The University of Sheffield
Human Resources

30 September 2011

Changes to Age and Retirement Legislation

The Default Retirement Age (DRA) of 65 has been removed from legislation by the Government, effective from 1st October 2011.

The University has been working through these statutory changes and for further information please visit:

http://www.shef.ac.uk/hr/guidance/leaving/retirement

A Manager Briefing on Changes to Age and Retirement legislation is available at:

http://hr.dept.shef.ac.uk/how_to/Changes_to_Retirement.pdf

For staff considering retirement, the University is holding Planning for Retirement Workshops in October and November, details available at:

http://www.shef.ac.uk/hr/sd/staff/sdprog/courses/retirement