Teachers are eligible to retire with benefits at 55.
Under the present system, teachers cannot retire with full benefits until 62 or after 30 years of service.
Also in 1956, women were allowed to retire at 62 with benefits reduced by 25 percent.
Everyone retires with full benefits at age 45, and may eat in any of the public kitchens.
Many Italians now retire with full benefits from the state before they turn 60.
He lost his security clearance but went on to retire with full benefits.
There are two other thresholds for eligibility to retire with benefits.
But last month he asked to be allowed to retire with an honorable discharge and full benefits.
Today, more than 150,000 postal workers can retire with full benefits and another 100,000 will be eligible in the next four years.
The four remaining umpires from the group of nine are retiring with back pay and benefits.