Part 1 – The Legal Framework -- Chapter 1 The CJEU and age discrimination: addressing the double bind for age equality (Professor Frank Hendrickx) -- Chapter 2 A freedom under supervision – the EU Court and compulsory retirement age (Alvaro Oliveira) -- Part 2 – Deregulation of retirement -- Chapter 3 Retirement and the pension crisis (Jo Grady) -- Chapter 4 Meeting the challenges of active ageing in the UK: Is the abolition of mandatory retirement the answer? A case study of the approach of retirement in the UK (Simonetta Manfredi and Lucy Vickers) -- Part 3 – The challenges of extending working lives -- Chapter 5 Intersectionality of age and gender in labour law (Jenny Julen Votinius) -- Chapter 6 Strategic challenges for social partners – a case study on the Italian experience (Luciana Guaglianone and Fabio Ravelli) -- Chapter 7 Older workers in the nursing profession: Will they stay or will they go? (Nicola Johnson and Simonetta Manfredi) -- Chapter 8 Emerging options for extending working lives: results of a Delphi study (Alysia Blackham) -- Part 4 – Older Workers perspectives on extending working lives -- Chapter 9 Extended working lives: what do older employees want? (Wendy Loretto) -- Chapter 10 Work and careers: perspectives from knowledge workers aged 48-58 (Karen Handley and Birgit den Outer) -- Chapter 11 Function, flexibility and responsibility – differences in former professional jobs and post-retirement activities among retirees in Germany (Leena Pundt, Jurgen Dell, Kenneth S Shultz and Ulrike Fasbender) -- Part 5 – Extending Working lives in practice -- Chapter 12 Managing older workers in a local authority: The case of Oxford City Council (Bob Price) -- Chapter 13 What scope for an Employer justified retirement age? A view from practice (Saphieh Ashtiany) -- Chapter 14 Extending working lives – a trade union perspective (Sally Brett) -- Chapter 15 ‘Changing Step’: The transition from the Regular Army to civilian life and work (Vincent Connelly) -- Bibliography.