September 2021

México. DiDi, Consar y BID firman acuerdo para fomentar ahorro para el retiro

DiDi Food, la Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar) y el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) firmaron un acuerdo para implementar un programa piloto en México que sirva para fomentar el ahorro voluntario para el retiro, principalmente entre trabajadores que no están registrados ante el Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, y que por lo tanto no cuenta con la aportación de sus patrones. En concreto, anunciaron en conferencia remota que con el programa se fomentará el...

Chile. Juzgado ordena a AFP pagar con fondos propios cotizaciones adeudadas por empleador a dos trabajadores

El Juzgado de Letras de Paillaco le ordenó a la AFP Planvital SA pagar con fondos propios las cotizaciones adeudadas por el empleador a dos trabajadores, tras establecer el actuar negligente de la administradora al no perseguir el cobro de la deuda a través de las vías legales. En el fallo, la magistrada Lucía Massri Ergas le dio un plazo de 10 días a la AFP para informar la forma en que dio cumplimiento a lo ordenado, dando cuenta del...

U.S. corporate pension funding rises in August – 2 reports

Funding ratios for U.S. corporate pension plans increased in August, according to reports from Legal & General Investment Management America and Wilshire. LGIMA found in its monthly pension solutions monitor that the funding ratio of a typical corporate pension plan increased by 1.6 percentage points to 90.8% in August primarily due to strong performance from global equities. LGIMA estimated U.S. Treasury rates rose 3 basis points while credit spreads widened by 2 basis points, resulting in the average discount rate rising...

UK. Pension contributions hold up well despite Covid

Workers kept up with payments into their pension funds last year, confounding fears that many people might scrap or cut their contributions because of pandemic pressures, according to government data. Annual savings from eligible savers rose to £105.9bn, from £100.4bn in 2019, said the Department of Work and Pensions in a report on Thursday. That extends the increases posted since 2012, following the introduction of auto-enrolment into work-based pension schemes to boost retirement saving. The DWP said a fall in employee...

Why pensions engagement can’t wait for your retirement

Prospect pensions officer Stewart Mott looks ahead to the events that Prospect will be holding to mark Pensions Awareness Day later this month and explains why, even though your retirement might seem far off, it is still important that you start engaging with your pension now. It’s easy to neglect our pensions, we save for retirement over many years, and often don’t have a reason to engage with our pension unless we are moving to a new employer. Pension Awareness Day...

Do Trade Unions Promote Age Diversity and Intergenerational Solidarity in the Workplace? A View from Canada and Israel

By Pnina Alon-Shenker, Lilach Lurie In this Article, the authors explore – through a survey of collective agreements, case law, unions’ constitutions and websites – how trade unions in Canada and Israel balance and effectively support the interests of older and young workers. While unions in both countries promote age diversity to some extent (Canadian unions more than Israeli unions), they do not take sufficient action to promote intergenerational solidarity and sometimes even inhibit solidarity between generations. The authors conclude...

Global Pensions and ESG: Is There A Better Way?

By Luba Nikulina The influence of ESG factors has been growing exponentially in the last five years. This paper explores whether purpose with multiple stakeholders, responsibility for the impact of investments, and system level engagement apply to global pension funds. Aside from government spending, global pension assets represent the largest pool of capital on the planet with the longest time horizon and multiple stakeholders across different generations. The power of influence of this capital is enormous. Many international challenges can...

Argentina. Las jubilaciones y pensiones tienen un aumento de 12,39% y acumula un incremento de 36,2%

A partir del 1° de septiembre, jubilaciones, pensiones y asignaciones familiares aumentarán 12,39% debido al tercer aumento por movilidad del año. Considerando los incrementos otorgados en los primeros 9 meses de 2021, los beneficios aumentaron 36,2% quedando por encima de la inflación. De esta manera, la Anses informó a través de un comunicado que se demuestra que la nueva fórmula de movilidad (Ley 27.609) sancionada por el actual Gobierno nacional, generó un aumento superior al que hubiese otorgado la fórmula...

Perú. AFP: Desde hoy afiliados que tienen 50 años pueden acceder a la jubilación anticipada

¡Atención, afiliados a la AFP! Desde hoy, miércoles 1° de setiembre del 2021, entra en vigencia la Ley N°31332, que establece los 50 años como la edad mínima, tanto para hombres como para mujeres, para acceder al Régimen Especial de Jubilación Anticipada (REJA) del Sistema Privado de Pensiones (SPP). De esta manera, la modificación en el REJA permitirá que desde hoy miércoles todos los afiliados de las AFP que tengan 50 años a más se puedan jubilar de manera adelantada. Para...

More Than 4 Billion People Have No Social Protection as COVID-19 Wreaks Havoc

The International Labor Organization reports more than 4 billion people globally have no social protection at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc upon their lives and livelihoods. Read also World Social Protection Report 2020–22 The ILO's World Social Protection Report 2020-2022 reveals the extent to which COVID-19 has devastated the world of work. It exposes the inequality between the rich countries that are beginning to rebound from the economic distress of the pandemic and the developing countries that...