Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 come into force

Implementation date: 1 October 2006

The Regulations set a default retirement age of 65, but employers will be under a duty to consider requests to work beyond this age. Employers will only be able to set a retirement age below 65 if it can be shown to be appropriate and necessary. The Regulations can be viewed on the OPSI website.
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