DRA abolition will cause 'considerable legal problems' for bosses

Jenna Towler
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Employers will lose the right to force people to stop working at age 65 when the default retirement age is scrapped in April.

The speed of the move had been opposed by employer groups, such as the EEF and Confederation of British Industry, but ministers have pushed through the coalition pledge. EEF director of policy S...

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