The gender gap in retirementWooden figures of a man and a woman stand on scales with coins between them, symbolising the gender pay gap. The Supreme Court previously ruled that Section 15 of the LPA does extend to the issue of retirement age for different genders too. In this regard, the LPA however does not prescribe a mandatory retirement age. There have been some instances of companies prescribing different retirement ages for employees of different categories and genders. Therefore, based on this court precedent, if employers set a retirement policy for different ages based solely on the gender of the employees, they may have violated the LPA.

Source: Bangkok Post August 31, 2021 21:11 UTC