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Scottish Engineering advises our members that The High Court has ruled that it is legal for UK employers to force workers to retire at the age of 65.
The High Court has ruled that it is legal for UK employers to force workers to retire at the age of 65. In the UK, a worker can see their employment end at the age of 65 without any redundancy payment - even if they do not want to retire. The case had been brought by Age Concern and Help the Aged, which argued that the compulsory retirement age goes against EU regulations. The charities will not appeal because they expect a change in the law anyway. But employers welcomed the ruling. The court's decision means that a string of compensation cases brought by people who did not want to retire is doomed to fail. The government has announced it is bringing forward a review of the compulsory retirement age anyway, by a year to 2010. The charities believe that this will eventually lead to a change in the rules. To see the article on the BBC News Website click here |