Compulsory retirement at 65 must be justified, says EAT

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Partners in a business can be forced to retire at 65, or at an earlier age, but only when justification is given for the business' policy, the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has ruled.

A case awaits judgment from the European Court of Justice on whether employees can be forced to retire at 65.

The EAT said that law firm Clarkson Wright and Jakes (CWJ) was not entitled to force one of its partners, a Mr L J Seldon, to retire at 65 just because of a general assumption that people's perform... (637 more words)

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