Deputy secretary to Cabinet says PS in midst of ‘tsunami of retirements’

Screening potential PS hires has 'stunningly high' payoffs and 'absolutely unbelievable,' says one leading expert.

James Lahey, the deputy secretary to Cabinet in public service renewal, says the federal public service is in the middle of a "tsunami of retirements" due to the rapid retiring rates of baby boomers, and the federal public service may have hastened in the hiring of 104,000 new employees.

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