'Employers should be able to insist on retirement'
[3 November 2003 - Financial Times - UK] Employers should have the right to insist that staff retire at 65, the CBI will warn ministers today. The employers' organisation will caution that if the Department of Trade and Industry introduces age discrimination legislation that could protect employees from mandatory retirement until they reach 70 the government 'risks embittering the retirement process and could lead to a costly surge of employment tribunal cases'. ...
ageing as exile?
This blog explores the intersection of aging, creativity, purpose, transition, learning and well-being. It is edited by Steve Dahlberg.
"Exile is the cradle of nationality," according to Michael Higgins, Ireland's former minister of arts, culture and the Gaeltacht. We should "presuppose a sort of dialogue among exiles" who are together in a new place. Viewing ageing as "exile" offers a new (and positive) perspective about exile and ageing - one that can lead to older people better understanding their common "nationality" of what it means to be fully human - to be part of a greater whole.
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