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Employers group backs decision to scrap forced retirement of junior civil servants
The Employers Forum on Age has welcomed the decision to scrap the retirement age for junior ranks of the Civil Service, announced by the Cabinet Office last week.
Whitehall departments and the Council of Civil Service Unions have agreed that employment policy on a mandatory retirement age - currently 65 - should change in the next two years.
Employers Forum on Age director Catharine Pusey said she hoped the decision would help focus the government's mind ahead of the result of the Heyday challenge.
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