In some countries the average worker is obliged to retire at the age of 50, while in others people can work until they are 65 or 70. Until what age do you think people should be encouraged to remain in paid employment? Give reasons for your answer.

Aging is phenomena which not only weakens you physically but infact it first attacks the hinges of your mind and makes them rusty.

The retiring age differs from organization to organization and country to country. It all depends on how much demanding your job is!
Judging individuals ability by their age is a very convenient way of forcing a bunch of precious employees to retire when they are not willing to. The delima of this age is that people are relying on prior rules and regulations not considering the fact that quality of life has improved through the years and the rules need to be redesigned so they could fit into todays world.

On the contrary, areas like army, where physical fitness outweighs mental sharpness the average age for retirement should be less than other organizations. Additionally there comes a fact of of bringing fresh innovative ideas to workplace which an old mind cannot give you. IT all depends on the history of employee who is working if he shows a consistent performance he should definitely be given a chance.

We all know that every year the curriculum of professional colleges are being revamped and new studies are introduced. To keep oneself up to date while earning an income is very time consuming and hectic.

To converge everything to a single point, the employer should device ways to introduce new concepts to their sincere old workers gaining the maximum benefit of experience and new knowledge. The retiring age hence should not be fixed and should be calculated by going down to personal level. The government should not be the one deciding and passing policies on this issue.