PENSION REFORM BILL PASSED AFTER 4 DAYS' REVIEW|公務員年改三讀 "多繳.少領.延退" 18%優存2年歸零

After a four-day marathon review session, the Legislative Yuan passed a pension reform bill for civil servants on the 27th that will increase contributions, cut payouts, and push back retirement ages. The biggest difference between the final bill and the draft bill is that the 18% savings interest rate for certain pensioners will sunset in 2 years instead of 6. Having done with civil servants, the legislature will next deal with teachers and political appointees. The retirement age for teachers will likely be the focus of controversy. ==SU JIA-CHYUAN Speaker, Legislative Yuan== The Civil Servant Retirement and Severance Pension Act is hereby amended and passed. The fall of Speaker Su Chia-chyuan's gavel marked the passage of pension reform for civil servants, as well as the end to the contentious debate over the 18% special interest rate and income replacement rates. The 18% special savings interest rate for retirees on a monthly pension will be reduced to zero over two years, in the biggest departure from the Pension Reform Committee's recommendations. The interest rate will first be reduced to 12% for retirees who took a lump-sum payment. The pension income replacement rate for retirees who had worked for 35 years will be reduced from 75% to 60% over 10 years, calculated on the average salary of the last 15 years of the civil servant's career. An income floor of NT$32,160 will apply. All provisions will take effect in July 2018. ==LIN WAN-YI Pension Reform Committee== There are differences, but minor ones. The Pension Reform Committee wanted to phase out the 18% interest rate in 6 years, which was in the proposal, but the Legislative Yuan's decision of 2 years was actually discussed by the committee as well. Lin said that the reform package for civil servants, which is the first to pass the legislature, will be a good model for reforms for teachers and political appointees. As the legislature begins to debate pension reform for teachers, the retirement age will become the most controversial topic. ==KO CHIH-EN KMT legislator== Whether it's 30-55 or 30-60, every year will make a difference of NT$990 million. Coupled with the overall personnel turnover, there will be huge challenges. ==YEH YI-CHIN Sec-Gen. DPP Legislative Caucus== We cannot meet the teachers' unions' demands of retirement at 55, but after much effort and a consideration of the overall situation, we have reached a compromise (retirement at 58). I think this is a success. The KMT caucus held a press conference detailing its positions before review of the draft bills began. The DPP followed suit in the afternoon, saying that it was lowering the retirement age for teachers in its draft bill to 58. However, this is still different from the KMT's demands and will likely become a point of contention between the parties. Translated by JOHN CHEN 立法院臨時會，歷經四天的馬拉松式審查，今天三讀通過「公務人員退休資遣撫卹法」，確立「多繳、少領、延退」的原則，而與年改會版本差異最大的，就是支領月退休金者的18%優惠存款，2年歸零，接下來就是教職人員與政務人員的年金改革草案審查，最大的爭議點，將是教職人員的退休起支年齡。 ==立法院長 蘇嘉全== 公務人員退休資遣撫卹法 並將條文修正通過 立法院長蘇嘉全槌一敲下，公務人員退休資遣撫卹法三讀通過，18%、所得替代率等條文爭議，也隨之落幕，通過的條文重點包括，支領月退休金者的18%優惠存款，2年歸零，這也是與年改會版本相差最大的地方，而支領一次退休金，先降到12％，年資滿35年的所得替代率，由75%，10年內降至60%，而退休金的計算基準，則調整為退休前15年的平均俸額，最低生活保障金額為32160元，施行日期則自107年7月起實施。 == 年改會執行長 林萬億== 落差是有 但是也不是滿大 年改會決議是最遲6年內歸零 所以年改會的說法是如此 立法院通過的2年 其實也在年改會 當時討論的範圍內 林萬億認為，公務人員退休資遣撫卹法是第一個三讀通過的年改法案，也會對未來教職人員、政務人員等職業類別，有示範作用，而接下來要登場的教職人員年金改革方案，退休起支年齡將是最大爭議。 ==國民黨立委 柯志恩== 30-55(歲) 30-60(歲) 光是每一年就會差99億(的薪資) （再加上)整個人力的新陳代謝 勢必就會面臨很大的一個挑戰 ==民進黨立院黨團幹事長 葉宜津== 我們沒有辦法達到 全教總要求的55歲的目標 但是我們也努力去希望能夠 去做整體的考量以外 終於得到折衷的方案(58歲) 我認為這就是一種成功 在草案進行審查前，國民黨團先開記者會提出訴求，民進黨團下午跟進，決定中小學教師的退休起支年齡，下修到58歲，但是仍然與國民黨期待有落差，也將可能是下一階段，朝野的攻防焦點。 記者 郭采彥 應磊奇 台北報導