurance period. These include:

• periods taken into account when assigning a pension in accordance with the norms of the legislation of another state, however, foreigners can count on the appointment of an old-age pension if they permanently reside in Russia;
• periods of service before the appointment of a disability pension, or labor activity taken into account when determining the amount of pension payments for length of service.

Pension in the absence of insurance experience

Taking into account the fact that the person did not work at all, he is assigned social pension old age (if there are no other possible grounds for obtaining another type of state pension). This is a statutory minimum amount - a kind of state guarantee. However, the beginning of the retirement age is increased to 65 for men and 60 for women.

Representatives of the small peoples of Siberia and the North, engaged in natural labor, also receive a social pension, but men from 55, and women from 50. In addition, in the complete absence of the fact of employment with a disabled person or a deceased breadwinner, an appropriate social pension is assigned, the amount of which is indexed in accordance with the order of the Government of Russia.

The insurance period is the total duration of periods of work and (or) other activities taken into account when determining the right to a labor pension, during which insurance premiums were paid to the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, as well as other periods counted in the insurance period established by pension legislation.

Thus, the insurance period, in contrast to the length of service, consists not only of periods of work on the basis of labor contracts (contracts), but also of other “non-working” periods of time included in the length of service in accordance with the Federal Law “On Insurance Pensions” .

The insurance period is necessary for the appointment of an old-age insurance pension. In some cases, an old-age pension may be granted ahead of schedule.

In accordance with the law, the minimum insurance period for the appointment of a pension is increased annually from 6 years in 2015 to 15 years by 2025. See the article on the link for the conditions for assigning an insurance pension.

Minimum insurance experience

The minimum insurance period that gives the right to receive an insurance pension, see the table below.

Minimum length of service for the appointment of an insurance pension (table)

Year of awarding the old-age insurance pension	The minimum insurance period required for the appointment of an old-age insurance pension
2024 and beyond

Important. If, upon reaching the retirement age, the pensioner does not work the minimum number of years, the old-age insurance pension is not assigned. In this case, a social pension is assigned. Read about the minimum pension in Russia in the article at the link.

In addition to the minimum length of service, a minimum number of pension points is required to receive a pension.

The Appendix to the Law "On Insurance Pensions" establishes successive increasing requirements for the minimum pension coefficient. So, from January 1, 2015, the old-age insurance pension is assigned if there is an individual pension coefficient of at least 6.6, with a subsequent annual increase by 2.4 to 30.

year of retirement	minimum coefficient
2015	6,6
2016	9
2017	11,4
2018	13,8
2019	16,2
2020	18,6
2021	21
2022	23,4
2023	25,8
2024	28,2
from 2025 onwards	30

Thus, from 2025, the old-age insurance pension is assigned if there is an individual pension coefficient of at least 30. For more information on the procedure for determining pension points, see the article at the link.

Other periods counted in the insurance experience

1. the period of military service, as well as other service equivalent to it, provided for by the Law of the Russian Federation "On pensions for persons who have completed military service, service in the internal affairs bodies, the State Fire Service, bodies for controlling the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, institutions and bodies of the penitentiary system, and their families";
2. the period of receipt of benefits for compulsory social insurance during the period of temporary disability;
3. the period of care of one of the parents for each child until he reaches the age of one and a half years, but not more than six years in total;
4. the period of receiving unemployment benefits, the period of participation in paid public works and the period of moving or resettlement in the direction of the state employment service to another locality for employment;
5. the period of detention of persons unreasonably brought to criminal responsibility, unreasonably repressed and subsequently rehabilitated, and the period of serving the sentence by these persons in places of deprivation of liberty and exile;
6. the period of care provided by an able-bodied person for a disabled person of group I, a disabled child or a person who has reached the age of 80 years;
7. the period of residence of the spouses of military personnel serving under a contract, together with their spouses, in areas where they could not work due to the lack of employment opportunities, but not more than five years in total;
8. the period of residence abroad of the spouses of employees sent to diplomatic missions and consular offices of the Russian Federation, permanent missions of the Russian Federation to international organizations, trade missions of the Russian Federation in foreign states, representative offices of federal executive authorities, government agencies under federal executive authorities or as representatives these bodies abroad, as well as to representative offices public institutions Russian Federation (state bodies and state institutions of the USSR) abroad and international organizations, but not more than 5 years in total (the list of such organizations is approved by the Government of the Russian Federation);
9. the period of operational work, counted in the length of service in accordance with the Federal Law "On operational-search activity".
10. the period during which persons who were unreasonably prosecuted and subsequently rehabilitated were temporarily suspended from their positions (work) in the manner prescribed by the criminal procedure legislation of the Russian Federation.

The procedure for calculating the insurance period

The calculation of the duration of the insurance period, including "" on the basis of testimonies, and (or) other activities and other periods is carried out in a calendar order based on a full year (12 months). At the same time, every 30 days of periods of work and (or) other activities and other periods are converted into months, and every 12 months of these periods are converted into full years.

In the event that the periods "" and "" coincide in time, when calculating the insurance period, one of such periods is taken into account at the choice of the person who applied for the establishment of an insurance pension.

When calculating the insurance period, the periods of activity of persons who independently provide themselves with work, heads and members of peasant farms, members of family (tribal) communities of indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation, engaged in traditional sectors of management, periods of work for individuals (groups of individuals ) under contracts are included in the insurance period subject to the payment of insurance premiums to the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation.

When calculating the length of service required for acquiring the right to an old-age insurance pension by citizens receiving a pension for long service or a disability pension in accordance with the Law "On pension provision for persons who have completed military service, service in the internal affairs bodies, the State Fire Service, bodies control over the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, institutions and bodies of the penitentiary system, and their families", the insurance period does not include periods of service preceding the appointment of a disability pension, or periods of service, work and (or) other activities, taken into account when determining the amount of pension for years of service. At the same time, all periods that were included in the length of service are considered to be taken into account, including periods that do not affect the amount of the pension for the length of service or disability pension.

When calculating the insurance period, the periods of work during the full navigation period on water transport and during the full season in organizations of seasonal industries are taken into account in such a way that the duration of the insurance period in the corresponding calendar year is a full year.

Persons who performed work in the corresponding calendar year under copyright contracts, as well as authors of works who received payments and other remuneration in the corresponding calendar year under agreements on the alienation of the exclusive right to works of science, literature, art, publishing license agreements, license agreements on granting the right use of a work of science, literature, art, if the total amount of paid insurance premiums to the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation from payments and other remuneration received under these agreements during this calendar year amounted to at least fixed size insurance premium for compulsory pension insurance, determined in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on taxes and fees, the period of insurance experience is counted as a period equal to a full calendar year (from January 1 to December 31), in which insurance premiums were paid to the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation from payments and other remuneration under these contracts. In the event that the total amount of insurance premiums paid during a calendar year is less than the fixed amount of the insurance premium for compulsory pension insurance, a period (in months) with a duration calculated in proportion to the paid insurance premiums, but not less than one calendar month (30 days) shall be included in the insurance period. ).

The period counted in the insurance period in connection with the payment of insurance premiums to the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation from payments and other remuneration under these contracts, if there are periods of work and (or) other activities, other periods in the corresponding calendar year, is taken into account in such a way that the insurance period for the corresponding calendar year did not exceed one year (12 months).

The procedure for confirming the insurance experience

When calculating the insurance experience before registering a citizen as an insured person and receiving a pension certificate, the experience is confirmed on the basis of individual (personalized) records for the specified period and (or) documents issued by employers or relevant state (municipal) bodies. For documents that can confirm the length of service in the absence of information in the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, see the article at the link.

When calculating the insurance experience after registering a citizen as an insured person in the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, the data on the experience are confirmed on the basis of information from an individual (personalized) record.

When calculating the insurance period, the periods "" in the territory of the Russian Federation before the registration of a citizen as an insured person in the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation can be established on the basis of the testimony of 2 or more witnesses, if work documents are lost due to a natural disaster (earthquake, flood, hurricane, fire, etc.) and cannot be restored. In some cases, it is allowed to establish the length of service on the basis of the testimony of 2 or more witnesses in case of loss of documents and for other reasons (due to their careless storage, deliberate destruction, etc.). similar reasons) through no fault of the employee. At the same time, the nature of the work is not confirmed by the testimonies of witnesses.

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The presence of insurance experience is one of the criteria for determining the right of a citizen to retire in 2020. The requirements for the minimum required length of service for applying for an insurance pension have been increasing annually since 2015. To make payments in 2020, you need to have an insurance period (for standards for 2021 and beyond, see c).

In the insurance period, according to law No. 400-FZ "About insurance pensions" the following are included:

Since 2019 in pension legislation there was a new basis for early retirement - the presence of a long work experience (). Its calculation differs from the standard scheme, since its duration Not all periods included(for example, military service is not counted).

For some types of pension, the duration is of particular importance. special experience- labor activity by profession or in certain working conditions. This applies to recipients of pensions, pensions and length of service (, etc.).

What is insurance experience?

The concept of insurance experience is defined in Art. 3 of Law No. 400-FZ. This is the total duration of the labor activity of a person and others, a list of which is enshrined in law. Before the changes in the pension system in 2015, this term was replaced by the concept "seniority".

Duration of insurance experience directly affects the amount of the pension:

• The longer a person works, the more insurance premiums the employer pays for him.
• From the insurance premiums on the personal account of a citizen, they are formed, with the help of which the size of the future pension.

In addition, citizens who either did not have enough of it to meet the minimum established standards will not be able to receive an old-age insurance pension. They will only be entitled to, which is assigned later than the insurance (at 70 years old for men and 65 for women), and its size is fixed for all recipients of this type of security.

Insurance and work experience: what's the difference?

Despite changes in legislation, the concept of seniority is still used in practice today.

• It includes all periods of work activity and other periods taking place before the beginning of 2002.
• Its duration is used to calculate the amount of citizens' pensions as of that date. After this time with the implementation of reforms, the definition of pension rights and the calculation of payments depends on the length of service.

What is included in the insurance period

In accordance with the law of December 28, 2013 No. 400-FZ "About insurance pensions", the experience includes the following periods of work or other activities performed by citizens of the Russian Federation:

1. On the territory of the Russian Federation, subject to the mandatory payment of contributions to the FIU.
2. In other countries, in cases stipulated by the legislation of the Russian Federation or international treaties of the Russian Federation, or subject to payment of contributions to the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation.

In addition to periods of work, the length of service provided for by law, during which contributions are not deducted, will be included in the length of service.

Note that not all periods included in the insurance period are counted in the length of service for. For example:

• the duration of work in the conditions of the Far North or areas equated to them is important;
• (37 years for women, 42 for men) will be summed up by the duration of work and paid sick leave (without socially significant periods).

What "non-insurance" periods are counted in the insurance experience

The length of service, in addition to the time of employment, includes the periods listed in Part 1 of Art. 12 of Law No. 400-FZ. These include:

• receiving benefits in connection with the onset of temporary disability;
• mother's or father's care for each child up to his age of 1.5 years (no more than 6 years in total);
• receiving unemployment benefits, performing paid public works, the time of moving to another locality for employment in the direction of the employment service;
• being in custody and in places of restriction of freedom, exile in case of unreasonable prosecution, if innocence is then proven;
• caring for a disabled person of the 1st group, a disabled child, citizens over the age of 80;
• residence of the wife of a serviceman in an area where she cannot get a job (no more than 5 years);
• residence outside the territory of the Russian Federation of spouses of citizens performing duties in representative offices and consulates of the Russian Federation (no more than 5 years);
• statutory period "On operational-search activity".

These periods will be included in the length of service if before them and after them there were periods of work (regardless of their duration), during which the transfer of insurance premiums to the FIU took place.

Seniority for retirement in Russia under the new law

After the reform pension system 2015, the requirements for the minimum length of service for assigning an old-age insurance pension began to increase annually.

Note that the changes did not affect the length of service for the appointment of an early pension to certain categories of citizens specified in the article and Law No. 400-FZ (employees of the Lists and preferential categories).

The minimum length of service for calculating a pension in 2020 in Russia

To be eligible for an old-age insurance pension in 2020, you must have at least 11 years of insurance experience. The minimum seniority requirement will gradually increase, adding one year each year. For example, already in 2021, 12 years of insurance experience are required to establish a pension, in 2022 - already 13 years, until it reaches 15 years by 2025. In addition to m (table below).

Length of service for retirement in Russia under the new law (table 2020)

year of retirement	What is the minimum length of service needed for a pension, years	Minimum Retirement Points (IPK)
2015	6	6,6
2016	7	9
2017	8	11,4
2018	9	13,8
2019	10	16,2
2020	11	18,6
2021	12	21
2022	13	23,4
2023	14	25,8
2024	15	28,2
2025	15	30

Rules for calculating and confirming the insurance period

The procedure for calculating the insurance period is regulated by Article 13 of Law No. 400-FZ, which provides for the following points:

When assigning pensions, confirmation of the length of service is not always required.

Periods of work after the introduction of individual (personalized) accounting (IPU) and receipt of SNILS are automatically confirmed based on the information recorded on the individual personal account of the future pensioner.

Confirmation of periods of employment before the introduction of individual accounting may be required:

• In the absence of relevant data in the FIU. In this case, as a rule, supporting documents are required from the employer or from the state. authorities in the manner prescribed by law.
• In case of destruction without the possibility of recovery or loss of documents on work through no fault of the employee. In this case, the establishment of the length of service (with the exception of the nature of the work) occurs on the basis of witness testimony ( 2 or more people).

It depends how old you are, the unified social tax and insurance contributions paid into the pension fund. A citizen (both men and women) must have at least five such years. And if at the same time a man has reached the age of 60, and a woman - 55, then they are entitled to an old-age labor pension (Article 7 of the Federal Law "On Labor Pensions in the Russian Federation").

This does not apply to citizens entitled to early retirement pension. Their insurance experience is defined somewhat differently. Today, the minimum work (insurance) length of service, which gives the right to a labor pension, is five years. Moreover, it is not even necessary to work all these five years: women can include two leaves for the birth of a child and caring for him - one and a half years each (that is, three years out of five), men - a two-year period of service in the Armed Forces.

So, remember: the length of service (length of service) is the period of work or other activity during which monetary contributions were made to the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation (paragraph 1 of article 10 of the law).

The insurance experience is calculated according to the calendar. If several periods coincide in time, one of such periods is taken into account at the choice of the person who applied for the establishment of the specified pension.

I will list all other periods that, along with periods of work, are counted in the insurance period (Article 11 of the law):

1) the period of military service, as well as other service equivalent to it, provided for by the Law of the Russian Federation "On pensions for persons who have completed military service, service in the internal affairs bodies, the State Fire Service, bodies for controlling the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, institutions and bodies of the penitentiary system, and their families”;

2) the period of receipt of benefits for compulsory social insurance during the period of temporary disability;

3) the period of care of one of the parents for each child until he reaches the age of one and a half years, but not more than three years in total;

4) the period of receipt of unemployment benefits, the period of participation in paid public works and the period of moving in the direction of the state employment service to another locality for employment;

6) the period of care provided by an able-bodied person for a disabled person of group I, a disabled child or a person who has reached the age of 80 years;

7) the period of residence of the spouses of servicemen who are doing military service under a contract, together with their spouses, in areas where they could not work due to the lack of employment opportunities, but not more than five years in total;

8) the period of residence abroad of the spouses of employees sent to diplomatic missions and consular offices of the Russian Federation, permanent missions of the Russian Federation to international organizations, trade missions of the Russian Federation in foreign states, representative offices of federal executive authorities, government agencies under federal executive authorities or as representatives of these bodies abroad, as well as to representative offices of state institutions of the Russian Federation (state bodies and state institutions of the USSR) abroad and international organizations, the list of which is approved by the government of the Russian Federation, but not more than five years in total. selnov.ru›