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Thursday 29 July 2010 8:41 pm|Updated:Friday 31 May 2019 12:48 amFirms hit out at retirement age proposalsBy: KCS-contentShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleBUSINESS groups yesterday rounded on plans to scrap the default retirement age DRA , accusing the government of rushing the proposals through without proper consultation. From next October, firms will be unable to automatically lay off staff when they reach 65, allowing millions to work into their 70s and 80s. The DRA will be scrapped in October but the effects will be felt from April onwards, as employers must give six monthsrsquo; notice to staff they want to retire. Unions and charit stanley mugs ies representing the elderly welcomed the move, but businesses reacted angrily. Employersrsquo; group the CBI said the timetable had given firms little chance to prepare for the changes. owala website Scrapping the DRA will leave a vacuum, and raise a large number of complex legal and employment questions, which the government has not yet owala water bottle addressed, said CBI deputy director-general John Cridland. And the Institute of Directors IoD hit out at the government, pointing out it came to power on a promise of cutting red tape for businesses. Graeme Leach, director of policy at the IoD, said: The coalition agreement stateshellip; no new regulation is brought in without other regulation being cut by a greater amount. So wh |
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