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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to commit to remove the default retirement age of 65 in 2011 rather than merely reviewing it. More details
Submitted by Mike Berry of Personnel Today – Deadline to sign up by: 02 October 2009 – Signatures: 125
More details from petition creator
The Employers Forum on Age and Personnel Today magazine believe that the government should commit to scrap the default retirement age in 2011 and not simply review it. This would provide clarity for employers and give them three years to prepare. Whatever the outcome of the Heyday challenge at the European Court of Justice, it is clear that the default retirement age cannot continue indefinitely. A growing number of enlightened employers are operating successfully without a fixed retirement age and other organisations should follow their example. Far from being a burden, this new flexibility has resulted in real business benefits; filling skills gaps and keeping valuable knowledge and experience in the workforce.
Current signatories
Mike Berry, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- L MacDonald
- Robin Bonell
- Fiona Triller
- John Downey
- A E Pettengell
- Noel O'Reilly
- G Logan
- Rob Moss
- Steve Bassett
- Susan Proud
- G Richardson
- Mary Symons
- Janet Little
- Beth Vaughan
- Gillian Appleby
- John Ross
- John Talbot
- Christine de Caux
- Rosie Clarke
- Jeremy Barker
- Helge Halvorson
- Martin Koder
- Marianne Zylstra
- Mr Partis (petitions.pm.gov.uk/tombaker/)
- Louisa Peacock
- David Wells
- Nadia Williams
- Aseel Al-Ramahi
- Lorenzo Sasso
- Daniela Sheppard
- Vlad Meerovich
- Kevin Wheeler
- Ian Tickell
- Hilary Burrage
- Judy Capener
- Teresa Houghton
- Sarah Handley
- John Murray
- katie andic
- Sean Ellis
- Vicky Ashfield
- Sue Parsons
- Kellie Cantelo
- Kate Godwin
- Judith Yapp
- Kate Collings
- John Charlton
- Graham White
- Dawn Spalding
- Stephen Moir
- Catharine Pusey
- Brad Collings
- Suzanne Clift
- Marion Peacock
- Anne Wilby
- Vivienne Argent
- Nicola Roger
- juliette ashby
- Christine Hooper
- Ann Hadaway
- Maureen Colborn
- Sandy Berry
- Michelle Gallagher
- Angela Hewlett
- Tara Craig
- Maureen Wallis
- Stephanie Kimber
- Jillian Reed
- Beatrice Beer
- Debbie Stanley
- Hazel Roberts
- Alan Denbigh
- Tim Porter
- Henry Wynn
- John Harkness
- Min Rodriguez
- Nyat Yan Foo
- Paul Moody
- Maureen Kelly
- Kirsty Sharp
- Caroline Berry
- Abigail Jessop
- Trisha Corfield
- RAHAT KARIM
- John Annan
- Brian Varney
- Joyce Glasser
- Ezra Nathan
- david r williams
- Allan Bouglas
- david gritten
- Alan Dean
- Christina Powell
- Stephanie Hawthorne
- Angela Allen
- Susan Herbert
- Gaby Charing
- Lynda Thompson
- patricia nee
- Helen Thomson
- Mark Burns
- Jill Davison
- Jayne Ambler
- Joyce Hall
- Maureen Gormley
- David Haw
- Sandra Gray
- Tom Fry
- Pamela Clayton
- Neil Shashoua
- Chris Ball
- john ludlow
- Michael Williams
- Margaret-Elspeth Harman
- Robin Allen
- Susie Thompson
- Natalie Freeman
- Ann-Marie Bainbridge
- Gill Cooke
- ian brocklebank
- Roger John Duffy
- Philip Stenning
- Susan Urwin
- Vicky Sewell
