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23/09/2008
Retirement law challenge suffers set back |
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An attempt to change the current laws on retirement has suffered a setback after an Advocate-general to the European Court of Justice decided not to support it.
The legal advisor has sided with the UK government over laws which state that employers can ask staff to retire once they reach the age of 65, the BBC reported.
Charity Age Concern is trying to get the laws, introduced in 2006, changed because it feels they are discriminatory to older people.
Gordon Lishman, director general of Age Concern, expressed the organisation's disappointment over the Advocate-general's decision.
"Millions of older workers in the EU will be fuming that the Advocate-general thinks ageism counts for less than other forms of discrimination," he told the BBC.
Judges from the court are due to give their decision on Age Concern's request in December this year.
The Advocate-general's opinion could have an impact on the ruling of the European court when it makes its decision in December this year.
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