Retirement: it's a great idea but will anyone ever afford it?

Life expectancy increases by 15 minutes every hour. Fit and healthy 65-year-old men can expect to live to 88 and women longer still. By the time a man now starting his career reaches 65, he might expect to live until almost 100.

End of retirement age signalled

A review of the default retirement age, which allows employers to compel staff to retire at 65, is to be brought forward by a year, the government says.

Implications of Rolls Royce v Unite

The Court of Appeal recently handed down Rolls Royce v Unite in which the legality of length of service criterion as part of a redundancy selection matrix was considered.

Ireland sees huge increase in age claims

Age discrimination claims lodged with the Irish Equality Tribunal between January and June 2008 have increased by 150% over the same period last year.