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On 25 th September 2009 the High Court gave it’s ruling in the Heyday case, which was brought by the charity Age UK, better known as Age Concern, to challenge UK age discrimination legislation.
The judge decided that the ‘default retirement age’ of 65 is lawful.
This means that employers can continue to insist that employees retire at 65, provided that the fair procedure is followed.
Most employers will be relieved at this decision; however, this relief could be short-lived, as the government recently announced that it is reviewing the continued existence of the default retirement age.
So in the longer term it is likely that the default retirement age will be raised or abolished. Could this result in older employees being 'pensioned off' now, whilst employers have the ability to do so?
For further advice on implementing Retirement Procedure for your employees contact Simon King on 01827 317071, or Ben Mason on 01827 317079.
