Ms Mary Murphy:

We have talked about more ambitious ideas about age-friendly workplaces and provision for flexible working, internal mobility and changes in roles and responsibilities. I do not think we would be necessarily saying there needs to be an obligation on employers to implement all those ideal best-practice policies. We have the Unfair Dismissals Act and policies in place that all employers, including small employers, are already obligated to follow for managing performance issues and managing employees and they prevail.