The Fleet Reserve and the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve are composed of members of the naval service transferred thereto under this section. An enlisted member of the Regular Navy or the Navy Reserve who has completed 20 or more years of active service in the armed forces may, at his request, be transferred to the Fleet Reserve.
A job notice or advertisement may specify an age limit only in the rare circumstances where age is shown to be a bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ) reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the business.
Although a number of provinces still allow for mandatory retirement, the trend in Canada. certainly appears to be to eliminate the upper limit from the definition of âageâ, meaning there. will be no opportunity to discriminate on the basis of age over 65.