9. To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what steps the Government Equalities Office is taking to tackle discrimination against older workers. (313709)

To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what steps the Government Equalities Office is taking to tackle discrimination against older workers. (313701)

We know that just because we are past 65 we are not past it.

Through the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 the Government have ensured that older people have a legal right not to be discriminated against at work, or harassed because of their age. The legislation removed the compulsory retirement beyond the age of 65. The employer must consider this request.

Research published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission on Monday found that the majority of workers over 50 want to continue working beyond the state pension age. We want to give older people flexible options and this is one reason why we have brought forward our review of default retirement age to this year.