Keywords: Retirement


Hyundai Motor workers launch three-day nationwide strike in South Korea after wage talks fail

Workers at Hyundai Motor Company have begun a three-day nationwide partial strike after negotiations with management over wages and benefits reached an impasse, raising concerns about production disruptions at South Korea's largest automaker. The industrial action follows months of unsuccessful......

Germany considers raising retirement age to 70 amid pension system pressure

Germany is reportedly exploring far-reaching reforms to its pension system, including a potential gradual increase in the retirement age to as high as 70, as policymakers seek to address mounting financial pressure caused by demographic change. A government-appointed expert commission, established under......

Mustapha Lahboubi appointed head of CDG savings and providence division

Morocco’s Deposit and Management Fund has appointed Mustapha Lahboubi as head of its Savings and Providence division, a central unit responsible for managing key national retirement and regulated savings schemes. The appointment took effect on June 1 and marks a leadership change within one of......

Conference “Work, Employment and Retirement”: final report expected in September

The future of the “Work, Employment and Retirement” conference is becoming clearer, as officials confirmed that a final report will be delivered in September. This document is expected to summarize the main areas of agreement and disagreement between the participants, while also presenting......

French senate blocks suspension of pension reform

France’s Senate has voted to strike down a provision in the 2026 Social Security Financing Bill that sought to temporarily halt the government’s contentious pension reform. The measure would have pushed the planned rise in the retirement age to January 2028, but lawmakers rejected the suspension......

Civil Service: 68,418 retirements expected between 2025 and 2029

A total of 68,418 civil servants are expected to retire between 2025 and 2029, according to the Human Resources Report accompanying the 2026 Finance Bill. These retirements will mainly affect the Ministry of National Education (26,175), the Ministry of the Interior......

Retirement: Bpifrance chief advocates raising retirement age to 65 or beyond

Nicolas Dufourcq, head of Bpifrance, has called for a significant increase in France’s retirement age, suggesting it should be raised to 65 years or beyond in light of the country’s aging population. Speaking in an interview with Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD), Dufourcq emphasized that, to......

“Skyrim Grandma,” Octogenarian Gamer, Announces retirement from iconic game

After more than a decade of entertaining millions of fans, Shirley Curry, better known as “Skyrim Grandma,” has announced she will retire from playing the iconic video game Skyrim. In her latest vlog (#75) published on September 29, Curry addressed her 1.3 million subscribers directly,......

Morocco faces World Bank warning of possible retirement age at 70

The World Bank has raised concerns that Morocco may eventually need to raise its legal retirement age to 70 in order to sustain its pension system. In a recent report titled “Adopting and Shaping Change: Human Capital in the Middle East and North Africa at a Turning Point”, the institution......