News – agediscrimination.info

More time for pensions Fri Sep 29 00:00:00 BST 2006 … The pensions aspects of the new Regulations have been postponed for two months. They will now take effect on 1 December 2006, but there are likely to be some changes to the provisions before then. Should insurance benefits be exempted from the age regulations? Fri Sep 29 00:00:00 BST 2006 … The Employers Forum on Age together with representatives of the insurance industry have called for insurance benefits to be exempted from the age regulations. Hey, I don’t want to retire! Fri Sep 29 00:00:00 BST 2006 … Before the Regulations have come into force, the default retirement age of 65 is already under fire. The pre-retirement organisation Heyday, with support from Age Concern, has brought a claim against the government seeking a judicial review of the provision allowing employers to retire employees over 65.