Hungarian court: trans women are also entitled to the "Women 40" discounted pension

Following the decision of the Veszprém Court of Appeal, the Fejér County Government Office also acknowledged that trans women also have the opportunity to retire under the name "Women 40".

Háttér Társaság NGO reported on the decision As they write, one of their clients, Elvira, is one of the lucky ones who applied for legal recognition of their gender before 2020. According to her official documents, she has been a woman since 2013: female gender and female name appear on her birth certificate, identity card, and TAJ card. So she was very surprised when

In 2021, it was revealed: the pension provider still records him as a man, so the rules on the preferential retirement of women after 40 years of employment do not apply to him.

However, the transgender woman did not leave the matter at that and challenged the decision with the help of the Háttér Társaság. In the lawsuit, the government office claimed that the purpose of the age discount called Women 40 is to compensate women for their role in raising children and maintaining family life, but they could not answer why the discount is also available to childless or single women.

In the end, the court ruled that the government office had unlawfully narrowed down the concept of "gender" in the legislation to the gender at birth.

Complying with the court's decision, the government office finally amended the data on the plaintiff's gender in the register, so that Elvira can retire in 2 years, after 40 years of employment.

Source: Blikk

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