Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Invalidity, Old-Age and Survivors' Benefits Convention, 1967 (No. 128) - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (Ratification: 1977)

Coverage and level of periodical payments. The Committee notes some major systemic improvements achieved since the adoption of the new Pensions Act No. 065 of 2010 in terms of extending coverage, increasing the level of benefits and improving the collection of contributions. In order to be able to assess the improvements, the Committee requests the Government to include in its next report replies to the questions in the report form requesting statistics on the coverage (Articles 9, 16 and 22 of the Convention) and level of invalidity, old-age and survivors’ pensions (Articles 10, 17 and 23, read in conjunction with Articles 26, 27 or 28).

With respect to the implementation of the solidarity pension introduced by the Pensions Act of 2010, the Committee wishes to point out that the existence in the country of a solidarity pension topping up the pensions paid out of individual capitalization accounts by an established minimum amount according to a scale established by the Act empowers the Government to demonstrate that the topped up pensions will, in all situations, reach the minimum levels established by the Convention. The Committee therefore invites the Government to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of the Convention based on Article 27 of the Convention, that is, by demonstrating that:

(i) the topped up old-age pension, comprising the solidarity pension and the pensions paid out of the individualization accounts, paid by the State to a beneficiary who totalizes 30 years of contributions reaches at least 45 per cent of the wage of an ordinary male labourer (determined in accordance with this provision of the Convention);

(ii) the topped up invalidity pension paid to a beneficiary with a spouse and two dependent children after 15 years of contributions reaches at least 50 per cent of the wage of an ordinary male labourer (determined in accordance with this provision of the Convention); and

(iii) the topped up pension paid to a spouse with two dependent children reaches at least 45 per cent of the wage of an ordinary male labourer (determined in accordance with this provision of the Convention).