Some people say that having a set retirement age (e.g. 65 years) for everybody, regardless of occupation, is unfair. They believe that certain workers deserve to retire and receive a pension at an earlier age. Do you agree or disagree? Which type of workers do you think should benefit from an early retirement age? Write at least 250 words
As per a general rule, workers are relieved from their professional duties at a predefined age, but some feel that one should be allowed to stop working, if they are engaged in some qualifying occupations. I subscribe to this idea and shall explain my stand in the following paragraphs.
To start with, an army of people proposes that the retirement policy should be flexible, and should permit personnel involved in physically and mentally taxing work such as construction, sales and marketing, event management, and certain engineering trades like civil and aviation, and so on, where one has to put immense physical and mental labor. It is scientifically proven that beyond a certain age, about 55 years, one loses their agility, and ability to work accurately, exposing them to delays and errors, which can affect their performance adversely, making them suffer mentally. Therefore, they should be relieved from their stress.
Moreover, it is quite justified to have a liberal retirement arrangement, especially for those working in dangerous environments like mining and construction, and so on; and those handling heavy equipment like cranes. Individuals beyond a certain age become prone to slow reflexes, and tend to commit severe mistakes that can jeopardize not only their but also the safety of others, and cause accidents. To corroborate, several mishaps involving loading and unloading cranes at various harbors and seaports, across the world, are attributed(blamed) on cranes operated by those aged above fifty three. Such a step would create space for the energetic and able bodied young workers.
In the end, it is imperative to incorporate provisions for variable age at which one can be discharged from their duties permanently since this can protect the workers, in question, from several problems and dangerous circumstances.
