STA: Government includes pension changes in proposed amendment, not in new pension law

The work of the negotiating group, in which the government and social partners are coordinating the proposed pension changes, is in its final phase. The government has included the changes in a draft amendment, not a new pension law. The group will continue to prepare the draft amendment on Wednesday and Thursday, after which it is expected to be discussed by the Economic and Social Council and then the government in April.

Image: Mayor of Popayán Since July of this year the payments made in the contribution to the pension in Colombia are going to have a series of changes that, among others, will depend on the salary of the worker, as well as the differential contributions for greater discounts for, among others, to the solidarity fund. All these changes remain pending however of what can happen with the study that the Constitutional Court does on the demands to th…