Bosses against raising retirement age


PETALING JAYA: Employers and manufacturers are not in favour of raising the retirement age to 65 as it will limit the recruitment of younger workers into the workforce.

Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers president Datuk Soh Thian Lai said the government had raised the mandatory retirement age to 60 in 2013.

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