EMPLOYERS RETIRE ON AGE
Based directly on the experience of their members, the Employers Forum on Age (EFA) has now produced a document called “The end of the line for retirement ages.”
While admitting that it was a mistake to argue for a mandatory retirement age at 65, the EFA accepts that it was the “deal maker for many employers in the negotiations over Age Regulations when they were introduced in October 2006.”
Instead, the EFA says it was wrong to impose a retirement age and to force people out of work irrespective of their ability. “Alongside the root and branch review of all other employment policies required prior to the introduction of age laws, employers should have addressed the fundamental question of fixed retirement ages in the light of changing social and economic forces. After all how can you say you don’t discriminate on age if you maintain the right to force people to leave just because they are 65?”
Quite. It’s hard not to say – we told you so.
To download a copy of the report, go to: http://www.efa.org.uk/policy/downloads/EFA Business case for removing retirement ages.pdf