State government through a notification extended the retirement age of industrial employees from 58 to 60 years.
The industrial employees deployed at various industries, enterprises and industrial institutes in the state will be benefitted by the decision.
As per Chhattisgarh Industrial Planning Act 1661 and Industrial Planning Rule there is a provision for the state government to decide the retirement age of employees and workers deployed in industries, where there are more than 30 workers, in the state.
Official sources in Labour department informed that at present the retirement age of these employees was 58 years which was now extended to 60 years.
Various labour organisations in the state were pressing for the extension since long and now chief minister Bhupesh Baghel and Labour Minister Shiv Kumar Daharia okayed the proposal for extending the retirement age, sources informed.
The government further gave authority to industrial establishments to further extend the retirement age to 62 years if they think that there is a need of any employee or worker, sources said.