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FDF Response: Phasing out the Default Retirement Age

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October 2010

The FDF submission to the BIS consultation on the Default Retirement Age is the industry response on behalf of the food and drink manufacturing as represented by the views of business organisations within FDF membership. These views were reached by consultation with members of FDF's Employment and Skills Committee.

The recent publication of the Government's consultation document on phasing out the Default Retirement Age (DRA) of 65 over six months, starting from April 2011 and ending in October 2011, has created considerable concern amongst manufacturers. This proposed change of employment legislation has created a huge amount of concern amongst both large and small employers.

Since the consultation document's publication, a number of FDF member organisations have provided detailed comments on the practical problems that they feel phasing out the DRA will create and which they feel the Government has not really addressed.

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FDF's Full Response to Phasing out the Default Retirement Age - pdf | 108kb