BUSINESSVIEWS:WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT’S DECISION TO SCRAP THE DEFAULT RETIREMENT AGE
JOHN CRIDLAND | CBI
A default retirement age (DRA) helps staff think about when it is right to retire, and also enables employers to plan more confidently for the future. In certain jobs, especially physically demanding ones, working beyond 65 is not going to be possible for everyone.”
GRAEME LEACH | INSTITUTE OF DIRECTORS
We greatly regret the government’s decision to abolish the DRA. We do not see how the removal of a mechanism that gives employers flexibility in managing their workforce is compatible with the government’s stated desire to boost enterprise and de-regulate the employment arena.
CHRIS?GORMAN | FORUM?OF?PRIVATE?BUSINESS
If the default retirement age is scrapped, business owners will be forced to keep on workers past the age of 65, whether they want to or not. This will prove a huge problem for thousands of small firms, hampering their abilities to plan for the future.