The law should, in particular, introduce: a unified statutory retirement age of 65 years (including for women); a merger of the existing pension funds in three funds and a unified new pension system for all current and future employees (applicable as of 1 January 2013); a reduction of the upper limit on pensions; a gradual increase in the minimum contributory period for retirement on a full benefit from 37 to 40 years (by 2015); a minimum retirement age of 60 years by 1 January 2011 (including for workers in heavy and arduous professions and those with 40 years of contributions); the abolition of the special rules applicable to persons insured before 1993 (while retaining acquired rights); a substantial narrowing of the list of heavy and arduous professions; a reduction of pension benefits (by 6 % per year) for people entering retirement between the ages of 60 and 65 with a contributory period of less than 40 years; the creation of an automatic adjustment mechanism linking the retirement age with the increase in life expectancy (as of 2020); the creation of a means-tested minimum guaranteed income for elderly people above the statutory retirement age; stricter conditions and the regular re-examination of eligibility for disability pensions; an amendment of the pension award formula in the contributory based scheme to strengthen the link between contributions paid and benefits received (with accrual rate limited to an average annual rate of 1,2 %); and an extension of the calculation of the pensionable earnings to entire lifetime earnings (while retaining acquired rights).
Zakon mora uvesti zlasti enotno zakonsko predpisano upokojitveno starost 65 let (tudi za ženske); združitev obstoječih pokojninskih skladov v tri sklade ter enoten nov pokojninski sistem za vse sedanje in bodoče zaposlene (z začetkom veljavnosti 1. januarja 2013); znižanje zgornje meje pokojnin; postopno daljšanje minimalnega obdobja vplačevanja prispevkov za upokojitev s polno pokojnino s 37 na 40 let (do leta 2015); minimalno upokojitveno starost 60 let do 1. januarja 2011 (tudi za delavce v težkih in napornih poklicih ter tiste s 40-letno dobo vplačevanja prispevkov); odpravo posebnih pravil za že pred letom 1993 zavarovane osebe (ob ohranitvi pridobljenih pravic); bistveno skrajšanje seznama težkih in napornih poklicev; znižanje pokojnin (za 6 % na leto) za ljudi, ki se upokojijo v starosti od 60 do 65 let, z dobo vplačevanja, krajšo od 40 let; izdelavo mehanizma avtomatskega prilagajanja, ki povezuje upokojitveno starost z vse daljšo pričakovano življenjsko dobo (od leta 2020); minimalni zajamčeni dohodek za starejše ljudi nad zakonsko predpisano upokojitveno starostjo na podlagi ugotovljenega premoženjskega stanja; strožje pogoje za upravičenost do invalidskih pokojnin in redno ponovno preverjanje upravičenosti do invalidskih pokojnin; spremembo formule določanja višine pokojnine v sistemu, ki temelji na prispevkih, za okrepitev povezave med vplačanimi prispevki in prejetimi pokojninami (z odmerno stopnjo, omejeno na povprečno letno stopnjo 1,2 %) ter podaljšanje obdobja za izračun pokojninske osnove na prihodke v celotni življenjski dobi (ob ohranitvi pridobljenih pravic).