Permanent whole-time and temporary whole-time teachers are expected to give one month’s notice of intention to resign. Part-time teachers are required to give at least one week’s notice.
Compulsory Retirement
A teacher must retire at the end of the school year in which s/he reaches the age of sixty-five years. If the teacher reaches sixty five on August 31st, s/he must retire that day, but, if s/he does not reach sixty five until September 1st (i.e. the first day of the school year), s/he may continue in service until the following August 31st, i.e. until the actual eve of her/his sixty-sixth birthday.
Voluntary Early Retirement
A teacher is eligible for early retirement and immediately qualifies for payment of gratuity and pension on reaching her/his fifty-fifth birthday having served a minimum of thirty-five years subject to a reduction of up to two years in lieu of training. There is provision for Early Retirement of Post-Primary Teachers under various strands. The terms governing early retirement are set out in CL 53/98 as amended annually thereafter.
Retirement because of ill health.
A teacher with not less than five years pensionable service who feels, or is deemed to be, not capable of performing his/her duties due to infirmity of body or mind may retire on grounds of disability. In order to qualify, such teachers are obliged to undergo assessment by the Department’s Occupational Health Service (currently provided by Medmark). If this assessment confirms that the teacher is incapable of continuing he/she will be entitled to appropriate pension payment and may be entitled to added years up to a maximum of 6 years and 243 days.