Going ahead with the age rises as planned will provide older workers with the choice to work longer.- ST
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Raising the statutory retirement age to 63 and the re-employment age to 68 will go ahead as planned on July 1 next year, said Manpower Minister Josephine Teo on Wednesday (March 3).
The public service will also fulfil its earlier commitment to raise the ages a year ahead of legislation for its roughly 146,000 officers on July 1 this year, she added.
