Keep a control of the labor history It is essential for those who are close to processing their old age pension before him Guatemalan Social Security Institute (IGSS).
Although the Affiliate portal It is enabled since 2021, this digital tool only provides partial information, which forces many affiliates to review physical documents and depend on their memory to rebuild their work history.
Affiliate portal: useful, but with limited information
He IGSS put into operation the Affiliate portal To facilitate the consultation of Labor quotasbut it only contains the records generated from the fact that the Electronic payroll It became mandatory, in July 2015, according to Management Agreement 2-2014.
This implies that the contributions made before that date may not appear in the system.
These data are still in Physical filesboth in companies and in the IGSS records, which can represent an obstacle to those who need to verify their complete history.
As explained by the IGSS Affiliate personnel, obtaining the employer history can take up to 18 months, due to the verification process in physical archives.
Testimony: The challenge of rebuilding working life
A affiliate in the process of manage your pension He shared his experience with free press. He commented that, due to the frequency with which he changed his job during his working life, he now faces difficulties to remember all the places where he worked.
In addition, he explained that one of the indispensable documents to initiate the process is the Labor History Form – IGSS Old Riskwhich must accurately reflect all the jobs recorded throughout its trajectory.
“I am very difficult for me to remember all the jobs I had, especially because I changed jobs frequently. I hope to remember at least the most important, or those that are necessary, to be able to opt for my pension for retirement,” he said.
Maintain an updated personal record
Claudia Sentes, head of the Department of Disability, Old Age and Survival (IVS) indicates that one of the first steps to start the pension process is an interview, in which a social worker performs a detailed evaluation with the objective of reconstructing the affiliate’s labor history.
Faced with this panorama, affiliates who are in the process of requesting their pension consider that it would have been important Maintain a personal record of your employers and work periods, especially for the work where he worked before the implementation of the electronic form.
Having this history allows speed up the pension processreduce setbacks and make sure IGSS contribution records be correct and complete.
How to request the labor history manually
To obtain information that It does not appear on the affiliate portalthe interested party must attend the IGSS offices in person. The procedure includes:
- Identify the company namehis Employers and the period worked.
- Fill the Labor History Form – Risk of Old Age, Available online or in the information section of the IGSS central offices.
- Sign and deliver the form in the Contribution Research Section.
According to the Institute’s affiliate care personnel, this research may take until 18 monthssince it implies reviewing physical files. In some cases, complications may arise if, for example, the company changed the corporate name or did not transfer the workers discounted to the worker to the IGSS.
Have a Updated labor history It is an essential tool to guarantee access to a old age pension Without setbacks. Although the Affiliate portal It represents an advance, it is still necessary for workers to be proactive in conserving personal records of their previous jobs.