Challenges experienced by employees of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality regarding preparation for retirement

[摘要] Applied research was utilised in order to identify the challenges experienced byemployees of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality regarding preparation forretirement. The purpose of the study was to explore the challenges experienced byemployees in the age bracket of 50 to 65 years. A quantitative approach was utilised.Probability sampling with a systematic sampling method was used to obtain arepresentative sample of 100 employees from the larger population of 4,453employees. Survey research was undertaken in order to provide a numeric description of the opinions of employees of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality,by using questionnaires as the data collection method. The cross-sectional surveydesign was most appropriate as it involves one contact with the respondent and iscomparatively cheap to undertake and easy to analyse. Questionnaires were handdeliveredto some respondents to fill in themselves and collected upon completion,whilst other respondents were assisted with the questionnaires by WellnessChampions. The data was analysed using the Statistical Package of Social Sciencesprogram (SPSS).The research demonstrated that the challenges faced by employees of EMM arefinancial, psychosocial and physical in nature. Surveyed employees indicated thatthey were not aware of any retirement preparatory programme offered by EMM andexpressed a strong need for such a programme. One of the recommendations is thedevelopment of a retirement preparatory programme by EMM in order to mitigatesome of the post-retirement difficulties that may be experienced by retirees.

[发布机构] University of Pretoria