Age Positive sets out good practice
The Government's Age Positive campaign provides good practice recommendations on recruitment, selection, training, development, redundancy and retirement.
Anti-ageism laws: Are you ready? Personnel Today presents specially authored guidance from the Age Positive campaign of the Department for Work and Pensions.
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Age discrimination and younger workers Employers who run apprenticeship schemes or who typically use undergraduates for holiday temp work could potentially be subject to claims under the forthcoming age discrimination regulations, writes Claire Reynolds of Hempsons.
Age discrimination regulations laid before Parliament The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations have been laid before Parliament and, subject to parliamentary approval, will come into force on 1 October 2006.
Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 (Microsoft Word format, 554K) The Regulations are available on the DTI website.
Ageism is most common form of
discrimination IRS journal Equal Opportunities Review looks at
the findings of new research from Age Concern and the University of
Kent.
The clock is
ticking: age discrimination Writing in
IRS Employment Review, Rachel Suff examines the likely impact of the age
discrimination Regulations on work practices, and looks at how some
organisations have pre-empted the new law.
Age discrimination to be illegal
IRS Employment Review examines the main points of the Regulations, and
advises employers to start reviewing their recruitment procedures, staff
benefits and retirement rules now.
How to
prepare for the forthcoming age discrimination legislation and How to use policies and monitoring to avoid
discrimination Practical guidance from XpertHR's How to
service.
Age
discrimination Detailed legal guidance from XpertHR's reference
manual.
