Exco Backs Delayed Retirement For Civil Servants

Fifty-thousand civil servants will soon be asked to consider whether they want to keep working until they are 65, instead of leaving when they hit the current retirement age of 60.

The Executive Council has approved the move, which applies to those who joined the government between June 2000 and the end of May 2015.

Members of the disciplinary services who started their jobs during that period will be given the option of staying on until they are 60, rather than 55.

The Civil Service Bureau said in a document to the Legislative Council that it hopes to introduce the delayed retirement option in September, and staff will be given two years to make a decision.

There will be some leeway for those about to retire, allowing them to remain in their posts while their applications to keep working are processed.

The later retirement age already applies to people who joined the Civil Service since June 1, 2015.