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The state retirement age
— common misconceptions about retirement and the state pension | | Author(s) | Hannah Zeilig, Anthea Tinker, Ann V Salvage |
| Journal title | Quality in Ageing, vol 6, no 3, November 2005 |
| Pages | pp 8-16 |
| Source | http://www.pavpub.com |
| Keywords | Retirement age ; Pensions ; Attitude ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | The Age Partnership Group (APG) and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) asked the Institute of Gerontology at King's College, London to examine recurrent misconceptions about pension ages and retirement ages. These take the form of misunderstandings, confusions, and in some instances even fictions that are perpetrated via the media and sometimes by organisations in the pensions field. The work was aimed at a professional audience, and was part of a campaign to raise employers' awareness of flexible employment and retirement opportunities prior to implementation of the age discrimination regulations in October 2006. This article focuses predominantly on practical rather than theoretical issues. However, the policy and practice implications that arise, when the most basic topics associated with pensions and retirement are not properly understood, are profound. These can affect people on the verge of pension age, as well as those who are attempting to plan for their retirement, also their employers. Without a clear understanding of the facts about entitlement to a basic state pension, for instance, individuals and their employers may not pursue the opportunities open to them. In this article, the most salient of these misconceptions are examined and redressed. This was undertaken through an extensive literature review, which examined not only a wide range of media reports, but also encompassed government documents and academic papers. The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) in particular gave guidance. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-051219220 A |
| Classmark | G5A: JJ: DP: 3F |
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