(MENAFN)Tunisian government official said on Friday that a major labor union agreed with the government to lift the retirement age for public servants by two years.
Tunisia is having a terrible time because the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is pushing the government to speed up reforms and develop the economy after it struggled with militant attacks in 2015 that affected its vital tourism industry.
According to officials, State social security funds suffer from a deficit of about $1 billion as the economy has been struggling since the 2011 uprising.
"The government has agreed with the UGTT (labor union) to lift the retirement age in the public sector by two years to 62 years and optionally for who those want it to 65 years starting from 2020." stated Kamal Madouri, an official in the Ministry of Social Affairs.
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