Member Article

The TUC and CIPD have updated their guidance on managing age to take into account good practice developments since 2006 and the phasing-out of the default retirement age from 6 April 2011. It supports the Acas guidance on managing without a retirement age and reflects the business case for extending working life and employing people of all ages.It has a section setting out the answers to frequently asked questions then goes on to consider good practice in relation to retirement, flexible retirement, recruitment, selection and promotion, pay, benefits and pensions, appraisal, performance management and training, health and safety and redundancy and termination using case studies to illustrate its advice where appropriate.