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An Bille um Chomhionannas Fostaíochta (Aois Scoir Shainordaitheach a Chealú), 2022 Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2022 Mar a tionscnaíodh As initiated [No.

41 of 2022] AN BILLE UM CHOMHIONANNAS FOSTAÍOCHTA (AOIS SCOIR SHAINORDAITHEACH A CHEALÚ), 2022 EMPLOYMENT EQUALITY (ABOLITION OF MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE) BILL 2022 Mar a tionscnaíodh As initiated CONTENTS Section 1.

Amendment of section 34 of Employment Equality Act 1998 2.

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41 of 2022] ACTS REFERRED TO Employment Equality Act 1998 (No.

21) Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2015 2 AN BILLE UM CHOMHIONANNAS FOSTAÍOCHTA (AOIS SCOIR SHAINORDAITHEACH A CHEALÚ), 2022 EMPLOYMENT EQUALITY (ABOLITION OF MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE) BILL 2022 Bill entitled An Act to amend the Employment Equality Act 1998 and to provide for related matters.

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: Amendment of section 34 of Employment Equality Act 1998 1.
Section 34 of the Employment Equality Act 1998 is amended— (a) by substituting the following for subsection (3)— “(3) Nothing in this Part or Part II shall make unlawful discrimination on the age ground or the disability ground in circumstances where it is shown that there is clear actuarial or other evidence that significantly increased costs would result if the discrimination were not permitted in those circumstances, provided that— (a) save in the case of employment in An Garda Síochána, the Defence Forces, fire services or security-related employment prescribed by the Minister for Justice and Equality and/or the Minister for Defence, it shall not be lawful to set or contract for an age for the compulsory retirement of an employee who is capable of doing the job for which he or she is employed, (b) but it shall not be unlawful for an employer to provide financial incentives for the voluntary retirement of an employee at a particular age.”, and (b) in subsection (4), by the deletion of “retirement (whether voluntary or compulsory)” and the substitution of “voluntary retirement, or in the case of employment in An Garda Síochána, the Defence Forces, fire services or security- related employment prescribed by the Minister, compulsory retirement”.
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(1) This Act may be cited as the Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Act 2022.

3 (2) The Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2015 and this Act may be cited together as the Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2022.
4 5 An Bille um Chomhionannas Fostaíochta (Aois Scoir Shainordaitheach a Chealú), 2022 Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2022 BILLE (mar a tionscnaíodh) dá ngairtear BILL (as initiated) entitled Acht do leasú an Achta um Chomhionannas Fostaíochta, 1998 agus do dhéanamh socrú i dtaobh nithe gaolmhara.

An Act to amend the Employment Equality Act 1998 and to provide for related matters.
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