As every pensioner knows, pension payments are in principle made every month at the same time. But whether basic or supplementary plans, public or private, pensions are not always paid on exactly the same dates and gaps of several days can be observed. Sometimes with payment delays or, conversely, pensions paid several days in advance of the usual dates. A phenomenon which will be observed in December for several million pensioners who will receive their pension almost a week in advance.
Pension funds have in fact announced the dates of pension payments planned for the last month of 2024. Here is their calendar. With an important preliminary clarification: these are the dates of issue of the transfers, the actual payment on the bank account of the beneficiary retiree can sometimes be delayed by one or more days compared to the date announced by the pension funds. A delay due to the bank processing time of the transaction.
First of all, pensioners of the Retirement Insurance system will not experience a delay this month. The transfer of their November pension will in fact take place on the usual date, namely Monday December 9. Cnav pension payments are in fact traditionally paid on the 9th of each month, except when this date falls on a weekend or a public holiday. Which will therefore not be the case in December. It is also on this date, the 9th of the month, that retirees from the Mutualité sociale agricole will receive their pension, without modification compared to the usual payment dates.
There will also be no change regarding retirees from the Agirc-Arrco scheme. As usual, the next supplementary pensions for private sector employees will be paid again at the very beginning of the month, with a transfer to bank accounts scheduled for Monday, December 2. This will then be the pension corresponding to the benefit due for the month of December.
On the other hand, public pensioners will not receive their December pension on the usual dates, since a very clear delay will be observed. For these policyholders, the State transfer for a given month occurs at the very end of that same month. Example: the transfer of the pension for the month of November must take place on Thursday, November 28. But exceptionally in December, the transfer is brought forward by one week. The pensions of public retirees will thus be paid before Christmas.
According to the announced schedule, the payment of the December pension will take place on Monday, December 23 for state pensions. For those insured with the local and hospital civil servants scheme under the CNRACL (National Pension Fund for Local Authority Agents), this payment will also take place just before Christmas, with a transfer scheduled for… December 24.
Finally, note that from January 1, these retirement pensions will be increased by 0.8% according to the latest announcements made by the government. A low revaluation, lower than the inflation rate. On the other hand, retirees will not suffer the 6-month increase delay initially planned by the executive.
