Category Archives: Retirement

Compulsory retirement lawful, for now

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Usefully Employed

At the end of last month, judgment was handed down in the Heyday litigation – a long running campaign by Age Concern to have the laws allowing compulsory retirement at 65 struck from the statute book as incompatible with European … Continue reading →

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Just one day short of retirement…

Posted on August 8, 2008 by Usefully Employed

…is a dangerous time if you’re an American cop in the movies, you’re bound to get hit with a bullet or an internal affairs investigation. In the first instance case of Plewes v Adams Pork Produce Limited (reported by Burges … Continue reading →

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Logan’s Run

Posted on December 7, 2007 by Usefully Employed

Not many people realise you can still compulsorily retire someone at 65. Before you can though, you have to adopt some stupid procedure where you give them: 6 months’ notice; Invite them to come to a meeting at which they … Continue reading →

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Compulsory Retirement

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Usefully Employed

Despite the new Age Discrimination laws, employers can still compulsorily retire their employees at (usually) age 65 so long as they follow a lengthy and mostly pointless procedure. For me, this is another example of why the laws don’t make … Continue reading →

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