The Employers Forum on Age is disappointed with the new coalition government’s plan to phase out the default retirement age (DRA).

Rachel Krys, campaign director of age campaigners, the Employers Forum on Age (EFA), says: “The EFA is really disappointed to hear that the new government only intends to phase out the DRA and believes that this could be a missed opportunity to ensure that age cannot be used to arbitrarily dismiss people. The DRA is fundamentally discriminatory, based on the assumption that age affects someone’s ability to do their job.
 
“Manifesto commitments from both parties indicated that they would remove the DRA and we hope that this remains one of their priorities.”