NO COMPULSORY RETIREMENT
STATEMENT BY PRIME MINISTER By Telegraph—Press Assentation AUCKLAND, M§irch 24. “There is nothing compulsory about retirement," said the Prime Minister <Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage), referring to the Social Security Act. “Nobody is being forced out under the Act, which obviously provides for the retirement of men over 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," he said. “But if a man is fit and wishes to go on with his job. an opportunity should be given to him to do so." With the development of the machine age, it was natural that the retiring age Jn all services should come down, continued Mr Savage. At the same time, it was obvious that while some men were young and active at CO 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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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21304, 25 March 1939, Page 21
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184NO COMPULSORY RETIREMENT Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21304, 25 March 1939, Page 21
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