CIVIL SERVICE ECONOMIES

Taranaki Daily News, 31 January 1931, Page 5

CIVIL SERVICE ECONOMIES

THE AGE FOR RETIREMENT.

NO CHANGE IN POLICY.

By Telegraph.—Press Association.

Wellington, Last Night. Rumours have been afloat during the past few weeks on the policy of the Government in regard to the Civil Service.’ A report that men who had 35 years’ service were being retired in practically all Government departments li s mythical foundations. This is not so far the policy of the Government or the Public Service Commissioner. In the Government Printing Office a few men with over 35 years’ service have been retired on account of slackness of work, but the policy has not been applied to other departments. The work of the printing office la very slack, and rather than have men walking about doing nothing it was deemed advisable to put off those who were best able to bear it. Jt is considered better policy to retire men with 35 years’’ service on slightly smaller superannuation than they would get at 40 years than to put off men who are a long way from the retiring limit and would swell the ranks t of the unemployed. The Public Service Commiseioner makes it clear that this step is not the general policy and certainly not part of the work of the economy committee.