Retirement

The regulations have introduced a specific new retirement procedure for employees (it does not cover partners, directors, freelance workers or consultants). An employee must be given six to 12 months notice of retirement and has the right to request to continue working after that. The employee can make a request between three and six months before the effective retirement date which you, as an employer, must consider. There is no obligation to grant the request, but a meeting must be held. The employee also has a right of appeal against the decision.

The regulations also set restrictions on the setting of a retirement age for employees. A normal retirement age of 65 is automatically permitted, but below that will only be permitted if an employer can objectively justify it. This will be difficult in most cases.

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Retirement