Age discrimination
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