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Can I retire earlier than at 60 if I have worked for more than 10 years at a peat extraction enterprise?
Yes, you can, but under certain conditions.
Under preferential conditions, old-age pensions are granted to employees who work full-time in other jobs with harmful and difficult working conditions according to List No. 2 of industries, jobs, professions, positions, and indicators, and based on the results of workplace certification, after reaching the age of 55 and having insurance experience, in particular for women, of at least 25 years, of which at least 10 years in the specified jobs (Part 2 of Article 114 of the Law of Ukraine No. 1058-IV).
The right to a preferential pension is confirmed by:
— entries in the work book or
— a clarifying certificate issued by the enterprise, institution, organization, or their successor.
The certificate must indicate:
— periods of work that count toward special seniority;
— profession or position;
— nature of the work performed;
— section, subsection, paragraph, name of lists or their numbers where this period of work is included;
— primary documents on the basis of which the certificate was issued.
Such a certificate is necessary if there is no record in the employment record book of full-time employment in hazardous conditions.
For more details on the conditions determining the right to an old-age pension on preferential terms, see https://t1p.de/c36b0.