Problem
Compulsory retirement
Other Names:
Debasing retirement possibilities Nature:
Mandatory retirement also known as forced retirement, enforced retirement or compulsory retirement, is the set age at which people who hold certain jobs or offices are required by industry custom or by law to leave their employment, or retire.
As of 2017, as reported by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), only three European member states (UK, Denmark and Poland) and four OECD countries (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United States) had laws banning mandatory retirement.
Broader Problems:
Coercive legislationRedundancy of workersImposed career interruptionsAge discrimination in employment Narrower Problems:
Retirement as a threat to psychological well-being Related Problems:
Unjust dismissal of workers Strategies:
Creating unemployment modelsRetiring Subject(s):
Social Activity → RetirementRelated UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST