The following article is a chapter in the text: Workable Pension Systems; Reforms in the Caribbean. It appears here with permission; the authors are Olivia S. Mitchell and Derek M. Osborne. Costs and Challenges One factor that has contributed to the unsustainability...
Social security coverage is ever changing and increasing to include more workers within different industries. One of the factors that has significantly contributed to this, is globalization. Persons are no longer limited to working in only one geographical location,...
The economic crisis is of major concern to Social Security institutions worldwide, and its implications have far reaching effects on all areas of Social Security coverage. The information below is taken from the International Social Security Association (ISSA)...
The Social Security Board wishes to remind all employers and self-employed persons that the amended Collection of Contributions Regulations, No. 15 of 2013 came into effect May 1, 2013. The new contribution rates are as follows: Self-employed persons- 10% Private...
The Social Security Board wishes to advise all Social Security pensioners who collect their pension cheques at the Social Security office that distribution for September 2013 cheques will begin on Monday, September 30th, 2013.
The General Public is hereby advised that when benefit cheques are lost or misplaced by the Post Office and resulting in their stale date, beneficiaries are required to file a complaint with the Postmaster General, who will in turn inform the ABSSB, where further...
In 2013, the Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board (ABSSB) achieved 40 years of service to the people of Antigua & Barbuda. As such, the ABSSB may be considered a maturing Social Security System (SSS). In SSS, like the ABSSB, current contributions are...
More than ever, there is a requirement for efficient, effective and accountable public administration, for “good governance”, for all public administrations, and perhaps even more so, this applies to social security administrators. The Antigua & Barbuda Social...
The following excerpt is adapted from the International Social Security Association (ISSA). Population ageing is a reality! In all regions of the world there are greater numbers of elders and falling birth rates. As the international community marks the International...
This disease is one of a number of macro-environmental factors impacting social security systems in the region and is known for it fast spread. People who contract HIV/AIDS may remain infectious for many years without knowing they have the virus, according to a World...