Should the Mandatory Retirement Age should be scrapped?

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There was an interesting article in the Journal today and the headline grabbed our intention

“Ageism at work: "42% of employers believe there"s an upper age limit for customer facing roles"

The article was written by Justin Moran from Age Action Ireland. We’re going to be speaking to Justin shortly but in essence he is asking “how we can support older unemployed workers to get back into the workforce?

Is the answer to the issue “Abolishing mandatory retirement?” – Well we will ask Justin Moran that shortly.

There are many people who will say that companies that use more mature people in their workforce have staff that are totally invested in their work and show that with age comes experience and ultimately great service from many people who could be affected by mandatory retirement?

As it stands the retirement age in Ireland is 67 and the government is looking to raise this to 68 over the next 10 years. I know many people who do not want to retire at 67 and have plenty to offer the workforce.

Alternatively people say that as one gets older your productivity decreases. How can a 70 year old person work as quickly as an 18 year old?

Should the Mandatory Retirement Age should be scrapped?

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