Servidores públicos com tempo para aposentadoria da Secretaria Municipal de Educação de Aquiraz - Ceará que continuam trabalhando: rupturas e continuidades de direitos a partir do Estatuto da Pessoa Idosa

Abstract

Aging is a natural biological process in which the temporal factor determines the structural changes in the body, making its functions gradually compromised. In view of the scenario of population aging in Brazil, there has been an increase in the number of elderly workers in the public service in recent years. By meeting the criteria required to apply for retirement, it was found that some public servants choose not to do so, and thus continue to exercise their professional activities. In view of this choice, this study aims to investigate the motivations that lead municipal public servants, members of the staff of the Municipal Department of Education of Aquiraz-Ceará, to postpone retirement, to understand the perceptions of those involved about retirement and how this right materializes in the light of what is recommended by the Statute of the Elderly and the aspects considered relevant in the preparation and transition to this new phase of life. As a research instrument, a qualitative approach was chosen, data collection will be conducted through biographical narrative interviews, documentary approach and field notes. The corpus of the research will be formed by a group of 05 employees of the Municipal Department of Education of Aquiraz-Ceará who have already reached the criteria to retire, but remain active. Looking at retirement is seen as a moment of freedom and duty fulfilled, but choosing the right time to retire and definitively end the functional bond still generates, among elderly workers, insecurities and uncertainties. Thus, a retirement preparation program is understood as fundamental, because, in addition to helping the civil servant in planning and adaptation, it can awaken new interests and skills. The present study suggests the dissemination and more comprehensive implementation of public policy programs for retirement education with a view to supporting older workers.