The Maine Committee on Aging, a statewide citizen advisory agency, successfully proposed legislation to abolish mandatory retirement in the public sector by July 1, 1978. The legislation also orders that a study containing recommendations for possible mandatory retirement abolition in the private sector be completed by 1979. This article discusses…

Oversight staff in 23 of 30 states with legislation regulating continuing care retirement communities completed questionnaire surveying features of implementation experience such as problems with scope of regulation, appropriateness of oversight placement, adequacy of staff and financial resources, use of discretionary agency authority, and…

Federal and state legislative changes that alter mandatory retirement requirements or private retirement and pension plans are reviewed. Social Security taxes, early retirement, disability benefits, and voluntary retirement incentives are among the topics discussed. (LBH)

Summarizes demographic data, and discusses implications of the federal amendments that permit most American workers to stay on the job until age 70. Journal availability: see EA 510 950.

In enacting federal age discrimination legislation, Congress has not preempted the ability of the states to afford more protection to employees from forced retirement than the federal act provides. States with and without age discrimination laws and other sources of law are briefly discussed. (MLW)