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Work experience is of great importance for the formation of a pension in modern Russia. The larger it is, the more secure the citizen’s old age will be in the future.

The question of entering this period of military service remains relevant. The period of military service is included in it, however, with some features that will be discussed in the article.

What is experience

The concept of “work experience” was previously used exclusively in the context of the number of years a citizen has worked. This also included some other periods (for example, parental leave).

Also in Russia there is an insurance period - the period for which insurance premiums were paid for an employee (by the employer or by himself, in the case of entrepreneurial activity).

Separately, it is necessary to highlight preferential special experience, which should be understood as work in difficult, harmful and special conditions, for which the right to early retirement is provided.

Is military service included in teaching and medical experience?

Often, the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation excludes from the length of service of medical and teaching workers the period of service in the Armed Forces. The basis for making a decision to refuse to grant an early retirement pension is quite simple - pension legislation does not provide for the inclusion of this period in the length of service. But to think so, and even more so to refuse to include all teachers and doctors in the army service record is illegal!

Of course, it is not profitable for the Russian Pension Fund to include military service in the length of service. Because people will begin to retire earlier, which means they will have to pay pensions now, and not in 2 years. First of all, economic motives underlie illegal decisions to refuse to grant an early retirement pension. But any decision can be appealed in court. Moreover, it is obviously illegal.

Is military service included in teaching and medical experience?

According to the legislation of the USSR, pedagogical and medical experience included service in the Armed Forces of the USSR and stay in partisan detachments, service in the troops and bodies of the Cheka, OGPU, NKVD, NKGB, MGB, the State Security Committee under the Council of Ministers of the USSR, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR and bodies police.

Of course, it must be recognized that military service is not the main thing for a teacher or doctor. Therefore, Soviet legislation provided for a restriction according to which at least 2/3 of the preferential length of service (25 years for teachers and 30 years for doctors) must be spent working in institutions, organizations and positions, work in which provides the right to an early pedagogical or medical pension . However, this condition does not apply to medical workers who worked in their specialty within the Armed Forces of the USSR and other bodies indicated above.

However, it must be remembered that such legal regulation is applicable to periods of service before October 1, 1993.

Currently, the issue of inclusion in the length of service in the army is regulated by the Federal Law “On the Status of Military Personnel”, according to which the period of military service under a contract is counted towards the length of service in the specialty (pedagogical, medical, etc.) in calendar order, and in case of completion military service upon conscription - in preferential terms - 1 day of military service for two days of work.

It should also be noted that literally today the Industrial District Court of Izhevsk considered the case of including the period of service in the Armed Forces of the USSR in the length of service of a teaching worker. The court satisfied my client's claims in full. A total of 26 years of teaching experience thanks to military service. This once again confirms that the decisions of the Pension Fund must be appealed as illegal.

There are nuances in the issue of assigning a pension that you may not be aware of. Even representatives of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation do not know all the nuances, which allows military service to be included in teaching or medical experience. Moreover, protecting one’s interests in court is a responsible matter, it requires certain knowledge and skills. Therefore, in order to avoid court decisions in favor of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, we advise you to contact our experienced lawyers.

The Pension Fund of the Russian Federation refused to grant an early pension? Trust our lawyers to restore your right to a preferential pension! At your service: calculating length of service and drawing up claims to the Pension Fund online. If you live in Izhevsk, Udmurt Republic, we can provide a whole range of services to represent your interests in court.

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In what cases is military service included in the total length of service?

Until 2002, the main criterion determining the size of the pension was the total number of years worked. Now it does not have such practical significance as before, but is still used to calculate individual social payments. So does the period of being in the army coincide with the total time of work?

The Russian Federation provides for two forms of recruiting the Armed Forces:

• compulsory conscription of citizens liable for military service;
• conclusion of a contract.

For conscripted military personnel, the time spent in the army is fully counted.

Contract military personnel should include officers, as well as privates and non-commissioned officers from the persons who signed the relevant document. With a certain length of service, they have the right to count on a special military pension, and therefore the total length of service is not of fundamental importance for them. However, in case of insufficient length of service, they have the right to rely either on an old-age insurance pension, for the calculation of which it is necessary to have a minimum working period of 10 years in 2021; in 2021 it is 12 years .

Reference! Since 2019, citizens of pre-retirement age have the opportunity to retire early if they have worked for many years (37 years for women and 42 for men).

There are also a number of structures in which service is equivalent to army service:

• Troops of the Russian Guard;
• FSIN;
• Ministry of Internal Affairs;
• FSB;
• Ministry of Emergency Situations.

What types of length of service may be affected by military service?

Those who have given their debt to their homeland must understand that their labors were not in vain.
All those who served in the ranks of the armed forces of the Russian Federation can be conditionally divided into several groups. Each category of citizens, according to the law, while in the army earns its own length of service.

However, in any case, military service affects some types of this indicator, giving advantages over other people who were not affected by military affairs at all.

So, the time spent in the ranks of the armed forces is supplemented by the following type of experience:

• general labor;
• insurance;
• preferential.

Calculations are carried out in accordance with adopted legislation and often affect the amount of pension benefits and the right to receive a certain type of compensation. According to the increase in the temporary insurance period, due to military service, sick leaves are accrued. In addition, in some cases, the military period may even be included in the length of service of a teaching worker.

Of course, it’s no secret that today, when calculating the amount of a pension, the total length of service plays practically no role. However, it confirms the right to receive a pension that a person earned before 2002, and affects the receipt of preferential benefits, special payments and compensation.

Any period of military service that a conscript or contract soldier completed is included in this indicator.

As for people who served in the army for a long time, considering military affairs to be their calling and not receiving an army pension, they switched to another type of activity, then everything is also included for them, but only to general labor.

Is there hazing in the modern army?

Most often, the added period corresponds to the actual period of service; there are also increases, for example, the length of service increases by 3 times for a combat participant. Sometimes with contract service the increase occurs twofold. For conscripts, for each army day, two actual ones are included in the work book.

The time period is included in the length of service in the civil service and the general labor period. It is not necessary to have the appropriate notes in the work report.

When applying for a pension, it will be enough to present the relevant documents (a certificate from the unit, the military registration and enlistment office, the military ID itself).

Sometimes, military service is not taken into account in the length of service only because after this time, the person never worked at all, meaning official employment.

Work experience allows a person to claim rights to certain benefits and compensation provided for by our legislation. Accordingly, the longer this period, the more rights a person receives when going on a well-deserved rest.

Young guys, one way or another, have to serve, regardless of their desire. The advantage is obvious, the years will not be wasted and will be included in the length of service, insurance, and sometimes benefits. After a while, the “collected period” may become the missing link for a pension, upon receipt of some kind of compensation from the state, special payments.

In fact, it is very simple to understand how the length of service of a person who served in the army is calculated.

For a serviceman who has the appropriate education and is not entitled to a military pension (for some reason who has not served until it), each day that is officially counted as a day of service will be added in the amount of one calendar day to the total length of service. Also, this period will be included in the insurance period if there were corresponding payments.

Conscripted soldiers are awarded two days for each day spent in the armed forces. That is, for every six months, a year is accrued, respectively, for a year - two.

As for young teachers: if a young man went to serve having previously worked at a school, then army experience is counted as teaching experience in the amount of one to one. If you first served and then went to work in education, then no, the teaching experience does not count toward the teaching experience, but in any case, yes, it does count toward the general labor force.

We invite you to familiarize yourself with: Deferment from the army at the birth of a child (first, second and subsequent): conditions and rules for granting

What you can and cannot take with you to the army

In this case, accruals are made regardless of the calendar year, but based on the fact of military stay. That is, if a young man was discharged from the army ahead of time due to health reasons and managed to serve only five or three months, then that is exactly how many days will be counted towards one or another type of service.

The higher the insurance period, the greater the amount of benefits that is accrued during the period of sick leave. Also, having an insurance period, a person, when calculating a pension, has the right to the insurance part of the pension.

The temporary period of stay in the ranks of the armed forces, according to the actual calendar, is added to the total insurance period, but is considered a non-insurance period:

1. when receiving a pension;
2. registration of sick leave.

This happens due to the fact that at the moment the corresponding payments have not been made by the person. Therefore, to the question of whether military service is included in the length of service of this type, we answer unequivocally yes, but this period does not in any way affect the size of the corresponding payments.

When forming preferential length of service, this indicator often includes the time period of military service.

This indicator is counted when a person is registered for early retirement, based on length of service, due to hard work or harmful working conditions.

Also, some military personnel with certain positions can also count on preferential service; to obtain reliable information for this year, it is better to seek advice from the relevant authority.

It is clear that an ordinary conscript soldier who has received the position of sergeant cannot count his period of service when applying for a preferential pedagogical pension.

Studying the documents stipulating the rules for accrual of sick leave, we can say that sick leave is paid taking into account the period at which the corresponding social insurance contributions were made.

Taking the oath into the army of the Russian Federation

The army is precisely the time when such payments are made by a person and this period of service is included in the insurance period.

It turns out that regardless of what type of service was (contract or fixed-term), the rank and position of the person also does not matter.

During military service, social insurance contributions occur, which means that this period also applies to sick leave. The rule also works: the higher the length of service, the greater the payment.

Usually, the years spent in the ranks of the armed forces are not reflected in any way on the sheets of the work book for conscript soldiers. When applying for a well-deserved rest, there is a need to officially confirm this period of service. In order to confirm your general work experience, special experience, for example, preferential service taking into account the time of military service (if required).

You need to present a number of documents to the relevant authorities (pension fund):

• military ID;
• labor record, if there are appropriate notes there;
• certificate from the military registration and enlistment office;
• confirmation from the military unit.

Of course, so that when applying for a pension, you do not have to search for the appropriate documentation for a long time, it is advisable to make the appropriate note in a timely manner when applying for a job immediately after completing your service. The employer can make a note at the HR department before making an appointment. However, the entry is made on the basis of relevant documents, not from the words of the applicant.

Summing up, we can only draw positive conclusions about army service. Young guys should not worry about the fact that military service will take time. The so-called “lost time” will be included in the length of general work activity and will be reflected in the insurance and benefit length.

The principle of calculating the length of service of those who served in the army

As a general rule, service in the Armed Forces and structures equivalent to them is counted on the basis that 1 day of being there is equivalent to 1 day of work. In other words, it is taken into account depending on its duration in calendar days. However, there are exceptions. Thus, for conscripted military personnel, 1 day in the army or navy is equivalent to 2 days.

Example 1

The contract soldier served for less than 3 years, after which he left the army, subsequently working in civilian positions. Thus, he did not earn the right to a military pension, and the entire period of his stay in the army is equated to ordinary work. Accordingly, during the period he was in the army, he accumulated 3 years of work experience.

Example 2

A conscript soldier served the statutory period of 1 year and after demobilization worked in civilian life. Taking into account the increasing coefficient, the period of work experience accumulated during service is 2 years.

When applying for a pension, PFR specialists may request documents confirming that the citizen is in the army. These include:

• military ID;
• work book with a record of its owner being in the army;
• certificate from the military commissariat;
• certificates from military units and other places of service.

Insurance part: calculation features

The insurance period is more important, determining both the right to retire and its size.

For conscripted military personnel, being in the army is included in the insurance period only if, before this time or immediately after it, he had an official job (or was engaged in entrepreneurial activity) and contributions were made to the Pension Fund for him.

Important! The duration and nature of the work activity in this case does not matter at all; it is only important that it coincides in time with the period of being in the army.

If this condition is met, for each year that a citizen serves in the military, he is awarded 1.8 pension points.

For contract soldiers (including officers) who cannot qualify for a long-service pension, military service is included in the insurance period.

As for military pensioners who are going to apply for a second “civilian” pension, the time spent in the army, taken into account when calculating length of service, cannot be included in the insurance period.

Preferential length of service: nuances

As a rule, preferential service requires early retirement due to difficult and harmful working conditions. Staying in the army may be included in this period, provided that the citizen worked in hazardous work before being in the army or immediately after discharge and returning to civilian life. However, this applies to those workers who worked under special working conditions before January 1, 1992.

As for the special experience of health care and education workers, only compulsory military service before October 1, 1993 is included in it.

The situation is different during the period of contract service. It can be counted as special service provided that 1/3 of its citizen was in the army, and 2/3 worked in relevant positions in healthcare and educational institutions.

Military service in most cases is still of great importance for the formation of various types of length of service and, as a result, affects the size of future pension benefits, which, undoubtedly, is one of the incentives for completing it.

Work experience and its types

Work experience is the time period during which a citizen carried out official labor activities.

It is divided into two types: insurance and preferential.

Insurance

Previously, the size of the pension depended directly on the years spent at work. Now it is determined by the amount of insurance contributions made by the employer.

In addition, it includes:

• Temporary disability.
• Time of care for each child if he is under 1.5 years old. In this case, the maximum period for one parent should not exceed 6 years.
• Community service, moving to another area and staying on unemployment benefits.
• Term of detention under unjustified repression. For example, detention or serving exile.
• The period spent caring for a disabled person (disabled person, disabled child or elderly person).
• Military service or equivalent activities.

The above circumstances may not be taken into account if the person applying for work experience does not have experience in official employment .

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Preferential

This type of experience takes into account the time that a person spent in hazardous work, in the Northern regions of the country and in some professions considered preferential.

List of preferential positions:

• Underground mining worker;
• Fire Department;
• Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs;
• Medical employees;
• Military;
• Fishing industry workers;
• Rescue Service;
• Air transport pilots;
• Teachers;
• Mothers who care for disabled children;
• Mothers of large families;
• Lilliputians;
• Visually impaired;
• Art workers.

People who find themselves on the list can retire much earlier than those who are not eligible for benefits.

Calculation of army experience

To understand the principles of calculating work experience in 2021, it is worth considering the features of accruing pension points. For this purpose, it is worth considering the basic rules, as well as making calculations using specific examples.

Calculation features

According to the accepted rules, service in the RF Armed Forces and other structural units, service in which is equivalent to military service, is calculated in accordance with the number of days. In this case, one day of service is equivalent to 1 day of work.

However, it is worth remembering the exceptions, according to which for conscripts serving in the army or navy, one calendar day is counted double.

Examples

For clarity, let’s look at several examples of the formation of length of service during the period of military service:

1. The serviceman spent less than 3 years in contract service, followed by his dismissal from the Armed Forces. After his dismissal, he worked in a civilian job. The citizen will not receive the right to receive a military pension, and the entire period of military service will be equated to regular work. During his contract service in the army, he earned 3 years of experience.
2. After completing 1 year of conscription military service, the citizen went to work for a civilian enterprise. Taking into account the increasing coefficient, 2 years will be added to the working period (time spent in military service).