Inps clarifications

Public workers with early retirement, tightening of performance rates. Uil: opposed to new penalisations

Employees of local authorities, health care, teachers and bailiffs who will retire early between the ages of 65 and 67 are not entitled to the derogation on the rates of return for the earnings part of the pension amended by the Budget Law of 2024

by Rome Editorial Staff

27 August 2025

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Key points

Introduced the option in the Pa to remain in service until the age of 70
The derogation
When the new rates do not apply

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Employees of local authorities, health care, teachers and bailiffs who will retire early between the ages of 65 and 67 are not entitled to the derogation on the rates of return for the earnings part of the pension changed with the Budget Law of 2024. This was announced by the INPS in a message, recalling that the Budget Law for 2025 adjusted the age for the mandatory termination of employment, once the requirements for early retirement have been met, to the age requirement for an old-age pension, thus going from 65 to 67.

"The derogation from the application of the new rates of return set forth in Law No. 213 of 30 December 2023 (hereinafter referred to as Budget Law 2024)," it reads, "does not apply in cases of termination of employment due to resignation occurring from the year 2025 in the presence of a retirement age of 65 or more but less than 67.

Introduced the option in the Pa to remain in service until the age of 70

The Inps recalls that the Budget Law 2025 'has raised, starting from the year 2025, the ordinal limit by relating it to the age requirement for reaching the old age pension (for the two-year period 2025/2026 equal to 67 years of age). Paragraph 165 introduced the option for public administrations to retain in service, beyond the statutory limit and before the age of 70, employees they deem necessary, subject to the availability of the person concerned.

The derogation

"Taking into account that Article 1, paragraph 161, second sentence, of the Budget Law 2024 provides that the new rates of return do not apply in cases of termination of service due to reaching the age or service limits provided for by the relevant regulations, INPS clarifies that, "as a result of the changes to the statutory limits, said derogatory rules apply to old-age pensions paid by the Cpdel, Cps, Cpi and Cpug following the compulsory termination of employment with a public administration".

When the new rates do not apply

The new rates of return also do not apply for the settlement of old-age pensions in respect of employees of employers who have lost their public legal status and who have maintained their membership in the Cpdel. The derogation also applies in cases where the employee resigns before the end of the retention period, in view of the fact that the relevant termination of employment occurred after the statutory limit was reached and before the end of the retention period. For members of these pension funds who are not entitled to the derogation and who have accrued a contribution seniority of less than 15 years as at 31 December 1995, the pension quotas liquidated under the retributive system are calculated with the application of the rate of return equal to 2.5 per cent for each year of contribution seniority.

Uil-Fpl: opposed to new penalisation of public employees

"Uil Fpl expresses its clear opposition to the new intervention that further penalises public employees on the social security front," states Rita Longobardi, Uil Fpl General Secretary. "With message no. 2491 of 25 August, the Inps clarified that from 2025, workers in the local authorities, health, school and justice sectors enrolled in the Cpdel, Cps, Cpi and Cpug funds who will take early retirement between the ages of 65 and 67 will not be able to benefit from the derogation on the application of the new rates of return provided for by the Budget Law 2024. In concrete terms, for thousands of workers with reduced contribution years, the pension cheque will be even lower than in the past." 'The measure is unfair and discriminatory,' Longobardi continues, 'because it affects those who provide essential services to the country every day and, when they leave work, see their pensions further reduced. The Public Administration is based on the daily work of these employees, who do not deserve new economic penalisations'. "We also recall that, despite the Constitutional Court ruling that declared the deferral of severance pay/ Tfs unlawful, public employees still wait on average 2 to 7 years to receive their deferred salary. It is unacceptable to continue offloading the costs of the reforms onto their shoulders." "We therefore ask the government," the secretary concludes, "for an immediate confrontation to correct this further penalisation and protect the dignity and social security rights of those who serve the state and citizens with professionalism and dedication.