Special pension: Can I continue working after receiving it?

A special retirement It is granted to all professionals who perform highly hazardous work. That is, exposed to chemicals, unhealthy conditions or risk factors or death. The minimum time to file a claim varies according to the level of danger, since the more harmful the agent, the less time it takes for the worker to retire.

Thus, the special retirement is a way to compensate the worker for the risks suffered in the work environment. Thus, a professional who has undertaken a risky job contributes less time compared to ordinary retirement.

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Retirement regarding levels of dangerousness

Special retirement can vary according to the level of danger to which the worker is submitted. In this way, the government attributed a faster retirement to those who carry out their activities in critical situations, such as those who work in mines, for example.

The division of time is as follows:

• Fifteen years for underground mine workers;
• Twenty years for workers in above ground mines;
• Twenty-five years for security guards, jobs subject to noise and others.

The value of the special retirement is calculated from the average of 60% of the workers' salary, adding two percentages for each passing year, with a minimum of 20 years for men and 15 for women.

However, if the worker wishes to continue working after retirement, he must change area, that is, to carry out a job different from the one that led him to be retired in a way Special.

Which professions are entitled to special retirement?

Doctors, dentists, engineers, metallurgists, aeronauts, bus drivers and conductors are just a few examples of professions entitled to special retirement, in accordance with Decrees 53,831/1964 and 83.080/1979.

However, if the worker exercises a risky profession and it is not on the list, it is still possible to be entitled to special retirement. Thus, it is enough to prove the dangerousness from the Social Security Professional Profile (PPP). This is a document prepared by an occupational physician, based on the Technical Report on working conditions, analyzing the harmful conditions to which the worker was exposed.