Dr. A. Saarrankan

Minimum Retirement Age of Workers

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Mr. W.W.Kalindra Jayaweera Fernando18th November 2021 11:10pm

විශේශ ශ්‍රෙනියෙ තනතුරු සීමිත නිස 65 කලහොත් පලමු ශ්‍රෙනියෙ අවුරුදු ගානක් ඉන්න වෙයි. එ නිසා එක්කො විශෙශ ශ්‍රෙනියෙ තනතුරු තව අලුතින් හදන්න වෙයි එක්කො විශෙශ ශ්‍රෙනියෙ සුදුසුකම් සම්පූර්න කලහම එම වටුපෙ පිහිටවිය යුතුයි

Dr. A. Saarrankan05th July 2022 11:27am

Retirement age of public sector employees have to be decided based on physical strength required for the job. it means that primary job (semi skilled) needs more physical fitness of employees followed by secondary job (semi skilled). Tertiary job is mainly depended on mental fitness rather than physical fitness. Hence, retirement age of public sector is to be decided separately for these job categories. It is suggested retirement age as 60 for primary and secondary job categories whereas tertiary level public officers may be extended up to 62 based on evaluation of his/her mental and physical fitness that are to be certified by the registered medical officer. Further, Life expectancy of average sri Lankan in 2020 is 77 years according to world bank data. if it is retirement age is 60, an average, a person can involve 17 years in socio economic activities other than government sector. Eg: household related social activities (parenting) for better social life, consulting based on his/her experience etc.

Appointment to Popular Service Stations as per PSC circular

It is observed that popular Service stations such as Department of Immigration and Emigration, Department of Motor Traffic are appointed SLAS officers by the Ministry subject to Public Administration whereas vacancies in other popular service stations such as Department of Sri Lanka Customs, Department of Excise, Department of Inland Revenue are appointed by the Ministry of Finance as an internal transfer mechanism. therefore several SLAS officers who are not in the Ministry of Finance, are not able to get working experience in these places. Further, it creates bottle neck problem that when officers who experienced in the stations, be reappointed to ministry of finance. Thus, SLAS officers from outside of Ministry of Finance are not able to get transfer both in the Ministry of Finance as well as these popular service stations. some times, It is practicing that the officer who appointed to these popular service stations are asked to get transfer out of Ministry of Finance, then it is disadvantage to the ministry of finance loosing experienced officers in the operation of the popular service stations. Hence, it is proposed to handle the transfer schemes of these three popular service stations by the Ministry of Public Administration similar to transfer schemes of the DMT and The Department of Immigration and emigration.

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