Part 1
The Legal Framework
Chapter 1 The CJEU and age discrimination: addressing the double bind for age equality (Professor Frank Hendrickx)
Chapter 2 A freedom under supervision
the EU Court and compulsory retirement age (Alvaro Oliveira)
Part 2
Deregulation of retirement
Chapter 3 Retirement and the pension crisis (Jo Grady)
Chapter 4 Meeting the challenges of active ageing in the UK: Is the abolition of mandatory retirement the answer? A case study of the approach of retirement in the UK (Simonetta Manfredi and Lucy Vickers)
Part 3
The challenges of extending working lives
Chapter 5 Intersectionality of age and gender in labour law (Jenny Julen Votinius)
Chapter 6 Strategic challenges for social partners
a case study on the Italian experience (Luciana Guaglianone and Fabio Ravelli)
Chapter 7 Older workers in the nursing profession: Will they stay or will they go? (Nicola Johnson and Simonetta Manfredi)
Chapter 8 Emerging options for extending working lives: results of a Delphi study (Alysia Blackham)
Part 4
Older Workers perspectives on extending working lives
Chapter 9 Extended working lives: what do older employees want? (Wendy Loretto)
Chapter 10 Work and careers: perspectives from knowledge workers aged 48-58 (Karen Handley and Birgit den Outer)
Chapter 11 Function, flexibility and responsibility
differences in former professional jobs and post-retirement activities among retirees in Germany (Leena Pundt, Jurgen Dell, Kenneth S Shultz and Ulrike Fasbender)
Part 5
Extending Working lives in practice
Chapter 12 Managing older workers in a local authority: The case of Oxford City Council (Bob Price)
Chapter 13 What scope for an Employer justified retirement age? A view from practice (Saphieh Ashtiany)
Chapter 14 Extending working lives
a trade union perspective (Sally Brett)
Chapter 15 'Changing Step': The transition from the Regular Army to civilian life and work (Vincent Connelly)
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