Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025

The Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025, once enacted, will deliver a new employment right. It will allow, but in no way compel, an employee to stay in employment until the State Pension Age (66).

The bill delivers a statutory provision which sets out that an employer may not enforce a contractual retirement age which is below the State Pension Age if the employee does not consent to retire. The bill implements a key commitment included in the government’s response to the Pensions Commission Recommendations and Implementation Plan.

The general scheme of this bill is available for reference: General Scheme of the Employment (Restriction of Certain Mandatory Retirement Ages) Bill 2024.