With effect from 6 April 2011, the current Default Retirement Age (DRA) of 65 years is being phased out over a transitional period running until 30 September 2011.
At present, employers are required to write to employees not more than 12 months, but not less than six months, before their 65th birthday informing them that they are approaching retirement and making them aware that they are allowed to request to work beyond their retirement date.
From 6 April 2011 employers will no longer be able to issue any notifications for compulsory retirement using this process.
The last day employees can be compulsorily retired using the current procedure is 30 September 2011. This means the last day to provide six months’ notice, as required by the current procedure is 30 March 2011.
