Default retirement age could be scrapped by October 2011

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The government is proposing to scrap the default retirement age of 65 by October next year, it today confirmed.

A consultation document issued today proposes a six-month timetable - from April to October next year - to phase out existing DRA regulations. Currently employers can make staff retire at 65 reg...

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