December 2022

República Dominicana. Ministerio de Trabajo inicia plan piloto de regulación del trabajo doméstico

El Ministerio de Trabajo puso en marcha el plan piloto de regulación del trabajo doméstico, proceso en el que se identificará a la población que aplica para los beneficios contemplados en la Resolución 551-08, emitida por el Consejo Nacional de la Seguridad Social del 25 de agosto del presente año. La entidad precisó que con este proceso se pone en práctica el Convenio 189 de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT), del 2011, sobre trabajo decente para las trabajadoras y...

Ghana labour unions call for strike over local debt swap

Ghana's main unions on Monday called for a nationwide strike from next week in protest against the inclusion of workers' pensions in a local debt swap programme as part of the terms for an IMF credit. A top cocoa and gold producer, Ghana has oil and gas reserves but its debt payments are high and its revenues weak. Like the rest of Africa, it has been hit by economic fallout from the global pandemic and the Ukraine war. Two weeks ago, the...

US. Pension Risk Transfer Market Keeps Setting Records

The U.S. pension risk transfer market showed no sign of slowing in the third quarter of 2022, as market activity continues to reach new levels The year’s first quarter saw $5.3 billion in sales split about evenly between single premium buy-ins and buyouts, according to data from financial industry research organization LIMRA. That mark was 40% higher than 2021’s first quarter and the highest first-quarter result on record. There were no buy-in contracts sold in Q2, but single premium buyout sales...

UK. Early retirement and our ageing population are causing labour shortages, says Lords report

Economic inactivity has increased by 565,000 people since the start of the pandemic - a stark reversal of what was happening before 2020. The biggest contributor to this change has been an increase in early retirement, the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee concluded today in its report “Where have all the workers gone?” Background Earlier retirement is the biggest of four factors that have made it harder to fill jobs. Increasing sickness; changes in the structure of migration; and an...

The rise of age-friendly jobs and what employers need to know

Ageism in the workplace is a growing concern. A recent Washington Post story on the futility of age-discrimination lawsuits highlighted two troubling data points: In a recent survey conducted by the American Association of Retired Persons, 61% of workers 45 and older reported seeing or experiencing age discrimination. And a study by the Urban Institute and ProPublica found that 56% of workers 50 or older were pushed out of longtime jobs before they chose to retire. This economic and ethical...

Chile. Reforma de pensiones: CONAR acoge a trámite denuncia por publicidad engañosa de AFPs

El Consejo de la Autorregulación y Ética Publicitaria (CONAR) informó que acogió a trámite la denuncia, presentada por el diputado Luis Cuello junto a otros diputados a comienzos de diciembre, sobre publicidad engañosa en la campaña “Yo quiero Elegir” de la Asociación de AFPs que hace referencia a la reforma previsional del Gobierno. En relación a la respuesta de CONAR, el diputado Luis Cuello (PC), señaló: “Esta resolución demuestra que las AFPs recurren al engaño para atacar una reforma que...

Proponen alza al salario mínimo en España

El grupo de expertos al que el Ministerio de Trabajo encargó que estudiara cuál sería la subida del salario mínimo interprofesional necesaria para que este se sitúe en el 60% del salario medio neto del país, tal y como se comprometió el Gobierno de coalición para el final de la legislatura, ha concluido ya sus trabajos. Así, la propuesta entregada hoy a la ministra del ramo, Yolanda Díaz, propone al Ejecutivo una horquilla de subida del actual salario mínimo...

UK. State pension: ‘60,000’ veterans set to miss out on 10.1% boost next year

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has confirmed there will be a 10.1 percent rise to the state pension from April 2023, as the triple lock returns. The news has been welcomed by many older Britons, but not all state pensioners can expect to obtain the increase. The UK European Economic Area (EEA) Gibraltar Switzerland Countries with a social security agreement with the UK (but not Canada or New Zealand). Those who live outside of these countries will not get a yearly increase, and...

Top-rated retirement systems around the globe

A new report from Morningstar evaluates retirement systems in eight “highly educated and wealthy countries” often cited in independent studies as being among the best in their regions. In a recent webinar reviewing the report, authors Andy Pettit, director, policy research at Morningstar, and Lia Mitchell, senior analyst, policy research, discussed some of the more effective features that they found in the countries that they studied and some areas that would benefit from change in those countries, including the...

Ghana. Debt Exchange Programme Extended to December Ending

The expiration date of the Debt Exchange Programme (DEP) has been extended to the end of December this year, the Ministry of Finance, has announced. It said in view of the of the festive season, the government had decided to extend the Expiration Date of the voluntary offer to Friday December 30, 2022, with a contemplated settlement date on Friday January 6th, 2023. The voluntary programme should have expired today December 19, 2022. A statement issued by the Ministry of Finance in...