HR Ministry studying proposal to raise retirement age, says Sim


KLANG: The Human Resources Ministry is currently reviewing the proposal to raise the mandatory retirement age from 60 to 65, said Minister Steven Sim.

The matter was being examined by a special committee led by the ministry’s deputy secretary-general (Policy and International) Mohd Shaharin Umar as it involved labour laws which fell under the ministry's purview.

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