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Under the plan<\/a>, workers who joined the public service before 2013 and are over age 50 or who joined after 2013 and are over age 55 will be eligible for early retirement with no penalty if they have 10 years of employment and at least two years of pensionable service.<\/p>\n The letter also said the program will be available only to certain employees who apply to participate under parameters set by the Treasury Board.<\/p>\n \u201cThese parameters would be designed to maintain essential services and business continuity,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n \u201cAs such, acceptance of an employee\u2019s application to participate would not be guaranteed.\u201d<\/p>\n The program is expected to run for one year, pending legislative approval.<\/p>\n What the union says<\/p>\n Public Service Alliance of Canada, the largest union representing federal civil servants, said in a post Wednesday on its website<\/a>: \u201cPSAC welcomes efforts to prevent involuntary layoffs. But any early departure program must be negotiated with the union and must honour the hard-fought contractual benefits enshrined in our collective agreements.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are pressing the government to meet with us to discuss the full details of the ERI (early retirement incentive). Once we have this information, we will provide further advice to members.\u201d<\/p>\n Last month, PSAC national president Sharon DeSousa told reporters she doesn\u2019t expect to see many members sign up for the early retirement incentive.<\/p>\n \u2014 With files from the Ottawa Citizen and Canadian Press<\/p>\n Read More<\/p>\n Cost of Ottawa’s bloated bureaucracy grew by 80% since 2015<\/p>\n![\"Taxpayers](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ottawa-vw0616.jpg\")
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