The General Assembly on several occasions has recalled the necessity for organizations to comply with Staff Regulation 9.2 on mandatory age of separation. Exceptions allowing retention of service beyond the mandatory age of separation (MAS) for a limited period of time should be rare and are monitored.
The early retirement age for staff members who commenced or recommenced in the Fund on or after 1 January 2014 is 58.
The new MAS will not affect the age that can be used to claim an early retirement benefit for those staff members who used to have a mandatory age of separation of 60/62 as they will retain their rights to avail of early retirement benefit at age 55 or between 55 and 60/62.
No. It will not be considered early retirement because the staff member has reached normal retirement age (NRA).
Staff members who wish to leave before reaching 65 years old are required, at a minimum, to provide employing organizations a written notice period of:
Now that the mandatory retirement age has been extended to 65 for all staff, there is no longer a requirement for you to cease employment with the Organization at age 60/62. Your renewal/extension may be approved subject to meeting other conditions for renewal/extension specified in ST/AI/2013/1.
No action is required, i.e. the staff members do not need to “opt in” or “opt out”.
The differences are summarized in the following table:
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MANDATORY AGE OF SEPARATION |
NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE |
The normal retirement age (NRA) is the age at which a United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF) participant can retire with a full retirement benefit unreduced on account of age, in accordance with Article 28 of the UNJSPF Regulations and Rules, as follows:
To preserve the rights of all staff members, staff members who, after 1 January 2018, were eligible to separate upon reaching their MAS at age 60 or 62 years may still do so at that age or any time thereafter until the month before reaching 65 years.
