(ANSA) - Rome, October 21 - The state pension agency INPS
said Tuesday it will change the pay day for millions of
pensioners "gradually" so as not to upset senior citizens, INPS
sources said.
A new budget measure to move the pay day from the first of
the month to the 10th led to anger from pensioners' unions,
which accused the government of cruelly complicating older
people's lives.
In the face of the outraged reaction, INPS sources said the
change, part of the government's Stability Law, would be made
"gradually" though they did not elaborate.
The sources said that the government could save as much as
six million euros a year by changing the INPS pay day to
coincide with that of Inpdap, another state fund, since some
800,000 people receive payments from both funds.
Pension pay day to be changed gradually
Statement issued after outraged reaction by pensioners' unions