Retirement & Older Workers: The Law

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About Course

There is no default retirement age in the UK for most jobs, and age is a protected characteristic. This course explains when an employer can (rarely) set a retirement age, how to talk about future plans without discriminating, flexible working, pensions and State Pension age, and age-fair recruitment and redundancy.

Tutwoo is an independent learning provider. This course is general guidance written from published official sources and is not legal advice.

What Will You Learn?

  • Explain why most employers cannot force workers to retire
  • Hold future-plans conversations lawfully
  • Avoid age discrimination in recruitment, training and redundancy
  • Support older workers with flexible working

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • No default retirement age
  • Talking about the future without discriminating
  • Age-fair recruitment, training and redundancy

Sources & Further Reading
The official guidance this course is based on.

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