Reduced contribution times
Reduced contributions is a term from the law of the statutory pension insurance in Germany . In the overview of the pension law periods, the reduced contribution period is subject to the so-called contribution periods .
definition
Post Impaired times are calendar months, with both contribution periods as well as with non-contributory periods - that is creditable periods , credited periods or equivalent periods are full -.
Periods of vocational training count as compulsory contribution time as well as reduced contribution time.
Casuistry
The compulsory contribution period and credit period equally (= reduced contribution period) are taken into account:
- Incapacity for work or rehabilitation with benefit receipt in the period from 1984 to 1991 (both inclusive), provided that the insured person shared the contribution
- and from 1992 to 1997 (both inclusive) with wage replacement benefits
- Unemployment with benefit receipt from 1992 to 1997 (both inclusive).
Outside of these periods, the facts of incapacity for work or unemployment could certainly fulfill other periods of pension law.
Legal consequences
Periods with reduced contributions may be upgraded through the overall performance evaluation through a pension law surcharge on remuneration points up to the value they would have as non-contributory credit periods. In other words: according to the pension value, reduced contribution periods are equivalent to the credit periods.
