A lawmaker has filed a bill lowering the mandatory retirement age for government employees to age 55 or 10 years earlier than 65 years what the present law has pegged.

Rep. Maria Carmen Zamora of 1st District of Compostela Valley said if House Bill 242 is approved, it will correct the slow manpower turn-over in government because only a few avail of early retirement.

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