Employers lose powers to set staff retirement age in new Bill

A job interview. FILE PHOTO

Employers are set to find it difficult to retrench or lock out older staff during recruitment if proposed amendments to the Employment Act are passed into law.

The Employment Act (Amendment) Bill 2019 has listed age among grounds that employers should not discriminate against prospective and existing employees.

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