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08/10/2009
Retirement age 'to keep rising' |
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The default retirement age will be scrapped and replaced with provisions that allow people to work longer, Saga Magazine has predicted.
Speaking in the wake of the announcement by the Conservatives that they would raise the retirement age to 66, editor-at-large of the magazine Emma Soames said that increasing life expectancies may lead to further changes.
She suggested one possible measure would be a fitness test that will see some retiring at 65, but those in good health carrying on until they are 70.
"It's more and more looking like people will go on working until they want to stop, rather than when they are told to stop," she commented.
Those who may have an age-related dispute at work may wish to speak to employment lawyers in London about their rights under existing laws.
While the Conservatives propose to increase the pension age to 66 by 2016, the Labour government is planning for this to alter between 2024 and 2026, with a gradual increase to 68 in 2046.
Written by Anthony Dyson
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