The Minister of Social Affairs, Issam Lahmar, stated that 123 retirees have been identified for having combined a retirement pension with a salary in the public and private sectors. Among these cases, 34 concern the public sector, with a monthly cost estimated at 51,000 dinars, and 89 concern the private sector, with a monthly cost of around 71,000 dinars.
In his response to a written question on fraud involving maintaining, for many retirees, the pension-salary cumulation, addressed by Deputy Ahmed Bennour, the minister specified that those who have resumed activity in the public sector are automatically detected. This is done through automated checks of retirees affiliated with the National Pension Fund and Social Welfare (CNRPS) who have returned to work after the legal retirement age and who have chosen to benefit from the allowance related to this activity while waiving their retirement pension, in accordance with the provisions of Article 55 of Law No. 12 of 1985 concerning the civil and military retirement and survivors’ pension regime in the public sector.
He added that, for the public sector, fraud detection is carried out through the “Insaf” salary payment system: cumulation situations are identified within the same month, and pension payments are suspended in a timely manner.
In the private sector, these cases are identified as part of periodic campaigns conducted in coordination with the services of the National Social Security Fund (CNSS), thanks to data cross-checks and the establishment of a web service between the two funds since early September 2024.
The minister finally stressed that, in the event of a cumulation between a retirement pension—whatever its origin—and a permanent income in the form of salary or wages, the procedures provided by the aforementioned law are initiated without delay, notably the suspension of the pension of the person concerned and the obligation to reimburse the pensions received during the cumulation period.
(Source: TAP)
