Retirement

It is advisable for companies to state the normal retirement age of the company. There is no statutory retirement age in Ireland and employees over the age of 65 are now covered by redundancy legislation, unfair dismissal legislation and equality legislation.

Update on retirement - March 2017

24/03/2017 - Over the past twelve months the area of retirement age has experienced a lot of change and there is further change proposed.

Retirement - Frequently Asked Questions

29/06/2016 - The Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 has introduced change to the retirement landscape. In this FAQ document a number of key issues arising from the new legislation. Questions include whether it is still lawful to have a mandatory company retirement age, whether an employer can face a claim of age discrimination based on a compulsory company retirement age and what's changed in relation to post-retirement fixed term contracts? To find the answers to these and other FAQs on Retirement see the document attached.

Enough to turn your hair grey! Pensions related disputes before the Labour Court, 2009-2013

15/07/2013 - This article considers the Labour Court’s approach to pensions related disputes, and is an abridged summary of a presentation at the Ibec “Survival of the fittest: Pensions for HR practitioners” seminar which took place in Dublin on 26 June 2013.

European Court of Justice and the setting of retirement ages

05/05/2008 - The Judgment of the European Court of Justice in the case of Felix Palacios de la Villa –v- Cortefiel Servicios SA C-411/05, issued in October 2008, has thrown the issue of setting contractual retirement ages into the spotlight.

Phased retirement: some points to consider

16/06/2005 - There is no single recognised definition of phased retirement. The term describes a range of employment arrangements, both formal and informal. In its broadest sense, phased retirement means a gradual change in a person’s work arrangements as a transition towards full retirement. In the conventional approach to retirement, a worker moves from full-time permanent employment to complete withdrawal from the labour force in one move – an all or nothing approach.