Canada eliminated mandatory retirement after the government repealed labor code that forced workers to retire at 65 -
Canada eliminated mandatory retirement Friday after the government repealed sections of the labor code that had enabled employers to force workers to retire once they reached the age of 65.
"We're not born with date stamps saying our fitness for work expires at 65," David Langtry, acting head of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, said in a statement, praising the changes contained in a budgetary implementation bill.
"Age discrimination is discrimination, pure and simple."
As Canada's baby boomer generation ages, more and more people want to continue to work past retirement age, for personal or financial reasons, the commission noted.
The change affects only jobs under federal jurisdiction, but all others except the province of New Brunswick have already moved to nix their respective mandatory retirement laws.
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Canada eliminated mandatory retirement Friday after the government repealed sections of the labor code that had enabled employers to force workers to retire once they reached the age of 65.
"We're not born with date stamps saying our fitness for work expires at 65," David Langtry, acting head of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, said in a statement, praising the changes contained in a budgetary implementation bill.
"Age discrimination is discrimination, pure and simple."
As Canada's baby boomer generation ages, more and more people want to continue to work past retirement age, for personal or financial reasons, the commission noted.
The change affects only jobs under federal jurisdiction, but all others except the province of New Brunswick have already moved to nix their respective mandatory retirement laws.
Read more -
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.88b8dcdc3eb80bcdf0a224b9f7916368.241&show_article=1
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