The policy on early retirement of laid-off workers in 2018: only those who are engaged in special types of work can retire early according to national standards: women 45 years old and men 55 years old. For employees who have reached the age of early retirement for special types of work and who meet the age limit for engaging in special types of work (10 years for special work, 9 years for high temperature work and 8 years for toxic work), Early retirement can be handled in any year between the early retirement age for special types of work and the normal retirement age. It is not absolutely 5 years earlier than normal retirement. Employees of enterprises owned by the whole people and collective enterprises at or above the county level may apply for early retirement if they respectively meet the following conditions: special types of work must fall within the scope of special types of work prescribed by the Ministry of Labor and the relevant competent departments of the State Council; Engaged in high-altitude and particularly heavy physical work for 10 years in total; Engaged in underground, high-temperature and other work for 9 years in total; Engaged in other work harmful to health for 8 years in total; If the male is over 55 years old, the female is over 45 years old, and has worked continuously for over 10 years, he/she can be retired for special work; Submit materials for early retirement Fill in the Approval Form for Retirees and provide the following materials: 1. Employee files (materials that can comprehensively reflect the employee's work resume); 2 Copies of the ID cards of the employees themselves; 3. Two half inch bareheaded recent photos of myself. 4、 The approval form for handling procedures and relevant materials shall be submitted to the external service window of the Municipal Bureau of Labor and Social Security for approval. After acceptance, the application shall be completed within 20 working days if the application meets the requirements for early retirement due to injuries and diseases; After the initial qualification review and before the formal approval, the proposed retirement time and other contents of employees who retire according to special types of work will be publicized for 5 days. After the publicity, if there is no public report or objection, the labor security administrative department can approve.
 Scope of early retirement work: According to the Interim Measures of the State Council on the Retirement and Resignation of Workers, workers or grassroots cadres of enterprises and institutions owned by the whole people, Party and government organs, and mass organizations engaged in underground, high altitude, high temperature, particularly strenuous physical labor or other work harmful to health, men over 55 years old, women over 45 years old, Those who have worked continuously for 10 years or more should retire.
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