Nearly 2 million Russians choose electronic labor books since year beginning
Almost 2 million working Russians opted for electronic labor books this year. A key advantage of the electronic labor book is the constant access of an employee to the information it contains. Such employees do not need to ask their employers for information, which often requires the submission of an application and several days of waiting.
Northern pensioners compensated for traveling to vacation destination by personal car
The Pension Fund will compensate the expenses of northern pensioners in traveling to their vacation destination by personal car since August 24, 2022. The government resolution, which broadened the possibility of compensation for traveling to the vacation destination and back, took effect on that day. Earlier, compensations were paid for using any kind of transport but personal.
Next stage of social security transformation discussed at Moscow Financial Forum
Acting Chairman of the PFR Board Sergey Chirkov took part in the 6th Moscow Financial Forum in Manezh on September 8. The Pension Fund head addressed a session, which discussed the ongoing changes in the Russian social security system.
New training module of Internet ABC to help pensioners use smart phones
Rostelecom and the Russian Pension Fund have prepared a new training module for the expanded course of the Internet ABC program, Smart Phone Fundamentals. The course will be useful to elderly people who have learned how to use a computer on a basic level and seek new knowledge.
Sergey Chirkov greets participants in International Festival of Pensioners
Acting Board Chairman of the Russian Pension Fund Sergey Chirkov has sent greetings to the participants and guests of the First Moscow International Festival of Pensioners that took place in the capital last weekend.
16,500 families spend maternity capital on home construction, renovation in 2022
Some 16,500 families have spent their maternity capital on the construction or renovation of a private home since the beginning of this year. The Pension Fund has transferred a total of 5.3 billion rubles for these purposes. The money was provided for building a new home, expand the existent home, or compensate for home construction and renovation expenses.
Families may pay for education, child care services of individual entrepreneurs with maternity capital
The Pension Fund has been accepting family applications for paying for kindergarten and school services of individual entrepreneurs with maternity capital since August 15.
Pension Fund to help Russian Search Movement commemorate WWII heroes
The Pension Fund has signed an agreement with the Russian Search Movement to help obtain information about the fate of soldiers and officers who died of injuries and went missing during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The joint projects will aim to commemorate heroes of war and to strengthen the national and patriotic spirit of the peoples of Russia.
Over 387,000 families receive maternity capital proactively since year beginning
The Pension Fund has been assigning maternity capital proactively, without applications from parents, since mid-April 2020. Over 387,000 certificates were issued in this manner in 2022, upon births of the first and second children.
Six million people using codeword to receive personal consultations from unified call center
About six million people have chosen a codeword to receive personal consultations about their payments from the unified call center and hotlines of PFR regional branches.