Employment terms for older workers need fine-tuning as people live longer

IT HAS been more than a year since the government announced the formation of the Tripartite Workgroup on Older Workers to review the longer-term relevance of the retirement and re-employment ages, as well as examine the impact of Central Provident Fund contribution rates for older workers on retirement adequacy.

The workgroup's task should be largely completed by now. Although its recommendations are not…