What we want
All political parties must commit to ending ageism inside and outside the workplace using the Equality Bill.
The Bill recently announced by Westminster is a milestone in the battle for fairness in later life.
It proposes for older people:
- equal access to goods, facilities and services like health and social care, benefits, insurance and credit; and
- equality of opportunity in planning of community facilities.
But we want all parties to commit to changing the Bill to:
- outlaw the outmoded national default retirement age. This legislation allows companies to force healthy and capable employees out of a job simply because of their age, even if they wish to continue working past 65; and
- make all these rights irreversible by committing to lay regulations before the next election.
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