PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS' PENSIONS BASED ON FINAL 15 YEARS|公立教職退休金基準 採最後15年均俸

Two legislative committees yesterday decided that pensions of public school teachers, like those of public servants, will be calculated based on the average salary of the recipient's last 15 years of service. But much focus yesterday was also on Pension Reform committee covener Lin Wan-yi's own retirement scheme, as he is turning 65 this year. On the morning of May 8, the Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee and Education and Culture Committee jointly reviewed "public school teachers' retirement pension draft bill." In the clause-by-clause discussion, the ruling and opposition parties showed concern about whether the minister without portfolio, Lin Wan-i, who is also the Pension Reform Committee's executive officer, could receive the 18 percent preferential interest rate upon retirement at 65 this year. ==WANG YU-MIN KMT legislator== Minister without portfolio Lin Wan-i said he would not give up on the 18 percent preferential interest rate. I'd like to ask what your opinion is about the 18 percent preferential interest rate. Under the current system, is it unjust for those people to receive the 18 percent preferential interest rate? ==WANG JUNG-CHANG DPP legislator== Lin Wan-i will not hold any post of minister without portfolio in the next 6 years. If he applies to his school for retirement, is he entitled to the 18 percent preferential interest rate which does not end in the future? == PAN WEN-CHUNG Minister of Education== Given the new regulation, chances of Lin Wan-i receiving the 18 percent preferential interest rate are slim. In response, Lin Wan-i made a statement through the pension reform office that he would not receive the 18 percent preferential interest rate when he applies for retirement. Some teachers questioned whether the 65 retirement age was too old. Minister of Education Pan Wen-chung emphasized that this was because teachers began their teaching career at a later age. == PAN WEN-CHUNG Minister of Education== With gradual change year by year, the statistics after 2011 showed that teachers were almost 29 years old when they began to teach. The retirement age for elementary and high school teachers is thus set around 60 given their 30 years' seniority and their starting age of service. On the afternoon of May 8, the committee reviewed the starting age of retirement for teachers and decided to reserve it for further negotiation. As to the average pension, the pan-blue legislators suggested that 10 years be calculated but pan-green legislators insisted that it should correspond to civil servants. After voting, the 15 years of the Executive Yuan's version was passed. TRANSLATED BY：BRYANT CHANG 「公立學校教職員退休撫卹條例草案」今天開始在立法院進行審查，上星期已經表決通過，公務員採計在職最後15年平均俸額；下午在處理相關條文時，經過表決，教職人員也採計15年。而政務委員林萬億，同時也是台大社工系教授，屆齡退休能否享有18%優存，一度也引起朝野議論。 立法院司法及法制委員會與教育文化委員會上午聯席審查「公立學校教職員退休撫卹條例草案」，在進行逐條審查前的大體討論裡，行政院政務委員，同時也是年金改革委員會執行長的林萬億，今年滿65歲，已經取得退休資格，能否享有18%優存，受到朝野關注。 ==國民黨立法委員 王育敏== 主導年金改革的林萬億政委 他說他沒有要放棄(18%) 他要領 我請教部長 你對18%的看法是什麼 現行的制度 這些領18%的人 是不公不義嗎 ==民進黨立法委員 王榮璋== 未來的6年裡內 （林萬億)不再擔任任何的政務官 然後到學校申請退休 在未來18%沒有完全落日的情況下 他會是符合這樣的條件(嗎) ==教育部長 潘文忠== 如果以目前的新條例 林政委卸任後要去 支領到18%的機會 應該是非常非常小 對此，林萬億透過年改辦公室聲明，未來辦理退休後，也不會領取18%，另外，有部分教師質疑行政院版本的退休年齡為65歲，太老了，對此，教育部長潘文忠強調，這是因應近年進入教職的年紀延後的關係。 ==教育部長 潘文忠== 逐年的做改變 在(民國)100年後的統計 大概已經將近是29歲 才開始進入到這個教育的 這樣的工作崗位上 中小學(教師)在60歲左右(退休) 大概也是他們在服務30年 還有參考他們的服務年紀 一個比較相對應 教職員的退休起支年齡，下午委員會審查時，予以保留，留待朝野協商，而均俸部分，藍營立委主張採計10年，並建議保留，但綠營堅持與公務員一致，經過表決，通過行政院15年的版本。 記者 郭采彥 彭耀祖 台北報導