03 February 2010
The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has called on the Government
to keep the default retirement age as 65, warning that any rise
could prove damaging to thousands of small businesses.
FPB Chief Executive, Phil Orford, said: "I don't think anyone
would dispute the valuable contribution older workers make to the
economy, but, at the moment, there is nothing to stop anyone
working beyond 65, providing it suits both parties. The current law
works perfectly well, so why tamper with it?
By scrapping the default retirement age, all the Government will
do is take yet more control away from business owners, add even
more complexity to workplace law, and open the door to costly and
painful employment tribunal cases."
