Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Act 2025

Amendment of Act of 2015

7. The Act of 2015 is amended—

(a) in section 36(5)—

(i) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “National Minimum Wage Act 2000,” for “National Minimum Wage Act 2000, or”,

(ii) in paragraph (d), by the substitution of “Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994, or” for “Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994.”, and

(iii) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (d):

“(e) section 10 (1) of the Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Act 2025.”,

(b) in section 41(7)—

(i) in paragraph (h), by the substitution of “the occurrence of the dispute,” for “the occurrence of the dispute, and”,

(ii) in paragraph (i), by the substitution of “the occurrence of the dispute, and” for “the occurrence of the dispute.”, and

(iii) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (i):

“(j) in the case of a dispute relating to subsection (3), (4) or (5) of section 5 or section 8 , as the case may be, of the Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Act 2025, it has been referred to the Director General after the expiration of the period of 6 months beginning on the day immediately following the date of the occurrence of the dispute.”,

(c) in Part 2 of Schedule 1—

(i) by the deletion of the following paragraph:

“20. Part 3 of the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 ”,

and

(ii) by the insertion of the following paragraphs after paragraph 21:

“22. Part 3 of the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023

23. Subsection (3), (4) or (5) of section 5 or section 8 , as the case may be, of the Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Act 2025”,

(d) in Part 1 of Schedule 5, by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph 31:

“32. Subsection (3), (4) or (5) of section 5 or section 8 , as the case may be, of the Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Act 2025”,

and

(e) in Schedule 6—

(i) in Part 1, by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph 41:

“42. Section 6 of the Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Act 2025”,

and

(ii) in Part 2, by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph 41:

“42. Section 6 of the Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Act 2025”.