Benefits for labor veterans

Benefits for labor veterans are aimed at additional social support for persons in this category, are established at the regional level, and their list differs depending on the place of residence of the veteran (in a particular subject of the Russian Federation). In this regard, information about a specific package of social assistance for such persons can be found exclusively from the norms of regional legislation. In the article we will consider generalized data on the database of relevant regulatory acts of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

Category of persons with the status “Veteran of Labor”: who is entitled to benefits

Veterans of labor in accordance with paragraph 1 of Art. 7 of the Law “On Veterans” dated January 12, 1995 No. 5-FZ are the holders of the corresponding certificate or the following persons:

Holders of orders or medals of the Soviet Union or Russia.
Bearers of state honorary titles of the USSR or its legal successor - the Russian Federation.
Having certificates of honor or written gratitude from the head of our state.
Holders of departmental awards for excellence in work in a particular area and the required length of work experience (at least 15 years in a particular industry).
Persons who began to work during the Great Patriotic War. At the same time, for this category of citizens, a total length of service is required - labor or insurance, which gives the right to receive a pension. It must be at least 35 years for women and 40 for men.

Examples of awards and titles that give the right to the title “Veteran of Labor”

The absence of any titles and awards in the lists given in the letters of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation cannot be the only reason for refusing to award the title “Veteran of Labor”. Titles that determine qualifications are not taken into account when assigning the title “Veteran of Labor” (for example, “Senior Teacher”, “Master of Animal Husbandry”, etc.) Honorary titles include the following:

"USSR State Prize Laureate";
“Winner of the Prize of the Council of Ministers of the USSR”;
"Excellence in the Russian Chemical Industry";
"Honorary Polar Explorer";
"Honorary Energy Engineer";
other titles.

Badges and badges include:

"Veteran of the Automotive Industry";
“Veteran of Sports of the USSR”;
"Volgo-Balt 1964";
“For active work in trade unions”;
“For traffic safety”;
"Honorary Railwayman";
other signs and badges for excellent work and hard work.

Certificates and diplomas include:

Certificate of the Executive Committee of the Union of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies of the USSR “For active participation in the activities of organizations of Red Cross societies of the RSFSR”;
“Certificate of the Board of the Russian State Insurance of the Main Directorate of the Northern Sea Route under the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR;
Certificate of Commendation from the Ministry of Installation and Special Construction Works of the USSR “For the development and assistance in introducing inventions and rationalization proposals into production”;
other diplomas and certificates.

In accordance with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, the title “Veteran of Labor” can be received by various honored workers, as well as folk artists and performers, holders of the listed awards and medals of the Russian Federation.

Benefits for labor veterans of federal significance: are there any differences from benefits for labor veterans of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation?

At the end of 2005 in Art. 7 of Law No. 5 were amended. This article has been supplemented by clause 4, which determines the procedure and conditions for conferring the title of labor veteran by constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Thus, the federal legislator reserved only the right to determine the requirements for conferring this title at the federal level.

By virtue of Art. 22 of Law No. 5, the subject of the country, by its regulatory document, establishes what benefits a labor veteran has. Thus, it is solely the regions that determine what support measures will be applied to veterans living on their territory. This means that the federal legislator, in principle, does not establish any benefits for labor veterans, defining only the criteria for classifying certain citizens as beneficiaries. Therefore, it is incorrect to talk about differences in the number and content of federal and regional benefits.

Regional benefits for payment for housing and utility services

Benefits for paying for housing and utility services, which are established by regional legislation, differ in different constituent entities of the Russian Federation. They are installed in different volumes and composition.

The main condition for labor veterans is retirement or pre-retirement age (from 55 years for women and from 60 years for men).

If a person receives early retirement and has a rank, he will have to wait until he reaches the established age threshold.

These are the rent benefits for labor veterans and other utility services provided in some regions of the Russian Federation:

1. In Moscow, pensioners who have been awarded the title “Veteran of Labor” receive a 50% discount on housing and utilities, including garbage removal (clause 3, part 1, part 2, article 6 of the Moscow Law of November 3, 2004 No. 70).

2. In the Moscow region, labor veterans are provided with monthly monetary compensation in the amount of 50% of the payment for the occupied total area of living space (Articles 3, 4 of the Law of the Moscow Region dated March 23, 2006 No. 36/2006-OZ).

3. In the Leningrad region - fixed monetary compensation in the amount of 805 rubles per person and 202 rubles for each dependent.

4. In the Omsk region - 50% discount on water supply, sanitation, heating, gas and housing payments.

5. In St. Petersburg - 50% discount on housing and utilities, including solid heating oil.

Please note that the provided discount is not provided for the full cost of services, but only for the beneficiary’s share.

Let's consider an example of calculating housing and communal services benefits for labor veterans for a family of four, of which only one belongs to the preferential category.

For an apartment of 54 sq. meters in St. Petersburg, a family pays: • for maintenance - 1,200 rubles per month; • for water supply (according to meters) - 900 rubles. per month; • for heating - 2500 rubles. per month; • for electricity - 1100 rubles. • Total - 5700 rub. The veteran owns 1/2 of the apartment. He will receive a 50% discount on the cost of heating and housing maintenance (they are calculated based on the area of the housing) from half of the costs - 925 rubles. For water and electricity, which are calculated by meters, expenses are divided among all family members, so the discount will be half of 1/4 - 250 rubles.

A total of 1,175 rubles will be compensated.

All preferences for payment of housing and communal services are provided only in monetary terms.

The person pays the full price, and the social security authorities return the required amount of money to the bank card. In physical terms, the rent is not reduced.

General provisions on benefits: basic principles, who uses them and how

Despite the fact that the federal legislation on veterans does not provide a list of benefits for this category of persons, it does contain general principles of social support for such citizens. These principles include the following:

approval of the procedure for conferring the title of labor veteran falls under the jurisdiction of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation, which must adopt the appropriate law or other legal document (clause 4 of article 7 of law No. 5);
the implementation of social support measures for such persons is the responsibility of the state, for which the state, among other things, creates special departmental structures (Article 8 of Law No. 5);
social support for veterans is provided at the expense of funds provided in the regional budget (clause 2, article 9 of law No. 5);
Only those veterans who are Russian citizens are entitled to receive support measures (Article 12 of Law No. 5);
if a person has more than one veteran status (for example, has the titles of labor veteran and combat veteran), then a package of benefits is provided to him according to the category he has chosen (clause 3 of article 13 of law No. 5);
a specific list of benefits for labor veterans is established at the regional level by local law or a regulatory document adopted in another form (Article 22 of Law No. 5);
information about what benefits a labor veteran has should be posted in the Unified State Social Security Information System, which is currently operated by the Pension Fund, and citizens can use the service through their personal account on the official website of the fund (Article 24.1 of Law No. 5 and Chapter 2.1 of the Law “On State Social Assistance” dated July 17, 1999 No. 178-FZ).

Legislation

The main legislative act regulating at the federal level the receipt of the title “Veteran of Labor” is Federal Law No. 5 of 01/12/95 (Article 7). Clarifying provisions concerning citizens awarded departmental insignia before 06/30/16 are contained in Federal Law No. 388 of 12/29/15 (Article 8).

Several categories of pensioners can be recognized as labor veterans:

Persons who have awards for work (orders, medals of the USSR and Russia); having departmental insignia (the rules are established at the level of the federal government, specified in each department by its regulations, the length of service to obtain is from 15 years). At the same time, a pensionable work experience of at least 25 years for men and 20 years for women must be accumulated.
Citizens working in wartime, under age (requires 40 years of experience for men, 35 years for women).

The next legal act developing the provisions of Federal Law No. 5 is government decree No. 578 of 06/25/16, dedicated to the procedure for establishing departmental insignia. It obliges federal departmental structures to approve regulatory documents relating to the relevant insignia that give the right to the title “Veteran of Labor”.

Industry documents relating to insignia have their own characteristics. Example: in the field of medicine, pr. No. 54n dated 02/15/17, only the Certificate of Honor from the Ministry of Health is called a badge of distinction. Earlier documents refer to such badges, for example, the medal “For Services to Domestic Health Care” and various honorary badges of health workers. Resolution No. 578 has been in force since 07/01/16, therefore, all doctors awarded medals and badges before this date can apply for the title, hoping for a positive result.

It is not necessary to have absolutely all the named merits. Compliance on one of the grounds established by law is sufficient.

Attention! The title “Veteran of Labor” has no statute of limitations.

What monetary benefits do labor veterans enjoy in 2021?

One of the basic preferences enjoyed by Russian citizens with the title of labor veteran, provided for in most regions of the country, is an additional cash payment.

Such a payment has the following characteristics:

periodic in nature (paid once a month, quarter, etc.);
permanence (i.e., it is not one-time in nature, but is provided to the veteran from the moment he receives the rank and retires throughout the entire period of receiving an old-age pension);
fixedness (defined in the form of a fixed monetary amount).

Payments can be divided into 2 types:

Having a specific purpose (in most cases this is compensation for any specific expenses of a citizen, which can be used by him for any of his needs).
Non-target payments (payments in a fixed amount of money without specifying additional grounds for provision, are made based on the availability of the title itself).

An example of a benefit for labor veterans in the form of a fixed target payment is the amount of 200 rubles. for travel on public transport, provided for in subsection. "g" clause 1 art. 4 of the Law of the Republic of Kalmykia “On social support for labor veterans and home front workers” dated November 26, 2004 No. 165-III-Z.

Non-target monthly payment in the amount of 300 rubles. provided, for example, sub. "k" clause 2 of Art. 3 of the Law of the Krasnoyarsk Territory “On measures of social support for veterans” dated December 10, 2004 No. 12-2703 (taking into account indexation in 2021, labor veterans are provided with a benefit in the amount of 437 rubles).

Such cash payments are provided in almost all regions, and they cannot be listed within the scope of this article. In this regard, interested labor veterans need to either contact the local administration with a request about what specific monetary benefits are provided in their region, or familiarize themselves with the information in the Unified State Social Security System.

Justified reasons for refusal of service

The assignment of privileges will be denied under the following conditions:

Having debts for rent or housing and communal services.
Incorrectly completed application.
Incorrect or incomplete list of documents.
Loss of validity of the documents provided.
Obtaining a privilege by deception.

Preferential subsidies for labor veterans to pay for housing and communal services can make life easier and reduce costs. The presented social package does not provide a discount for the entire family living in the same house. Preferences are given to those in need themselves. The calculation of relief on paid bills in all regions is derived from the same formulas. The only difference is in the rates of utility consumption per person.

What benefits are available to pensioners - labor veterans in the Russian Federation?

Like additional cash social benefits, the provision of all other benefits to labor veterans of the Russian Federation in 2021 is linked by regional regulations to the employee reaching retirement age and his retirement. Let us consider what benefits pensioners are entitled to in various areas, using the example of the legislation of some constituent entities of the Russian Federation, taking into account the information we have summarized.

It is important to take into account that a citizen may lose his rights to benefits for labor veterans in a certain region if he changes his place of permanent residence (changes his place of registration).

In the field of transport and transportation

Most regional acts on social support for veterans, defining what benefits a labor veteran is entitled to, establish as basic the right to free travel on a particular type of transport or monetary compensation for such travel (partial).

To summarize, we can highlight the following principles (conditions) for providing this assistance:

We are talking about public transport, i.e. taxis are not included in this list. In addition, the list of benefits does not include some private carriers, although the latter have the right at the local level to establish various benefits for certain categories of citizens, including labor veterans.
Transport runs on city, suburban, and less often intraregional routes.
When granting the right to use transport free of charge, the veteran is most often given a travel ticket, which is personalized and can be used exclusively by the beneficiary himself. Thus, the veteran does not have the right to transfer the travel card to other persons, since if such persons present it, they will not have the right to free travel.

The procedure for exercising this right in each region is individual, but the trend shows that for the most popular urban transport (for example, tram, bus, trolleybus), retired veterans receive a personalized travel card, and tickets for buses and commuter trains are issued upon presentation of the ID at the ticket office.

As an example, we can cite the regional legislation of the Rostov region. A wide range of benefits for labor veterans in this area is provided by the Rostov Region Law “On Social Support for Labor Veterans” dated October 22, 2004 No. 175-ZS. Subp. 3 and 4 paragraphs 2 art. 1 of the specified regulatory document allows persons to use free of charge:

all types of urban passenger transport;
public transport on suburban and intra-district routes;
suburban rail transport;
suburban intermunicipal road transport;
intraregional road transport.

In addition, Rostov veterans have the right to use water transport with a 50% discount during the navigation period.

In the housing sector

No less important for veterans (in terms of the share of costs for utilities relative to the size of pensions) is the housing sector. What benefits a labor veteran enjoys in paying for housing, utilities, etc., depends primarily on the level of well-being of the region and the size of the revenue part of its budget.

In general, the following types of assistance can be identified:

payment for residential premises if it belongs to a person not by right of ownership, but under a social tenancy agreement;
Payment of utility services;
reimbursement of expenses for other types of services that are not public utilities (payment for solid fuel for stove heating, liquefied gas cylinders, landline telephone, etc.);
benefits on contributions to the fund for capital repairs of apartment buildings;
compensation for expenses for maintaining the common property of an apartment building, major repairs of apartment buildings.

As an example, we can cite the provisions of paragraph 4 of the resolution of the administration of the Kostroma region “On the procedure for implementing social support measures...” dated February 28, 2011 No. 53-a, which provides for the following types of compensation from the state:

compensation for housing costs;
assistance in paying utility bills;
compensation of expenses for the purchase of solid fuel for owners of houses with stove heating.

Compensation payments reach at least 50% of the total cost of services, which is a good help for labor veterans who have received benefits.

Medicine

No less popular is the question of what benefits are provided for labor veterans in the field of medical care and healthcare in 2021. The answer in this case will also depend on the region in which such persons live.

Benefits may include:

providing a free right to use the services of those medical institutions that the veteran used before retirement;
reimbursement of expenses (partial or full) for dental prosthetics;
extraordinary provision of medical care under state guarantee programs for the provision of free medical care to citizens of the Russian Federation;
free provision of medical care in state or municipal medical organizations, etc.

For example, the Law of the Republic of Buryatia “On certain powers of state authorities of the Republic of Buryatia...” dated December 7, 2004 No. 899-III provides only the first and third of these benefits. Unfortunately, in many regions there is inequality in the number of government support measures for labor veterans.

The process of applying for benefits in the capital

Before receiving preferences, a citizen must obtain a veteran's certificate. Otherwise, he cannot count on benefits. Next, the person contacts the authority that calculates payments for utility services. In the capital, such an organization is the City Center for Public Utilities .

The citizen submits to the employee of the specified body an application and a package of documentation that has been previously prepared. You need to receive an act confirming the submission of papers and wait for a response within 10 days.

If the decision is positive, the veteran receives a notification. The discount begins to accrue on the 1st day of the month following the date the application was submitted. In case of refusal, the citizen receives a document justifying the position of the authorized body.

Important! A negative decision can be made for several reasons. Including if the complete package of documentation has not been collected or false information has been provided.

What documents are needed to receive benefits in Moscow?

Before contacting the specified authority, a person will need to prepare a certain list of documentation.

Package included:

an act by which the identity of a citizen is confirmed;
beneficiary certificate;
written confirmation of payment
documents for residential premises.

An important condition for using the concessions is the constant and timely payment.

What you need to do to receive benefits

The procedure for obtaining benefits is determined by regional legislation, but in most cases, the initiation of the process is of a declarative nature and requires an application to the authorities performing the functions of social protection of the population in the constituent entity of the Russian Federation.

To receive social support measures in most regions, it is necessary to submit the following documents to the authorized body:

identification document;
veteran's certificate (federal or regional level) or a certificate, other document confirming the assignment of a rank (depending on the subject);
a completed application in the established form (approved by the administrative regulations for the provision of the relevant public service);
confirmation of the convenience of the living quarters in which the veteran lives;
a certificate of family composition or an extract from the house register;
confirmation of the right of ownership or use of the residential premises in which the applicant lives.

Depending on the requirements of regional legislation and the type of support provided, the list of documents may change.

As a rule, a different procedure is provided for free or discounted travel. For public transport, a personalized travel ticket is issued. When purchasing discounted tickets for suburban and intraregional buses and trains, veterans only need to present a certificate entitling them to receive such benefits. Legal relations are regulated by the carrier and the government body of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation directly, without the participation of the beneficiary.

Federal subsidies

Local authorities independently decide what preferences are given to labor veterans. If a citizen does not need any benefit, he has the right to write an application for monetary compensation in the appropriate amount. A labor veteran may also belong to other preferential categories, for example, to be a WWII veteran. Then he receives additional subsidies. For each distinctive sign - a medal, an order - he is paid a pension supplement.

At the federal level, labor veterans are assigned:

Discounts on housing and communal services.
Installation of dentures is free.
Free medical services.
Providing housing.
Monthly pension supplements.
Additional unpaid leave for 2 weeks annually.

These benefits also apply to those citizens with labor veteran status who continue to work. Prostheses are installed at the expense of the state. But products made from expensive materials, ceramics or metal ceramics are not paid for. If a regular prosthesis was supplied at the labor veteran’s own expense, but receipts and other documents remain, he can receive the money spent back from the state.

A labor veteran independently chooses the time and place of rest. Funds for this come from the country's social budget.

Federal Law No. 5 “On Veterans” of January 12, 1995 states that labor veterans have the right to receive all the benefits provided by local authorities. If this right is violated, a citizen can defend his rights in court.

Results

Final conclusions:

a Russian citizen has the right to apply for the status of a labor veteran if he meets the requirements of Law No. 5;
after receiving the status, a person can apply for additional social support measures;
a specific package of benefits is established by the legislation of the region and may affect various areas;
Almost every subject of the Russian Federation provides for a fixed monthly cash payment;
To enjoy benefits, a labor veteran must receive a statutory old-age (age) pension;
when changing his permanent place of residence, a labor veteran loses the right to benefits established by the legislation of the region in which he previously lived;
the possibility of receiving benefits is of a declarative nature.

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If a refusal is received

This can happen for several reasons:

there are insufficient rights to obtain a title, or they are absent;
problems with registration in the region where documents are prepared;
the information in the documents is unreliable;
documents are legally invalid.

The refusal of officials must be justified with references to legislation and formalized. The applicant has the right to disagree with him and contact a lawyer or directly file a claim in court to exercise his rights.

Regional regulations may not recognize individual insignia as a basis, but courts usually side with honest workers. Such “controversial” points may include the badge “For Shock Labor”, “Shock Worker of Communist Labor”, etc. If a pensioner has an award, for example “Veteran of Labor” (it was issued by the USSR authorities), but the documents for it have been lost, help access to the archive. A document confirming that the award actually belongs to the citizen and entitles him to benefits will be issued by his employees. In certain cases, contacting the head of the social security service, whose officials rejected the applicant, may help.

Procedure for extending benefits

In some cases, benefits are valid only for a certain period - for example, until the possible removal of the disability group or until the loss of the status of a large family. Therefore, after a certain period, Mosenergosbyt automatically cancels the discount. To prevent this from happening, you must contact the organization in advance and clarify the validity period of the discount.

This can be done in person or by phone +7 (495) 981 981 9. To extend the discount, you will need to submit the same set of current documents (for example, a new disability certificate). A similar procedure is provided for those cases when it is necessary to make a recalculation - for example, a disability group was received in March, but the citizen applied for the benefit only in August.

Thus, electricity benefits in Moscow continue to apply in full. The discount is calculated automatically after providing all the necessary documents. If an error occurs, citizens should contact the Mosenergosbyt office.

Read also: Social protection and support in Moscow and the region

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Benefits in Ukraine and Kazakhstan for labor veterans

Labor veterans in Ukraine and Kazakhstan are entitled to the following benefits:

Free installation of dentures.
Annual medical examination.
Leave from work at a convenient time and unpaid additional leave up to 2 weeks per year.
Compensation for sanitary and resort treatment.
Skip-the-line service at clinics and pharmacies.
Providing housing for those citizens who need improved housing conditions.
Priority right to join gardening partnerships and building cooperatives.
Extraordinary right to install a telephone.
Exemption from land tax payments.
Free travel in passenger transport, except taxis.

In different states, labor veterans are provided with additional benefits and subsidies. Some payments are cancelled, revised or new ones are added.

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How is the discount on housing and communal services payments calculated?

Examples:

A labor veteran lives in city N alone in an apartment with an area of 30 m2. He needs to calculate the amount of UDV for water supply.
The water consumption standard for a person living alone in a one-room apartment, specifically in the city of N, is 10 m2.
The tariff for water supply is 15 rubles per 1 m3.
Therefore, the EDV will be: 10*15*50% = 75 rubles.
Three people live in an apartment of 50 m2. One of them is a labor veteran. The rest of the family members do not have benefits. You need to find out the amount of the discount for housing maintenance.
The tariff for one square meter of area is 7 rubles.
Then the EDV will be as follows: 50/3*7*50% = 58 rubles 33 kopecks.
A labor veteran lives with a spouse who does not have any benefits. In a month they consumed 70 kW of electricity. The standard electricity consumption per person in the region is 55 kW.
The tariff for one kilowatt is 3 rubles.
The EDV for electricity will be as follows: 55*3*50% = 82 rubles 50 kopecks.

How to apply for, extend, re-register a benefit in Moscow and the region

Residents of Moscow can apply for incentives to pay for electricity from Mosenergosbyt in different ways, which you can find out about below: through your personal account, using company terminals or in offices. After registration of the benefit, the amount including the discount will be indicated on the receipt.

The receipt for payment of electricity indicates the full cost of services, and social compensation for vulnerable categories of the population is implemented through social protection at the expense of the budget.

In your personal account

The remote method of applying for Mosenergosbyt benefits allows you not to visit company branches, but to send all the necessary documents in a convenient format.

Select the personal data section and benefits block. Click “Benefits not issued.”

On the new page, click “Apply for a benefit” and proceed to filling out the form. Indicate the personal information of a person who is a representative of a privileged category of citizens.

Upload documents confirming your right to receive benefits and fill out basic information about them.

Provide additional information that will help correctly calculate the benefit.

Please check that your information is correct and submit your application for review.

After a decision has been made on the application, Mosenergosbyt employees will contact the applicant and inform about the decision. If the call is not received, you can contact the support service yourself by calling 8-499-550-9-550 or check the status of the benefit in your personal account.

Via communication terminal

As part of the interaction between subscribers of the company and Mosenergosbyt, an automated video communication system was created, which is available in terminals. This equipment is installed in the offices of Multifunctional Centers in Moscow. During branch opening hours (from 8:30 to 20:00) you can go to the terminal, contact a consultant and apply for a benefit.

At the Mosenergosbyt branch

At the company's territorial offices, you can contact employees and, providing a complete package of documents, apply for benefits for electricity payments.