Table 12. Forced retirement provisions in defined benefit plans, by bargaining status, September 1, 1974 (Percent of active workers)
Type of provision Bargaining status
Total Negotiated (1) Nonnegotiated Not determinable

All plans studied

 100 100 100 100

With forced retirement

 45 37 64 35

Mandatory retirement

 44 37 62 35

Compulsory retirement only

 30 24 43 28

Automatic retirement only

 8 9 8 6

Compulsory and automatic retirement

 6 4 11 2

Forced early retirement

 9 12 5 –

Without forced retirement

 55 63 36 65

Footnotes:
(1) For this study, negotiated plans included (1) those established for the first time through collective bargaining and (2) those originally established by either employer or union but later brought within the scope of collective bargaining for some (but not necessarily all) plan participants. Nonnegotiated plans are plans unilaterally established, controlled, and administered by a company or union.

Note: Dash indicates no active workers in this category.