| Age of confusion |
The proposal to allow a default retirement age to facilitate workforce planning has opened up a number of potential loopholes
Date: 24 November 2005
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| Pension decision 'not sustainable' |
Keeping public-sector retirement age at 60 will mean reduced headcounts or inferior service, warns CIPD
Date: 27 October 2005
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| The golden rule of retirement |
Employers need to be on their guard to stay on the right side of the new age laws – especially when it comes to retirement
Date: 27 October 2005
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| Putting off retirement helps you live longer |
Men and women who retire at 55 are almost twice as likely to die in the subsequent 10 years as those who keep working
Date: 26 October 2005
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| Unions and government seal deal on public-sector retirement age |
Existing workers can retire at 60, but staff joining from next year must work to 65
Date: 19 October 2005
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| Retirement needs a flexible approach |
Most UK workers remain determined to retire as soon as possible
Date: 15 September 2005
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| Nurses oppose increase in retirement age |
’Work-till-you-drop’ proposal would hit recruitment, union warns
Date: 08 September 2005
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| Job creation 'could keep retirement age at 65' |
Employment drive the key to resolving pensions crisis, TUC claims
Date: 04 July 2005
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| The final countdown |
Unless the government makes exemptions to its age discrimination legislation, the end could be nigh for final-salary pension schemes
Date: 05 May 2005
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| BT may drop fixed retirement ages |
Telecoms firm considers move before new age discrimination legislation comes into effect in October 2006
Date: 21 April 2005
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| Defaulting on good sense |
The proposal to stick with a mandatory retirement age is inconsistent with government rhetoric on older workers, writes Dianah Worman
Date: 13 January 2005
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| When I’m sixty-five |
Government proposals to retain a mandatory retirement age may deter the employment of over 65s rather than encouraging it, warns James Davies
Date: 13 January 2005
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| Retirement age ‘a shambles’ |
Failure to abolish mandatory retirement ages condemned
Date: 23 December 2004
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| Retirement taskforce 'running out of time' |
Deadlock over whether to abolish mandatory retirement ages
Date: 11 November 2004
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| DTI delays draft age rules |
The DTI and the DWP are planning further consultation over whether to abolish the mandatory retirement age
Date: 12 August 2004
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| Get your exit stage right |
Firms regularly retire people early, so let’s get rid of fixed retirement ages and make way for active, strategic management of older workers
Date: 12 August 2004
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| DWP rejects retirement age |
Mandatory retirement age should be thrown into the 'dustbin of social history'
Date: 17 June 2004
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| Fluid futures for retirement |
An alternative to extending the retirement age to tackle the future pensions crisis
Date: 20 May 2004
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| BA staff launch test case |
Pilots and cabin crew claim airline’s retirement age of 55 is discriminatory
Date: 29 January 2004
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| Work age limit end in sight |
Employers may no longer have to operate a mandatory retirement age, under proposals unveiled by the government last week
Date: 10 July 2003
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| Into extra time |
Many people now work beyond normal retirement age, either because they want to, or feel they need to. Whatever the reason, employers are reaping the benefits
Date: 29 May 2003
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| ‘Dignity’ is key to flexible retirement |
Employers need to consider how they will ensure older staff are given a “dignified” exit from their contract of employment if the government decides to abolish the fixed retirement age
Date: 24 October 2002
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| When I’m 64 - or older |
Pensions are in flux. With at least one company axeing its retirement age, and flexibility creeping into working life, things face a shake-up. Sam Mercer from the Employers Forum on Age speaks to Paul Donovan
Date: 23 October 2002
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| Government shows support for flexible retirement |
Andrew Smith, work and pensions secretary, has given the most positive signal yet that the government is close to introducing a flexible retirement age
Date: 10 October 2002
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| Firms risk claims from over-65s |
Employers without a fixed retirement policy could face unfair dismissal claims from workers aged over 65, following a recent employment tribunal decision
Date: 12 September 2002
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| Employer bodies disagree over call for flexible retirement age |
The CIPD is calling for a flexible retirement age in its submission to the government's consultation anti-discrimination document
Date: 18 April 2002
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| Workers shy of retiring |
Employees want more freedom on when to call it a day
Date: 25 October 2001
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| State retirement age nears its sell-by date |
Longer lives will make the legal retirement age redundant
Date: 24 October 2001
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| Grey areas |
It may have only slowly dawned on people, but the world is finally waking up to the implication of an increasingly ageing population: that many of us will have to postpone retirement until well into our seventies. Jane Pickard surveys the scene
Date: 29 July 1999
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| Minister calls for flexible approach to retirement |
The days of fixed retirement ages may be numbered, judging by the government’s views on older staff
Date: 20 May 1999
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| Firms urged to be more flexible about retirement |
Retained expertise and raised morale would benefit companies that offer flexible working to retiring staff
Date: 10 December 1998
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| Scaling the age barrier |
Howard Davies, deputy governor of the Bank of England, argues that early retirement is undermining our economic prosperity
Date: 26 June 1997
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| Why working lives must be extended |
As the populations of industrialised countries have aged, the prohibitive cost and wasteful nature of early retirement policies have become increasingly apparent. Genevieve Reday-Mulvey and Philip Taylor assess current thinking and argue for an approach that combines part-time work and pension rights
Date: 16 May 1996
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| ‘Employers are losing key staff through early retirement plans’ |
Best and most experience people depart
Date: 01 June 1993
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| 25% of retired people want to return to work |
Money and companionship were the main reasons for wanting to return to work, CBI survey finds
Date: 01 December 1989
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