EU judges back UK retirement age in Heyday ruling

The European Court of Justice ruled in the long running Heyday test case this morning. The case was started by Age Concern backed group Heyday in 2006 when it challenged mandatory retirement ages. The European Court ruled national legislation may generally provide that this kind of "difference of treatment on grounds of age" is justified if it is a proportionate means to achieve a legitimate social policy objective related to employment policy, the labour market or vocational training. The judgement said: "By their public interest nature, those legitimate aims are distinguishable from p...