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March 10, 2011

Retirement Age to be phased out from 6 April 2011

The default retirement age will be phased out, together with the statutory procedure for requesting the right to continue working beyond retirement age.

You won’t be able to issue any new notifications of retirement under the current procedure on or after 6 April 2011.

As under the current provisions, if you’re following the transitional arrangements after 6 April 2011, you will be able to agree to extend a person’s employment by six months beyond their notified retirement date, without having to issue another notification of retirement.