MALAYSIA:::Syor KWSP tidak rasional – CUEPACS

Cadangan Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP) untuk menyelaraskan umur pengeluaran simpanan persaraan ahlinya hampir kepada usia persaraan 60 tahun adalah tidak rasional kerana perkara itu melibatkan hak pekerja.

Timbalan Presiden Kongres Kesatuan Pekerja-Pekerja Di Dalam Perkhidmatan Awam (CUEPACS), Zainal Ismail berkata, perkara itu juga perlu dibincangkan bersama pihak-pihak berkepentingan sebelum sebarang keputusan dibuat.

Katanya, tempoh pengeluaran tersebut adalah tidak relevan memandangkan pada usia itu kebanyakan pekerja memerlukan wang untuk pelbagai rancangan seperti menampung kos perubatan dan sara hidup.

ILO:::What age means for the labour force

The global economy is moving into a new period which will see unemployment continuing to rise over the coming years.

By 2019, more than 212 million people will be out of work, up from the current 201 million, according to the World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2015, a publication of the International Labour Organization. Part of what’s causing this is the slowdown in the supply of labour -- and that -- is partly affected by the world’s ageing population. 

ILO senior economist Ekkehard Ernst explains: “The number of older people is rising everywhere in the world. The share of older workers aged 55 or above in the world’s workforce expanded from 10.5 per cent in 1990 to an as yet unseen 14.3 per cent in 2014.”