UK Pension Age Stays at 65
Published / Last Updated on 27/09/2009
UK Pension Age Stays at 65
In a landmark test case, the High Court has ruled that UK employers can still force employees to retire at age 65 without redundancy payments being made.
The High Court Judge ruled that the Default Retirement Age introduced by the government in 2006 did comply with an EC Directive against age discrimination.
UK law technically states that you cannot age discriminate and therefore, workers can continue past age 65. However, this then presented new problems, with employers who wanted to work on then demanding compensation payments (as they cannot claim redundancy after 65) if they were being forced to retire.
The ruling is a obviously good for employers to at least have some control but not for people who want to work on.
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