Mandatory retirement to be scrapped in B.C.
Last Updated: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 | 3:08 PM PT
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The B.C. government has brought in legislation to eliminate mandatory retirement at age 65 for most British Columbians, effective next January.
Bill 31, introduced Wednesday by Attorney General Wally Oppal, will amend the province's Human Rights Code.
Ending mandatory retirement was a key recommendation made by the Premier's Council on Aging and Seniors' Issues last December 2006.
In the legislature on Wednesday, Oppal credited the council for its work on the issue.
"The council identified the Human Rights Code amendments as the key to its vision of British Columbia as a province where older people can remain involved and interact with others in their communities, fulfilling their roles that are respected and valued.
"Mandatory retirement is a policy of the past, not of the future."
Oppal also noted that a huge demographic shift will see the number of British Columbians over 65 more than double in the next 25 years.
Government figures show that that there will be another million job openings in B.C. in the next decade, with only 650,000 students graduating into the workplace.
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