The Employment and Labour Relations Court has temporarily halted the Public Service Commission's (PSC) directive to lower the retirement age for university professors from 74 to 70. This decision offers an immediate reprieve for senior academics facing early retirement.

• Professors will continue to retire at the agreed age of 74 under the existing Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) pending the court's full hearing later this month.
• The case was filed by the Universities Academic Staff Union (Uasu), challenging a PSC circular issued on March 2, 2026.
• Uasu argues the circular disrupts academic programmes and violates negotiated CBA terms, which allow retirement at 74 for professors.