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Notes to Editors: You're Fired! The Employers Forum On Age Targets MPs Over 65 To Remove The Default Retirement Age MPs are not required to retire at 65 years of age. Currently there is no upper age limit on who can stand for election - although there is a lower limit of 18 years. MPs cannot be forcibly retired at a specific age, as the House of Commons does not determine their employment status. No matter how old they are, their legitimacy as an MP is determined solely by voters. Constitutionally no-one can remove from power an MP who has been elected. There is no impeachment process for MPs. Peerage, standing down or death are therefore the only means of an MP 'retiring' from their position. About EFA The Employers Forum on Age (EFA) is the leading campaigner on age issues in the workplace. The EFA is a think tank of employers established 11 years ago because they wanted to eradicate ageism in the workplace. Since then it has helped provide advice, training and support for workplaces that want to eradicate age discrimination from their employment practices (and help prepare them for the new legislation.) For a copy of 'The end of the line for retirement ages; the business case for managing without a retirement age', a report published by The Employers Forum on Age, including employer case studies, please go to www.efa.org.uk/publications 2 July 2008 Back to the press release Back to the press office |
