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Can an employer stop providing life assurance benefits to employees at an age higher than 65 under age discrimination legislation?

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Paragraph 14(2) of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010 provides that it is not an age contravention for an employer to make arrangements for, or afford access to, the provision of insurance or a related financial service to or in respect of only such employees as have not attained whichever is the greater of the age of 65 and state

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