RETIREMENTS VOLUNTARY.
SECURITY ACT PROVISIONS. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, March 24. “There is nothing compulsory about retirement,” said the Prime Minister (Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage), referring to the Social Security Act. Nobody was being forced out under the Act. “The Act obviously provides for the retirement of men more than 60 years of age if they wish to, or if they have to for physical reasons, in which case they are entitled to draw what the Act provides for,” the Premier said. “But if a man is fit and wishes to go on with his job an opportunity should he given to him to do so.” With the development of the machine age it was natural that the reining age in all services should come down, continued Mr Savage. At tho same time it was obvious that, whereas some men were young and active at 60, others were the reverse. He wished to make it clear, however, that there was nothing compulsory about retirement at 60. The position was that those who were able to and wished to could retire and draw the benefits.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 98, 25 March 1939, Page 14
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