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LATEST NEWS & EVENTS Businesses support employment law reform  Anyone sacked because they are over the age of 65 can seek unfair dismissal compensation claim advice now that the Default Retirement Age (DFA) has been scrapped. However, a new survey indicates that businesses back the reform, with three-quarters (77 per cent) of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) owners claiming that employees should be judged on merit, not on age. According to a survey from mobile operator Orange, organisations plan to hold on to experienced workers. More than half (54 per cent) of the 2,017 SME owners polled think older workers can help inexperienced members of staff to adjust and improve. In addition, 84 per cent said they will expand flexible working arrangements to help people stay in their jobs for longer. Martin Lyne, SME director at Orange, said: "With large sections of the UK economy now built on knowledge rather than manual labour or manufacturing, experience is one of the most valuable resources many businesses have. "Understandably, many businesses don't want to lose their most knowledgeable workers." When the government announced the scrapping of the DFA, the CBI warned it would cause confusion and called for its implementation to be delayed. Posted by Paul Stevens 
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