Court halts implementation of retirement age directive for university lecturers

The case challenges a circular issued on March 2, 2026, by the PSC which introduced a mandatory retirement age of 70 years for lecturers and researchers in public universities and related institutions.....

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The Employment and Labour Relations Court has temporarily halted the implementation of a directive that raised the mandatory retirement age for university lecturers and researchers to 70 years.

The directive, issued by the Public Service Commission (PSC), is suspended pending further court orders.
The University Academic Staff Union is challenging the circular, arguing it overrides existing Collective Bargaining Agreements that set the retirement age at 74 years.
The court has given the respondents four days to file their responses, with a mention date set for March 24, 2026.

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