Retirement and Re-employment (Amendment) Bill

by deleting the definition of “prescribed minimum retirement age” and substituting the following definitions:“ “prescribed minimum retirement age”, in relation to an employee, means the prescribed minimum retirement age specified under section 4(1) that is applicable to the employee;“prescribed re-employment age”, in relation to an employee, means the prescribed re‑employment age specified under section 7A(11) that is applicable to the employee;”;

by deleting the words “specified age applicable to that employee” in the definition of “re‑employment” and substituting the words “employee’s specified age”; and

by deleting the definition of “specified age” and substituting the following definition:“ “specified age”, in relation to an employee, means the higher of the following ages applicable to the employee:

the employee’s prescribed minimum retirement age;

the retirement age stipulated in the employee’s contract of service;”.

by deleting subsections (1) and (2) and substituting the following subsections:“(1) The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, specify the prescribed minimum retirement age applicable to any class of employees, which must be at least 62 years but not more than 65 years.(2) Despite any other written law, contract of service or collective agreement, an employer must not dismiss an employee on the ground of age before that employee attains the employee’s prescribed minimum retirement age.”; and

by deleting the section heading and substituting the following section heading:“Prescribed minimum retirement age”.

by deleting the words “age of 65 years or such other age, up to 67 years, as may be prescribed by the Minister” in subsections (1) and (7)(b) and substituting in each case the words “employee’s prescribed re‑employment age”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (10), the following subsection:“(11) The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, specify the prescribed re-employment age applicable to any class of employees, which must be at least 67 years but not more than 70 years.”.