Govt signals end of compulsory retirement

Commentators say the move is likely to signal an end to employers' rights to force employees to retire at age 65. The review of the UK's official retirement age, which allows employers to force workers to retire at age 65, will now be published in 2010, a year earlier than originally planned. It is believed rapidly changing demographic and economic circumstances, which make retirement at 65 less sustainable, have prompted the revised schedule. Trade Unions welcomed the move, having previously condemned the practice of ‘sacking' workers who are deemed too old. The majority of old...