Ageism, age discrimination and the re-examination of retirement in Singapore, 1978-1993

• Main Author: Nur Irdina Ramlan
• Other Authors: Park Hyung Wook
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::History::Asia::Singapore::Politics and government
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76660
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In 1993, the Retirement Age Act was introduced which raised the minimum retirement age from 55 to 60 years old and made it illegal for employees to dismiss their workers on the grounds of age. Existing literature explores how this was done to combat the issue of age discrimination, and to overcome n...