Consensus-Building Needed for Retirement Policy

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Tue Jul 22 2003 12:00:00 GMT+1200 (New Zealand Standard Time)

Consensus-Building Needed for Retirement Policy

Tuesday, 22 July 2003, 3:54 pm
Press Release: New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

Active Consensus-Building Needed for Retirement Savings Policy

The challenge for the Savings Forum meeting tomorrow is to identify a process which will achieve a consensus on retirement savings policy, Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson said today.

Politicians, employers and trade unions meet in Wellington at the Saving New Zealand Forum, being held to find a way to increase private savings.

“The status quo will not achieve the development of the second-tier employment-based saving schemes which we need,” Ross Wilson said.

“Working people are often struggling to pay personal debts, mortgages and student loans, and don’t feel they can afford to save for their retirement,” he said.

The CTU supported law changes which would reduce prospectus requirements and allow tax on employer contributions to retirement savings to be at the marginal tax rate.

“There needs to be a requirement for deductions to be made for retirement savings when employees ask for it,” Ross Wilson said. “And employer contributions will be needed for any significant boost to employment-based retirement savings.”

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