Thiruvananthapuram: The Eleventh Pay Revision Commission has recommended that the retirement age of State government employees be enhanced by one year to 57. The commission has further proposed a 5-day week for government offices, and the abrogation of the compassionate employment scheme by offering better financial benefits to the kin of employees who die in harness.

The report of the commission headed by former bureaucrat K. Mohandas, titled Administrative Efficiency, Social Accountability, People Friendliness, and Gender Sensitivity, has been handed over to the State government. The Commission submitted its final report on the matter to Pinarayi Vijayan, which also includes the suggestion to introduce five-day week for all government offices instead of the present six-day system. It recommended that all government offices must open at 9.30 a.m. and continue till 5.30 p.m., instead of the present 10 a.m. to 5 p.m schedule.

Among the other recommendations is setting up of a special recruitment board for selecting staff for aided institutions in the education sector, to be overseen by an ombudsman. Presently, appointments to the aided institutions are made by the respective managements and the salaries are paid by the Kerala government.

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