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Managing without default retirement in universities: a comparative picture from Australia


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Authors

Blackham, Alysia 

Abstract

jats:pThe abolition of the default retirement age is creating challenges for UK employers, and universities in particular. Operating without mandatory retirement may have consequences for performance management, the creation of opportunities for new generations of workers, the scope for workforce planning and employment costs. Drawing on comparative experiences of Australian universities, which have been operating without mandatory retirement since the 1990s, this paper critically examines whether these consequences have materialised in Australia. It draws out a number of lessons for UK universities from the Australian experience.</jats:p>

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This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Wiley via http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/lest.12079

Keywords

4804 Law In Context, 48 Law and Legal Studies

Journal Title

Legal Studies

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Journal ISSN

0261-3875
1748-121X

Volume Title

35

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)