Motion
- Motion title
- Ageism and ill-health retirement
- Session
- 2010-2011
- Meeting link
- HE conference
- Meeting date
- 28 May 2011
- Status
- Passed
- Motion
- HE31
- Motion text
Conference notes with concern that while the EPF is pressing for USS to adopt an NPA of 65 or above, employers continue to view a significant number of staff under 60 to be 'past it' or 'too old' and often bully these individuals to take 'voluntary' early retirement. Conference instructs the HEC to:
review the situation, both in terms of resisting ageism and whether the USS ill-health retirement criteria address genuine cases of cognitive decline resulting from long-term medical conditions which would be covered by the Equality Act 2010
issue advice to branches, and
if appropriate, press for amendments to criteria for ill-health retirement in USS to ensure that any member dismissed for performance reasons linked to a long-term medical condition is eligible.
- Proposing body
- University of Liverpool
- Amended
- Yes
- Allocated to
- Higher education committee (HEC)
- Notes
Administrative info
- Listing reference
- 2011/H/05-28/076/HE31