Great Britain: government wants to remove default retirement age

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While default retirement age should be revised in 2010 (see our dispatch No. 090737), the government decided to speed the process up and called on employers in large businesses to give an opinion on the subject. “People need choice in retirement” Yvette Cooper said. “Now is the right time to look again at whether we should have a default retirement age at all.” And since this may change professional practices, businesses are the first affected.
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yers in large businesses to give an opinion on the subject.
“People need choice in retirement” Yvette Cooper said. “Now is the right time
to look again at whether we should have a default retirement age at all.” And
since this may change professional practices, businesses are the first
affected.

Controversy on
postponing retirement age. The issue of postponing retirement age also causes debate. The
Secretary of State criticized the Tories’ plan to up retirement from 65 to 66
from 2016 in they we

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