Default retirement age is legal: 1st ruling in Heyday case

Age Concern’s legal challenge to the default retirement age has been rejected by the Advocate General.

The Advocate General, a senior legal advisor to the European Court of Justice (ECJ), has backed the current UK rules, which allow employers to compel workers to retire at 65, and says that having a default retirement age is not necessarily contrary to EU rules.

All retirement age-related cases going through the Employment Appeals Tribunal process have been put on hold until the dec... (318 more words)

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