Default Retirement Age (DRA) to be retired from April 2011
The Government has announced details of how it will remove the default retirement age of 65 permitted by the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006. It proposes to begin phasing out the DRA from April 2011. The proposals are subject to a consultation which will run from now until 21 October 2010. The new plans allow for a six month transition from the existing regulations, following the announcement in the Budget that the DRA would be phased out from April 2011. The intention is to enable and encourage people to work longer if they wish to and in response to the demographic change which is seeing people live longer. The Government is also committed to help employers by removing the administrative burden of the current DRA associated retirement procedure “right to request working beyond retirement”.
The consultation asks whether the Government could provide additional support for individuals and employers in managing without the DRA or statutory retirement procedure. This includes the possibility of future guidance or a more formal code of practice on handling retirement discussions.
Views are also being sought on whether the removal of the DRA could have unintended consequences for insured benefits and employee share plans.
From 6 April 2011 employers will not be able to issue any notifications for compulsory retirement using the DRA procedure. Between 6 April and 01 October 2011, only people who were notified before 6 April, and whose retirement date is before 01 October can be compulsorily retired using the DRA. After 01 October 2011, employers will not be able to use the DRA to compulsorily retire employees. If the employer wishes to use retirement ages they will have to be able to demonstrate that they are objectively justified. Some Examples of jobs where this could possibly be applied include air traffic controllers and police officers.
For more information please contact Simonne McIvor on 01279 758080.
Pellys Solicitors - Employer’s rights versus Employee’s rights
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Simone McIvor from Pellys Solicitors will be presenting to both members and non members of SACC on the topic of Employer’s rights versus Employee’s rights.
£15.00 Members £25.00 Non Members (+ VAT) Book early to avoid missing out - Could this be a St Patrick's Day Theme?
Prior booking required.
This event is kindly sponsored and hosted by the Express by Holiday Inn, London Stansted Airport who offer 254 Spacious, well equipped and comfortable rooms, Park & Fly packages available and conference facilities for up to 70 delegates we could have exactly what you’re looking for.
Facilities Include: Fully Air conditioned Restaurant offer both Breakfast and Dinner service. 6 Meeting Rooms all benefit from natural daylight and air conditioning.
SACC assisting those who need our help At this event, we thought we would like to do something special ato help those who are less fortunate than ourselves. We will be raising funds to help Valda Edmunds, Community Executive at BAA with her mission in raising money to give children of the world a better quality of life. Valda will give us a 5 minute introduction and there will be the opportunity to purchase raffle tickets during the event at ₤5 each. Pellys Solicitors have kindly donated a luxurious hamper which we would like to auction and all funds raised at the event will be handed to Valda.If any one of you would like to donate a prize to the raffle, whether large or small, it would be very much appreciated, please give me (Julie) a call to let me know what you are able to donate.
Donations so far: Luxurious Hamper, Pellys Solicitors; Holistic Body Massage, Balance Holistic Massage; One nights accommodation plus 8 nights parking - Radisson SAS, London Stansted Airport; 10% of attendance charge - JAB Business Services Limited; Paul Smith holdall, Calvin Klein Travel Case, Clarins Beach Bag and Travel Pack plus other designer goodies - BAA, lunch for two at Coffee Republic - Thremhall Park, Golf Brolly - Lloyds TSB.
It is not too late to donate, contact Julie at SACC to pledge your donation.
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