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Default Retirement Age (DRA) to be retired from April 2011

The Government has announced details of how it will remove the default retirement age of 65 permitted by the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006.  It proposes to begin phasing out the DRA from April 2011.  The proposals are subject to a consultation which will run from now until 21 October 2010.  The new plans allow for a six month transition from the existing regulations, following the announcement in the Budget that the DRA would be phased out from April 2011.  The intention is to enable and encourage people to work longer if they wish to and in response to the demographic change which is seeing people live longer.  The Government is also committed to help employers by removing the administrative burden of the current DRA associated retirement procedure “right to request working beyond retirement”. 

The consultation asks whether the Government could provide additional support for individuals and employers in managing without the DRA or statutory retirement procedure.  This includes the possibility of future guidance or a more formal code of practice on handling retirement discussions. 

Views are also being sought on whether the removal of the DRA could have unintended consequences for insured benefits and employee share plans. 

From 6 April 2011 employers will not be able to issue any notifications for compulsory retirement using the DRA procedure.  Between 6 April and 01 October 2011, only people who were notified before 6 April, and whose retirement date is before 01 October can be compulsorily retired using the DRA.  After 01 October 2011, employers will not be able to use the DRA to compulsorily retire employees. If the employer wishes to use retirement ages they will have to be able to demonstrate that they are objectively justified. Some Examples of jobs where this could possibly be applied include air traffic controllers and police officers.  

For more information please contact Simonne McIvor on 01279 758080.

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Following the request of many members and guests who attended Nick's presentation last year, we are pleased to say that this year we are offering a taster of his talents which will be followed by a more lenthy seminar on 1st June.

Imagine you had a method for routinely fixing all of the issues that hold your business back. Nick Mayhew will show you three simple steps to achieve this in today’s event.

SACC Members £15.75.  Non Members £23.00.  To include buffet and refreshment. (Prices subject to VAT @ standard rate).  Ample FREE parking available.   Payment prior to event to secure booking.  Two full working days notice of cancellation required.

Click for location map - Manor of Groves Hotel, Golf & Country Club

If you wish to follow more of Nick’s advice, he has agreed to present a morning’s seminar on 1 June at The Manor of Groves on the subject ‘Using Confidence and Persuasion to Drive your Business Forward’.

We are pricing this realistically at £25.00+vat for bookings taken up to an including our networking event on 27 April – thereafter the cost will be £35.00+vat.

Registration for 1 June is planned for 9.30, with two 75 minute sessions, followed by a light networking lunch and finishing by 2.00pm.  More information on Events page.

This event is sponsored by Price Bailey.

About Price Bailey 

So, you’d like to know more about Price Bailey? Who are they? What do they do? More importantly, why should you choose them to help you? Those are three very good questions.

A brief background

Price Bailey has been in business for 70 years. From humble beginnings in Bishop’s Stortford in the 1930’s, and are now proud to employ over 200 people, each with valuable experience and a wide range of skills.

Price Bailey strive to provide the services that small and medium businesses and individuals need. This includes the right blend of consultancy and planning skills to complement the more routine accountancy, tax and financial services work you might expect.

As clients you will have complex and interesting questions you want help with. They concentrate on the quality of the answers they can give you and the success of the solutions  they help you to achieve. As an employer, they can also offer exciting and varied career opportunities and professional development in a very wide range of disciplines.

As they move into the future, they prefer to maintain a modern approach to business. Being one of the first businesses in the UK to adopt the Limited Liability Partnership approach which has helped us improve their management structure – and now operate with a democratically elected board of directors, chosen from the members. Which means that you benefit because they are more responsive than ever to changes in the business environment

If you're not sure who to call or want some guidance on who to speak to, please feel free to contact Linda Sams on 01279 755888 in the first instance.

Location : Manor of Groves Hotel, Golf and Country Club, High Wych, Sawbridgeworth, Herts. CM21 0JU
Contact : Julie Budden (01279) 87 00 64

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