{"id":136073,"date":"2025-09-11T20:48:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T20:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/136073\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T20:48:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T20:48:07","slug":"no-backup-plan-think-twice-before-opting-to-retire-early-civil-servants-told","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/136073\/","title":{"rendered":"No backup plan? Think twice before opting to retire early, civil servants told"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Civil servants planning to opt for early retirement must ensure they have a strong support plan in place, such as a second career, alternative income sources, and financial stability, to avoid hardship after leaving government service, the Public Service Department (PSD) has cautioned.<\/p>\n<p>PSD Pension Division deputy director Anom Akmar Omar said that among the most critical factors to consider before making such a decision are debt obligations, family support, and the ability to sustain oneself without relying on social welfare programmes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Civil servants planning to opt for early retirement must ensure they have a strong support plan in place,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[64,63,99,186,184,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-136073","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-finance","12":"tag-personal-finance","13":"tag-personalfinance"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}