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06/09/2010: Government publishes further Equality Act 2010 Regulations
03/09/2010: Redundancy during maternity leave: suitable alternative vacancy
01/09/2010: Equality Act 2010: government announces 1 October provisions
31/08/2010: Government bans wheel clamping on private land
26/08/2010: Consultation on the future of the right to request time off to train

Blog Archive

September 2010
06/09/2010: Government publishes further Equality Act 2010 Regulations
03/09/2010: Redundancy during maternity leave: suitable alternative vacancy
01/09/2010: Equality Act 2010: government announces 1 October provisions
August 2010
31/08/2010: Government bans wheel clamping on private land
26/08/2010: Consultation on the future of the right to request time off to train
25/08/2010: Remedies in Discrimination Claims
23/08/2010: ECJ Ruling on Employee Benefits
20/08/2010: ST attended a lunch reception today for the sponsors and supporters of Cheltenham Motorsports
17/08/2010: Extrinsic evidence admitted to clarify an imprecise conveyance plan
17/08/2010: Maitland Walker LLP welcomes you to join us at the Dunster Show on 20th August 2010
16/08/2010: Equal pay: unsocial hours payments should not be aggregated with basic pay for comparison purposes
13/08/2010: Consultation on the future of the right to request time off to train
12/08/2010: Remedies in Discrimination Claims
09/08/2010: Jurisdiction: extension of the Bleuse principle
06/08/2010: Licensing authorities can compel applicants to answer questions
04/08/2010: Buyer could only rescind before condition was satisfied
03/08/2010: National Minimum Wage Regulations published
July 2010
30/07/2010: Default retirement age to be phased out from April 2011
29/07/2010: Mandatory retirement age
28/07/2010: Constructive dismissal connected to TUPE transfer was potentially fair for ETO reason
26/07/2010: Discrimination: compensation for career-long loss
23/07/2010: Regulations made under the Mortgage Repossessions (Protection of Tenants etc) Act 2010
22/07/2010: Costs
20/07/2010: Government to 'cap' number of migrant workers entering the UK
19/07/2010: Employer not entitled to cap overperformance bonus
15/07/2010: Collective Agreements
14/07/2010: Declan Goodwin achieves EC Competition Law Diploma
12/07/2010: Caps on Redundancy Payment not Age Discrimination
09/07/2010: ECJ rules on pay for pregnant women suspended or doing alternative work on health grounds
09/07/2010: Ben Slade now a Senior Associate at Maitland Walker LLP

Default retirement age to be phased out from April 2011

30 July 2010

Some very big news that the Government has announced details of how it will remove the default retirement age of 65 permitted by the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006. It proposes to begin phasing out the DRA from April 2011. The proposals are subject to a consultation, which will run until 21 October 2010.

The key proposals are:

  • Retirements under the DRA will cease completely on 1 October 2011 and no new notices of intended retirement may be issued after 6 April
  • Retirement dismissals will still be permissible after 1 October, but only if objectively justified
  • Transitional arrangements will apply to retirements that have been notified before 6 April 2011 to take effect before 1 October 2011. Retirements notified before 6 April, but intended to take effect after 1 October, will not be valid (unless objectively justified)
  • The procedural requirements applicable to a retirement dismissal, currently set out in Schedule 6 to the Age Regulations, will be abolished.

Click here for the press release.

Click here for the consultation document.