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President Edgar Lungu has directed the Ministry of Justice to immediately revise the law on retirement age to provide for three retirement options for employees.
In statement released by his special assistant for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda, President Lungu has directed that changes be effected through an amendment to Statutory Instrument No.63 of 2014 to introduce a graduated arrangement were employees will have the three options of early retirement at the age of 55, normal retirement at the age of 60 years and late retirement at the age of 65.
President Lungu has directed that the revised Statutory Instruments should clearly indicate that those who were employed before the effective date of the new Statutory Instruments will have the option of proceeding on either early retirement, normal retirement of late retirement as a way of securing their accrued rights.
He states that those employed in the public service after the issuance of the said Statutory Instruments will only qualify for normal retirement at the age of 65.
Accordingly, the Secretary to the Cabinet has since informed the Ministry of Justice Permanent Secretary Patricia Jere to prepare the Statutory Instrument and to liaise with the ministries of Local Government and Housing and Labour and Social Security to amend the LASF Act and NAPSA Act respectively to reflect the revised retirement ages.