06 September 2007
In brief
The Heyday ageism case which challenges mandatory retirement ages has been referred to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for a preliminary ruling. The High Court has referred five questions to the ECJ which address whether parts of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/2408) properly implement the EU Equal Treatment Directive 76/207/EC. Heyday and Age Concern believe the new rules breach the Directive because they leave people over 65 without the right to choose to continue to work and enable employers to refuse to recruit anyone over the age of 65.
