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Default retirement age of 65 with a review in 2011, with the introduction of a right to request 14 December 2004 The Employers Forum on Age says the Government's decision is a fudge The Government announced today its decision on the future of mandatory retirement ages. The EFA believes that a default retirement age of 65 with a review in five years is a fudge - Government has failed to make a decision. EFA members proposed the introduction of a default retirement age of 65 - but only as an interim measure - to smooth the transition to operating without a mandatory retirement age altogether. As our population gets older, the EFA does not believe a fixed retirement age is right for the UK in the long term. The extension of the right to request to stay on post-retirement merely formalises practice which is already occurring; many employers are keen to continue to employ people after their normal retirement age and they are actively looking for ways to encourage employees to stay on. Sam Mercer, director of the Employers Forum on Age says: "Employers need clarity. Simply postponing the decision leaves everyone in the dark. After five years of debate we are no further forward and the same arguments will be made in five years time." back to the archive |
