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EHRC calls for changes to employment law
Mon 25 Jan 2010
Employment laws in the UK must be changed to enable older people to remain in work, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has said.
The organisation has called for employer recruitment practices to be revised in order to stop older people falling victim to age discrimination.
In addition, it has suggested extending the right to request flexible working to all employees and doing away with the default retirement age.
According to the EHRC, this could be highly beneficial for the wider British economy, as it would increase the spending power of older people and cut welfare costs.
Figures from the organisation show that almost one in four men are keen to work beyond the state pension age, along with almost two-thirds of women.
Baroness Margaret Prosser, deputy chair of the EHRC, said the existing system was established when people died not long after reaching state pension age.
She stated that the body's proposals are geared towards creating a way of working that is based on the demographics of today's population.
This comes after equality minister Harriet Harman told the Daily Mail the retirement age is an arbitrary figure that bears no relation to people's ability. 
