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Basic Old-Age Pension. South Korea introduced its Basic Old-Age Pension in 2008. According to the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, the Basic Old-Age Pension is "designed to enhance welfare of the elderly by providing a monthly pension payment to the elderly in need." [8] The pension was intended to benefit workers contributing to ...
By 1994, "Pennsylvania's state pension funds [had] the most active program of in-state investments in the country," according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, which also noted that Pennsylvania's pension system had "committed $259.5 million to venture capital funds that invest in the state or in out-of-state companies that create jobs in ...
Pensions in Iceland. The Icelandic pension system is administered by Iceland’s State Social Security Institute under the Social Security Act, No.100/2007. [1] Iceland has different legal retirement ages for public and private sector workers. Retirement benefits become available when workers reach the retirement ages of 65 for public sector ...
Ukraine's pension calculation depends on salary, qualifying period and average salary. This created significant differences based on the year of retirement. Average salary rises year to year implying that pensions should also be adjusted. The last time such modernization had been made was in 2012, using the average salary rate of 2007.
UN pension is a retirement benefit provided to people who have worked directly for the United Nations organization. It is provided through the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF) under Article 28 [1] of the Regulations, Rules and Pension Adjustment System of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF Rules).
The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) forms the backbone of Canada's national retirement income system. All those employed aged 18 or older (and their employers) must contribute a portion of their income (matched by their employers) into the CPP or, for Quebec residents, the Quebec Pension Plan (QPP). In all provinces and territories except Quebec ...
Pensions in Germany are based on a “three pillar system”. [3] First pillar: mandatory state pension insurance ( gesetzliche Rentenversicherung ). This part of the basic social security system. All employees and employers pay a percentage of salaries into this system. Second pillar: voluntary occupational pension insurance.
The state pension system is administered by the Sosyal Güvenlik Kurumu (Social Security Institution, SGK), which collects insurance contributions from employees and their employers, at the rate of 9% from employees and 11% from employers. Once someone who paid contributions to the SGK for the required amount of time reaches retirement age ...