Retirement not a fair reason for dismissal 




Compulsory or forced retirement is a dismissal. Retirement is no longer a fair reason for dismissal. Employers can include an express contract term setting a contractual retirement age, and can require employees to retire once they reach that age. However, this will be age discriminatory unless the retirement age is capable of objective justification. For the law on age discrimination and forced retirement, see Chapter 7: Discrimination, page 245.