Many 60-lifers will welcome the change in the UK law which has just come into force. According to the guardian.co.uk website :
‘The structure of your working life could change profoundly from next week, when the phasing out of the default retirement age (DRA) begins. From Wednesday 6 April employers will no longer be allowed to compel employees aged 65 or over to retire on grounds of age. The only employers exempted from this are those that have already given staff between six to 12 months’ notice of enforced retirement at a date beyond next week, but even that transitional arrangement runs out on 1 October’
The full article can be read at guardian.co.uk/money