This week, Min­is­ter in the Min­istry of Fi­nance, Bri­an Man­ning MP, con­tin­ued his con­sul­ta­tions on the pro­posed in­crease in the com­pul­so­ry age of re­tire­ment from 60 to 65 years.

The min­is­ter met with The Amer­i­can Cham­ber of Com­merce of Trinidad and To­ba­go (AM­CHAM T&T), as well as The Greater Tu­na­puna Cham­ber of In­dus­try & Com­merce (GT­CIC), on Wednes­day 13 Ju­ly 2022.

A state­ment re­leased by the Fi­nance Min­istry re­ports that Min­is­ter Man­ning, AM­CHAM T&T and GT­CIC rep­re­sen­ta­tives “held en­light­en­ing and im­pact­ful dis­cus­sions sur­round­ing the sub­ject mat­ter”.

The min­istry says dis­cus­sions with oth­er stake­hold­ers will con­tin­ue in the near fu­ture.

Min­is­ter Man­ning has spent much of 2022 meet­ing with as many stake­hold­ers as pos­si­ble on the is­sue of re­view­ing the re­tire­ment age.  His first meet­ing took place on Feb­ru­ary 23, with the Na­tion­al Union of Gov­ern­ment and Fed­er­at­ed Work­ers (NUGFW).  Sub­se­quent meet­ings were held with oth­er trade union move­ment en­ti­ties and busi­ness or­gan­i­sa­tions.