Almanac of law. Issue 15 (2024), pages 448–454.

DOI: 10.33663/2524-017X-2024-15-448-454

Trunova H. A.
Current issues of law enforcement regarding confirmation of length of service for pension granting

The article analyses the issues relating to the procedure for confirming the length of service as a prerequisite for granting an old-age pension in the PAYG pension system. The author emphasises the problems in the law enforcement activities of the Pension Fund of Ukraine regarding refusal to grant an old-age pension due to failure to include work experience in the event of minor deficiencies in the documents confirming the employee’s work experience. Attention is focused on the successful protection of the relevant rights in court. Conclusions are drawn and proposals are made to improve the efficiency of law enforcement activities of the Pension Fund of Ukraine in matters of confirmation of length of service for the purpose of exercising the right to a pension as a constitutional component of the right to social protection. The author proposes to change the paradigm of law enforcement activities of the Pension Fund of Ukraine with regard to confirmation of length of service for granting a pension on the basis of the presumption of legitimacy of a person’s claims and actions in accordance with the provisions of the Law of Ukraine «On Administrative Procedure». In addition, the right to an old-age pension should be ensured by effective remedies out of court. In this regard, it is necessary to change the approach to reviewing citizens’ appeals against decisions of the Pension Fund, applying an individual rather than a formal approach to reviewing decisions on citizens’ complaints about pensions and the consideration of length of service.

Key words: pension, insurance record, social security, employee, employer, protection of rights, enforcement of rights, law enforcement, social insurance.

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Halyna Anatoliivna Trunova,
Senior Researcher
of the Department of Civil, Labor
and Business Law
of the V. M. Koretsky Institute of State and Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,
Candidate of Law, Associate Professor
ORCID: 0000-0002-1829-2561