Hi Janine, I fully concur with your views, the Taxation system needs to review its approach for older workers. Many senior workers find that maintaining some level of routine by continuing working is beneficial to their health. Many have worked in excess of 40 or 50 years and the transition into retirement can be difficult to adapt to no daily routine. A better-balanced taxation system would allow for those older workers to continue, to not only work longer, but for organisations to tap into the tacit knowledge that many older workers have accumulated and be of value for mentoring those less experienced.

Dear Private, would you be asking a young woman whether she really doesn’t want to have children? As an HR Manager interviewees know how to present, and what happens 4 months later, 7 months later? A better offer, a pregnancy, family transfers… You would be breaching FWA and discrimminating if you made a point of discussing retirement with a potential candidate.