Accelerate pension reform, says OECD
(AGI) Rome, Dec 8 - The slowdown in the global economy callsfor an acceleration of pension reform, according to theOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).The 2014 OECD Pensions Outlook shows that this should focusparticularly on increasing tax on pension income and raisingpension contributions, cutting or postponing pension benefitindexing and raising the legal pension age. With regard to thelatter, the report says raising pension age is desirable, butelderly workers would have to be helped to find and keep jobs.Two key factors were identified: ensuring an extended workingcareer in order to