Shock for several pensioners

The State General Accounting Office is demanding from pensioners the return of retroactive amounts that correspond to salaries higher than those to which they were entitled if they continued to work wider public sector entities after their retirement.

Although the relevant agencies and the legal departments of the entities were not aware of or did not implement the changes to the uniform salary as they were supposed to in 2015 and continued to pay the concerned salaries significantly higher than those stipulated, the employees are the ones who are now called, years later, to return amounts that may exceed 25,000 to 30,000 euros each.

As long as they are still working, they should automatically return to the entry level pay scale. Although some cases have already been taken to court, with workers citing financial hardship, the issue has resurfaced, mainly due to a...