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Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2022
- Sponsor
- Louise O'Reilly · Sinn Féin
- Introduced
- 31 Mar 2022
- Last updated
- 14 Nov 2024
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Removes employers' legal right to force workers into retirement based on mandatory retirement age clauses in contracts.
- Excepts security-related employment roles that have special statutory retirement ages already established.
- Allows workers to continue employment beyond age 65 for financial reasons or personal choice, rather than mandatory exit.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage33rd Dáil31 Mar 2022
Debates
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