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Retirement

Employers should operate a compulsory retirement age only if it can be justified. For example, employees in some jobs where a high level of fitness or agility is required to undertake the role may be subject to an “employer-justified retirement age” for health and safety reasons.

An employer that does not retain an “employer-justified retirement age” can retire individuals on a case-by-case basis if it can justify them. The employer must ensure that retiring the employee at the particular age is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim. For employees who plan to go voluntarily, the employer should encourage them to discuss their plans, to assist the employer in planning its workforce requirements.


 

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    Conservatives plan retirement age rise

    by Personnel Today 6 Oct 2009
    by Personnel Today 6 Oct 2009

    The state retirement age for men will rise to 66 within seven years if the Conservatives win the next general...

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    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Retirement age should rise above 65, warns IMF

    by Personnel Today 2 Oct 2009
    by Personnel Today 2 Oct 2009

    The retirement age must be raised above 65 and the NHS should start charging for services to keep the UK’s...

    • Age discrimination
    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Fall in employment tribunal claims no excuse for employer complacency

    by Helen Gilbert 2 Oct 2009
    by Helen Gilbert 2 Oct 2009

    Employers should not be complacent about the number of claims accepted by employment tribunals falling by a fifth, according to...

    • Age discrimination
    • Civil Service
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Retirement age to be scrapped for senior civil servants

    by Mike Berry 1 Oct 2009
    by Mike Berry 1 Oct 2009

    The Civil Service will scrap its mandatory retirement age for all employees from April 2010.Last year Cabinet Office chief Gus...

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    • Economics, government & business

    Labour Party Conference: Denham acts on council chiefs’ pay and pensions

    by Kat Baker 29 Sep 2009
    by Kat Baker 29 Sep 2009

    The government has revealed that it plans to slash the pension entitlements of the highest local government earners and force...

    • Age discrimination
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • HR strategy

    Encouraging the savings habit in younger employees

    by Gill Wadsworth 29 Sep 2009
    by Gill Wadsworth 29 Sep 2009

    Employees just starting out in their careers find the concept of retirement impossibly remote, so persuading them to start a pension can be difficult. How else can employers encourage staff to develop the savings routine? Gill Wadsworth investigates

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Retirement

    Heyday retirement ruling: Your questions answered and lawyers’ reactions

    by John Charlton 25 Sep 2009
    by John Charlton 25 Sep 2009

    Heyday - early opinion and your questions answered by XpertHR

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    Friday Podcast: Heyday retirement age ruling; latest employment law changes

    by Rob Moss 25 Sep 2009
    by Rob Moss 25 Sep 2009

    HR news and analysis including:

    The decision in the Heyday case against the default retirement age
    The latest employment law...

    • Age discrimination
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    Heyday retirement age decision – reaction and comment

    by Kat Baker 25 Sep 2009
    by Kat Baker 25 Sep 2009

    This decision today by Justice Blake at the High Court to dismiss the Heyday case and rule that the default...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Retirement

    Default retirement age on the way out, despite High Court ruling

    by Mike Berry 25 Sep 2009
    by Mike Berry 25 Sep 2009

    The days are numbered for the UK’s default retirement age (DRA) despite today’s High Court ruling that it is legal...

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    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    Government seeks HR’s views on pension reform

    by Helen Gilbert 25 Sep 2009
    by Helen Gilbert 25 Sep 2009

    HR professionals have been urged to submit their views on a pensions consultation opened by the government.Workplace Pension Reform –...

    • Age discrimination
    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Retirement age not unlawful – Heyday decision announced

    by Personnel Today 24 Sep 2009
    by Personnel Today 24 Sep 2009

    The default retirement age of 65 is not unlawful but should be scrapped, a judge has ruled in the long-running...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Retirement

    Retirement to be delayed by up to nine years for one in three staff

    by John Charlton 24 Sep 2009
    by John Charlton 24 Sep 2009

    Almost three out of 10 UK workers said they will have to work beyond their planned retirement ages – in...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • Department for Work and Pensions

    Recession will lead to delayed retirement, workers believe

    by Helen Gilbert 24 Sep 2009
    by Helen Gilbert 24 Sep 2009

    Britons believe they will have to work an extra six years and delay their retirement plans as a result of...

    • Age discrimination
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Retirement

    Heyday retirement age High Court ruling due imminently

    by Mike Berry 23 Sep 2009
    by Mike Berry 23 Sep 2009

    A High Court decision on the Heyday legal challenge to the default retirement age (DRA) will be announced in the...

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