I am 61 and at the interview I was told that if I got the job I was applying for, I'd be too old to join the pension scheme. Is this correct?

Yes, within certain criteria employers can still use age as a factor when it comes to their occupational pension schemes. There is a fairly general set of exemptions which apply to company pension schemes within the age provisions of the Equality Act. Minimum and maximum ages of entry into a company’s pension scheme are amongst the exemptions – which also include age-related contributions. 

 

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