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Compulsory Retirement Age Abolished - 10th October 2011
The default retirement age in the UK has been fully abolished. The Employment Equality (Repeal of Retirement Age Provisions) Regulations 2011 started phasing out the default retirement age from April 2011 – that was the point after which employees could no longer issue the minimum six month notification for compulsory retirement, using the default retirement age procedure.
The new legislation stops employers from compulsorily retiring workers once they reach the age of 65.
If employers still want to enforce retirement, their decisions will have to be objectively justified, but workers can no longer be forced to retire on the grounds of age alone.
Please contact Claire Berry on 01234 400000 or email cberry@pwhmllp.com if you would like to discuss this issue in more detail.
