A mandatory retirement age is the age at which persons who hold certain jobs or offices are required by statute to step down, or retire.
Typically, mandatory retirement ages are justified by the argument that certain occupations are either too dangerous (military personnel) or require high levels of physical and mental skill (airlinepilots). However, since the age at which retirement is mandated is often somewhat arbitrary and not based upon an actual physical evaluation of an individual person, many view the practice as a form of age discrimination, or ageism.
Typically, mandatoryretirementages are justified by the argument that certain occupations are either too dangerous (military personnel) or require high levels of physical and mental skill (airlinepilots).
However, since the age at which retirement is mandated is often somewhat arbitrary and not based upon an actual physical evaluation of an individual person, many view the practice as a form of agediscrimination, or ageism.
In the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Paul VI introduced a mandatoryretirementage of 70 for priests and 75 for bishops and archbishops; there is no mandatoryretirementage for the pope, though cardinals cease having a vote in the College of Cardinals at age 80.
Normal retirementage for those turning 65 this year (2006) is 65 years and 8 months because year 1941 is their year of birth.
Retirementage for teachers in France is thirty years after employment and age 50 for train engineers [2] on the SNCF, the national railway.
Retirement might coincide with important life changes; a retired worker might move to a new location, for example a specialised retirement village, thereby having less frequent contact with their previous social context.
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