Retirement issue

For your own peace of mind I would pay the 100/200 euro and discuss this with an employment law solicitor. Great to see you can continue to work past 65 though if you wish to!

How would moving to a rolling 1 year contract effect the amount of years you have worked for the company?

I would just ask HR that exact question and proceed from there.Ask them can you record the meeting as well ,just for the record.

what sort of redundancy package would you expect at 65 onwards? You’re at retirement age as per the company booklet, you’ll get feck all in my opinion if they decided to let you go.

Who wants to work past 65 if they can help it? Companies will happily let people rot in their positions, it’s the employees choice if they choose that.

My company had this retire at 65 policy. They would re-employ people hitting that age on rolling 1 year contracts. Years service was wiped out too. That was for company and statutory redundancy too.

About 18 months ago a guy pulled them up on it, stating age discrimination and got a solicitor involved. The policy was dropped and he and anyone going forward will not be forced onto a contract on turning 65. Im told there are people already on those contracts going to take cases now, but i dont know any of them that well to ask.

I get that but most would want to retire at or before 65 if they could afford to do so, I know I would!

Not often I agree with Mrs OBumble but I for one have no interest in retiring at 65! I’m 63 now and for as long as I’m healthy I will continue to work - Hopefully, until we’ll into my 70s! I like working and for better or worse it defines me to a large extent!