Can employees be penalized for retiring at or before the age of 65?
These changes to the Human Rights Code were made to generally prohibit employers from forcing employees to retire because they are 65 or older. It does not prevent employees who want to retire from doing so. Ending mandatory retirement should not result in any penalty to employees who choose to retire at or prior to the age of 65. Rather, employees will decide for themselves how long they wish to remain in the workforce, based on their own circumstances and their ability to perform their jobs.
