He was a diminutive, friendly gentleman who stayed beyond his normal retirement to serve as the first principal of Robinson.

Since the mid-1970's the proportion of older men leaving the labour market before the 'normal' retirement age has increased sharply.

Women are making the transition to professional directors (a full-time occupation) earlier than men, who generally do so after normal retirement from a corporate career.

Under this system, if a worker's job is eliminated, he is transferred to another part of the company or to an affiliated company until normal retirement.

The System provides pension benefits such as normal retirement, disability retirement, surviving spouse benefits and a death benefit.

He believed that control of Overlook would allow him to pursue his passion for books into his 80's - well past normal retirement age.

Although past normal retirement age, he then embarked on a number of more specialised surveys of the natural world, beginning with plants.

Admiral Mujtaba came to normal retirement on 10 January 2005 after ending his long 34 years naval service.

Admiral Nizam came to normal retirement with effect from 29 January 2009 after ending his 36 years naval career.