Most employees over 70 years occupied functions in defense and social security and health and social support.
In 2024, the civil service had 979 workers over 70 years old, revealed data from the Directorate-General for Administration and Public Employment () provided to the newspaper .
There were 134 more workers with an advanced age still in office than in the same period of 2023, a 16%rise.
Still, the number represents a very low percentage regarding the total of public officials that are more than 750 thousand in Portugal.
Most employees over 70 years occupied functions in defense and social security and health and social support.
What is foreseen in the General Labor Law in public functions is for workers to reform at age 70. But the law provides for exceptions, ““Employees may continue to perform duties upon an authorization request that, once validated, lasts for six months and can be renewed to the limit of five years.
Almost 22,700 civil servants renovated in 2024
The synthesis of budgetary execution for the year 2024 indicates that the General Retirement Caixa (CGA) now has 21,701 new pensioners for old age and other reasons, which total 980 for disability, totaling 22,681 and registering a 12% rise of 12% rise Given the previous year, when the exits of old age and other reasons rose to 19:230, while the disability were 998, a total of 20,228.
The new CGA renovated in 2024 correspond to the highest universe since 2014, the year they left the civil service for reasons of reform 23,300 people.
