Employer

Age discrimination

Age Positive

Age Positive is the Government's campaign to end age discrimination in the workplace. Age Positive offers business examples of good practice, advice and information about age legislation.

Find out more about Age Positive and how to get involved on the Age Positive website

Age discrimination legislation

New legislation will outlaw age discrimination in employment and vocational training from October 2006.

The Age Partnership Group was set up and is funded by the Department for Work and Pensions to provide advice on how to prepare for the introduction of the new legislation.
Find out more on the Age Partnership Group’s Be Ready website

The consultation - Equality and Diversity: Age Matters - sought your views on a number of issues including:

  • the abolition of mandatory retirement ages unless employers can objectively justify the need for dismissal at a given age
  • recruitment
  • selection and promotion
  • pay and non-pay benefits
  • unfair dismissal
  • employment-related insurance
  • statutory redundancy payments

You can read or print The Age Matters consultation document on the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform website