Default Retirement Age should rise to promote fairness and reduce deficit
24/06/10 | 11:15
Commenting on the Government's decision to scrap the Default Retirement Age, Dr Adam Marshall, Director of Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, said:
"It is strange that the Government has pledged to reduce the burden of employment law - while at the same time proposing to restrict businesses' ability to manage their workforce by abolishing the Default Retirement Age. Business agrees that the DRA is currently too low - and needs to rise for both deficit reduction and fairness reasons.
“But if ministers want to make a positive change, they should either raise the DRA in line with the state pension age or offer employers a new dismissal route that helps business manage their workforce regardless of age."
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Notes to Editors:
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) is the National Voice of Local Business.
The BCC sits at the heart of a powerful nationwide network of Accredited Chambers of Commerce serving business across the UK, which employ over five million people