‘Reports on new pension law inaccurate’

Abu Dhabi: The General Pensions and Social Security Authority (GPSSA) reiterated that reports circulated by some newspapers about a new pension law were inaccurate and urged the media to maintain accuracy before publishing reports about the GPSSA, or accessing its official sources to confirm the facts.

“In fact, there was a bill from the higher competent entities aimed at developing the pension system of Pension Law No 7 of 1999 and the GPSSA is not the only party to it, as there are other pension funds and government entities,” the GPSSA said in an official statement yesterday.

The most important of these was to draw from the Emirati expertise and competencies and encourage them to serve their nation as long as possible, spur Emiratis to join the private sector, improve the mechanism for inclusion of service of Emirati employees, and those transferred between different sectors in the state, and those shifting jobs from the private sector to the public sector, and from a local to federal government.

The GPSSA urged members of the public to get accurate information from its website www.gpssa.gov.ae, social media platforms or contact the toll-free number 800010.