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," Wilson says.
"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," Wilson says. "And employer contributions will be needed for any significant boost to employment-based retirement savings."
This is a press release from the Council of Trade Unions.
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