Retirement Age – Women Born in November 1953

If you were born in November 1953 then you are at the beginning of a tranche of women who are having their retirement age increased to 65 and 66. You are probably aware that there has been a lot of controversy about how quickly this increase in retirement ages was brought in and the steep increase in the retirement age for these women.

If you were born in November 1953 then there are two different retirement dates depending on what part of the month you were born in. Note that in this case it is a particular date and not when an age is reached.

If you are a woman who was born between 1st and 5th November (inclusive) then your retirement date will be 6th July 2018.

In stark contrast to this, even if you were born only a few days later, women born between 6th and 30th November 1953 (inclusive) will have a retirement date of 6th November 2018 and so will not be able to retire until 4 months later. This is also the same retirement date as people who were born between 1st and 5th December 1953.

This is the point at which the retirement age for women increases to age 65 but in fact the only women who will retire at age 65 are those people who were born on 6th November 1953, after this the retirement age steadily increases to age 66 and beyond.

There are a group of women who are trying to get compensation for people affected but this sudden change in retirement date, arguing that not enough notice was given. So far the government does not seem to have shifted position.