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Keeping a compulsory retirement age

Although the default retirement age was repealed in 2011, and it became unfair dismissal and age discrimination to force an employee to retire because of their age, as with most types of discrimination, if there is an objective justification for retaining a compulsory retirement age,

The abolition of the retirement age – what it means for you

Before 2011, most employers had a default retirement age in their contracts. The assumption was that most employees would retire at the appropriate age. Sometimes they wanted to stay on, sometimes that would be on reduced hours or similar, but retirement at the set age