About 10,000 federal public servants have applied for the government’s early retirement program, launched as part of a plan to cut the number of bureaucrats.
In December, the government began sending letters with information on the program to about 68,000 public servants who may have been eligible.
Employees as young as 50 with at least 10 years of employment and at least two years of pensionable service were eligible to apply. Successful applicants can retire with an immediate pension based on years of service, with no penalty for leaving early.
The deadline to apply passed last week and, as of Tuesday, 10,006 applications had been received….