How to get the title “Veteran of Labor” in the Moscow region

The title of labor veteran allows you to qualify for benefits such as reduced payments for housing and communal services, special conditions for receiving medical care, assistance in improving housing, provision of land plots for individual housing construction, and others. To register your status and receive a veteran’s certificate, you must be awarded for your work and have worked for a total of at least 20 years.

Work experience for a labor veteran

Work experience is considered to be the time actually spent performing work duties. This includes working as an individual entrepreneur.

An important criterion for calculating length of service is the presence of contributions to the pension fund.

What length of service is required to be awarded the title?

According to Art. 7 of Federal Law No. 5 “On Veterans” as of January 1, 2021, labor veterans are recognized as citizens who have 20 or more years of service (women) and 25 years or more (men) - such terms are established for those receiving awards at the federal level.

Important! Those who have departmental insignia must have worked in one industry for a total of 15 years or more.

Also, persons who have worked continuously for 35 and 40 years, respectively, and at the same time began performing labor duties in the period from 1941 to 1945 in childhood and adolescence, can apply for the award of a veteran title.

In regulatory documents there are different types of experience, such as:

• General,
• Insurance,
• Continuous,
• Special.

To understand how to correctly calculate the length of service required to be awarded the title of veteran, and which of its types need to be taken into account, you should first define each of them.

Total length of service is all the time actually spent on work during one’s life. This does not take into account interruptions in the fulfillment of labor obligations associated with a change of place of work, long-term disability, and others. Since 2002, the concept of total length of service has become irrelevant, since it was officially replaced by insurance.

Insurance experience - all years of employment, as an individual entrepreneur, military service and others (Federal Law No. 173, Articles 10-11), including periods of temporary disability and work abroad, during which insurance contributions were made for the citizen to the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation. It is he who is taken into account when calculating the total length of service for retirement by age.

Continuous experience is now an outdated concept, also replaced in regulatory documents by insurance experience. Currently, it matters only for those who work in regions with a special climate, guaranteeing some benefits. The calculations for retirement and the assignment of the title of veteran are not included.

Special experience - in Soviet times, meant the duration of work in certain sectors of economic activity, in one profession, in one territory; breaks in work were not taken into account.
Currently, such a concept does not exist, however, the specifics of regulating labor relations by industry are preserved in legislation.

What benefits are available to a labor veteran?

The list of benefits provided to labor veterans varies depending on the region of residence of the citizen entitled to them. Benefits for labor veterans may include:

• compensation of expenses for housing and utilities for labor veterans and members of their families;
• emergency medical care;
• preferential right to join various building cooperatives and receive land plots;
• the right to free travel on all types of public transport;
• compensation for local telephone services;
• free production and repair of dentures;
• if there are medical indications, free vouchers for sanatorium and resort treatment for unemployed veterans of labor;
• other benefits.

Features of calculating length of service

The calculation of length of service according to length of service is regulated by RF PP No. 941. Preferential length of service for different categories of employees is considered differently, in particular:

• within three months - for participants in active hostilities (the list of military conflicts is given in the above-mentioned regulatory document) and liquidators of man-made disasters;
• a month or two - for employees in jet aviation, at nuclear industry facilities, in high mountain areas, etc.;
• a month and a half - for employees in the submarine fleet and nuclear surface vessels, in special forces, aviation, reconnaissance, missile forces, security of places of detention (convoy), etc.;
• a month for 1 and 1/3 months - for employees in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and in the surface fleet.

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If a citizen has several grounds for calculating preferential length of service, only one is applied - the one that gives the greatest benefit.

For categories of the population that are not related to military service, but to which the calculation of length of service is applied, it is regulated by RF PP No. 942, for customs officers - RF PP No. 103.

How to calculate the required experience?

To calculate length of service, you can use online calculators or do it manually. For maximum accuracy of calculations, you need to prepare documents confirming:

• training in special institutions with a scholarship,
• periods of stay with military personnel (for military wives),
• time spent in correctional institutions followed by rehabilitation,
• periods spent in correctional labor, if any were paid,
• being on leave to care for children or a sick family member.

These points are also taken into account when calculating the total insurance period.

What is taken into account in work experience?

In addition to the fact that a citizen must begin working during the Great Patriotic War, to obtain the title of labor veteran, he also needs work experience.

It takes into account not only periods of work, but also the following periods:

• completion of military or other equivalent service;
• child care for no more than 1.5 years (in total, no more than 4.5 years are included in the length of service);
• caring for a disabled person of group 1, a disabled child, a citizen whose age is over 80 years;
• the period of receiving compulsory social insurance benefits during the period of temporary disability;
• periods of receiving unemployment benefits, participation in paid public work, moving to another area in the direction of the employment service for employment;
• the period of detention of those unjustifiably prosecuted, unjustifiably repressed and subsequently rehabilitated, and the period of serving their sentences in places of imprisonment and exile;
• the period of residence of spouses of military personnel serving under contract with their spouses in areas where they could not work due to lack of employment opportunities, but not more than five years in total;
• the period of residence abroad of spouses of employees sent to diplomatic missions and consular offices of the Russian Federation.

The period of caring for one child is counted as work experience if it does not exceed 1.5 years.
In total, periods of child care should not exceed 4.5 years. That is, if during work a woman or a man took leave to care for a child or children, then this period is counted towards the length of service. And, accordingly, it affects the total time of work required to obtain the title of veteran of labor.

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Federal Law “On Labor Pensions in the Russian Federation” dated December 17, 2001 N 173-FZ

Calculators and third-party services

To calculate the length of service for a labor veteran using an online calculator, you will need to enter data on the employment at which contributions were made to the Pension Fund and click the “calculate” button. This method is the simplest and most convenient if a person does not have preferential service, since the calculator calculates the simple sum of all months actually worked. If there are grounds for preferential calculation of length of service and years of service, it is better to calculate manually.

Manual calculation

To calculate length of service manually, you will need an extract from the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation showing the availability of transfers to the insurance part of the pension. The resulting time must be added up. If there are periods for preferential calculation of length of service, the calculation is carried out in accordance with the rules specified above. It is also necessary to take into account the time during which such contributions were not made, but the law provides for its inclusion in the general insurance period:

• periods of temporary incapacity,
• military service (without benefits),
• care for children,
• being registered at the employment center,
• stay in custody,
• care for disabled people,
• escorting diplomatic spouses outside the state, etc.

All these periods will need to be documented in the future.

At what level is the title awarded?

A labor veteran is a citizen who has worked for many years and has:

• "Veteran of Labor" certificate;
• awarded with orders or medals of the USSR, the Russian Federation, awarded honorary titles of the USSR or the Russian Federation, awarded certificates of honor from the President of the Russian Federation, awarded letters of gratitude from the President of the Russian Federation, awarded departmental insignia for merits in labor, long service of at least 15 years in the relevant field of activity and having no work experience less than 25 years - for men, 20 years - for women. At the same time, departmental insignia are awarded only to those who have continuously worked in one industry for at least 15 years. Children who started working during the Great Patriotic War are 40 and 35 years old, respectively.

Clause 3, Federal Law of December 29, 2015 N 388-FZ:

Establish that citizens who, as of June 30, 2016, were awarded departmental insignia in labor, retain the right to be awarded the title “Veteran of Labor” if they have a labor (insurance) length of service taken into account for the assignment of a pension of at least 25 years for men and 20 years for women or the length of service required to assign a pension for long service in calendar terms.

In 2005, the President of the Russian Federation signed Federal Law No. 163-FZ, which supplemented Federal Law No. 5-FZ of January 12, 1995, Article 7 with paragraph 4.

Clause 4 of the Federal Law of December 19, 2005 No. 163-FZ “On amendments to Article 7 of the Federal Law “On Veterans”

4. The procedure and conditions for conferring the title “Veteran of Labor” are determined by the laws and other regulatory legal acts of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.”

At the same time, many regions adhere to a single position, having created regulations with minor differences.

Currently, benefits for labor veterans exist only at the regional level.
To obtain them , one uniform certificate confirming your preferential status is sufficient.
Download and print for free Federal Law No. 5-FZ of January 12, 1995 “On Veterans”

How to obtain the title of labor veteran?

To receive a certificate recognizing a citizen as a labor veteran, he needs to prepare a package of documents to confirm his length of service and write an application to the territorial social security authority. After consideration of the application, a certificate confirming the assignment of the title will be issued.

What will you need?

The list of documents required for submission to social security authorities includes:

• passport,
• application according to the established form,
• documents allowing to establish the availability of the necessary experience,
• awards with certificates of their issue,
• photographs (2 pcs).

Step by Step Actions

The first is the preparation of documents: extracts from the work book, military IDs, medical records, collection of certificates from vocational educational institutions and others confirming the existence of the insurance experience necessary for conferring the title. You will also need confirmation that the person has received awards (orders, medals, certificates, honorary titles) for his labor merits. The form of application varies by region; below is one of the options.

The second is to appear with a package of documents at the territorial office of the social protection authorities.

Third, obtaining a labor veteran’s certificate or a reasoned refusal to issue it (the refusal can be challenged in court).

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The procedure for assigning a title in the regions may be different, as it is established by them independently. The above is an algorithm for general actions across the country. The decision is made within 10 working days from the date of submission of the application.

A set of documents that should be generated for submission to the State Budgetary Institution MFC of Moscow

An exhaustive list of documents required for awarding a title is contained in the Regulations of Procedure. It may be different for each situation. Since in the situation under consideration we are talking about conferring a title without awards, there is no need to attach documents certifying the presence of awards, as well as the awards themselves.

The set of documents here will be more simplified. In addition to the application, it must include documents confirming the fact that the applicant meets all the requirements and has a Moscow residence permit.

If the documents are submitted by an authorized representative of the applicant, it is required to verify his identity and authority. For this purpose, the following must be attached: a passport and a power of attorney (or other legally equivalent identification documents).

Thus, the only standard form that is used in the procedure is the application form. All other documents are simply collected and attached to it. Each of them must comply with the legal requirements of the Russian Federation. When preparing them, you should pay attention to some essential points regarding the completeness of the information provided.

Moment one. If the passport does not contain information about the applicant’s residence in Moscow, it is necessary to submit another document that does. This could be: an extract from the house register or a certified photocopy of the personal account of the tenant, as well as a general housing document.

Second moment. If the applicant’s initials have changed, it is necessary to ensure that they are correctly recorded in all documents submitted to the State Budgetary Institution MFC of Moscow. For example, the full name indicated in the application must fully correspond to the entries in the passport. If there are discrepancies, information should be provided that substantiates them, confirms changes in a particular document, etc.

The third moment. If the applicant submits “foreign” documents that were issued abroad, in other states, they need to be legalized and translated into Russian. If necessary, the translation should be certified by a notary.

Possible problems and nuances

Difficulties often arise at the stage of preparing a package of documents. This is relevant if the supporting document is lost and the organization that issued it is abolished - then you will need to request extracts from the archives. The request can be sent by registered mail if you need to receive a document from another region.

A title may be refused for several reasons, for example:

• awards are not accompanied by certificates;
• the application was submitted to the social protection authority in violation of territorial jurisdiction,
• experience does not satisfy legal requirements.

Preparation of documents

When contacting social services. defense should collect the documentation necessary to consider the issue of awarding the title “Veteran of Labor”:

• an application drawn up according to a model approved at the regional level;
• passport or other identification document of the applicant (original and copy);
• pension certificate (original and copy);
• copy and original work book;
• documents confirming receipt of certain departmental awards, and the awards themselves (orders, medals, certificates, letters of gratitude, etc.);
• 4 photographs (required sample).

The pensioner or his authorized representative can present the applicant’s documents personally. In the second case, to the documents listed above, it is necessary to add a power of attorney drawn up in accordance with the requirements of Art. 185.1 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation. In addition, a passport or other proof of the representative’s identity will be required.

The prepared documentation is placed in a folder and submitted to the relevant authorities at the applicant’s place of residence.

If a pensioner who is entitled to the title does not live at his place of registration, it is advisable for him to obtain temporary registration, since benefits will be provided at the place of official residence.

It is better to submit documents at the place of registration; in accordance with the decision of local authorities, benefits and compensation are provided in the region where the person has official registration.

ATTENTION! Look at the completed sample application for the preparation and issuance of a Veteran of Labor certificate:

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