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age discrimination in the workplace
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Oh no not another law to give a smack on the head to those of us trying to be entrepreneurial and make a living in business - something else to broaden the girth of fat-cat lawyers and keep civil servants secure in there cushy little tax payer funded jobs. That's a typical reaction to the latest piece of employment law that comes into force in October when it becomes illegal to discriminate on the grounds of age. It's a sentiment with which I might have agreed in the past but experience - something that only comes with age - has taught me otherwise.
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WELSH charity campaigners are celebrating a landmark in the battle against "age discrimination in the workplace". A practice allowing employers to give staff six months notice that they were being forced to retire at 65 ended in the early hours of yesterday.
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It is two years since age discrimination in the workplace became unlawful in the UK, but it would appear that the laws have done little to change attitudes. If the furore surrounding reports that Selina Scott is set to sue Channel Five News after being allegedly "passed over" in favour of a younger female reporter is anything to go by, it seems that complaints of ageism are seen as laughable in some quarters rather than matters of real concern. The Scott sensation follows on from last year's storm over whether Moira Stewart, the popular news presenter, had lost a presenting job because she was considered "too old".
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Dispatches: Too Old To Work This report is an impassioned rallying cry against age discrimination in the workplace, and the idiocy of people being dispensed with simply because of a number on their birth certificate is neatly summed up by one case study.
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Employers say legislation encouraging firms to favour female and ethnic minority job candidates is unnecessary bureaucracy. Equality Minister Harriet Harman, pictured, has unveiled proposals to allow employers to choose female and ethnic minority candidates over white men. The new Equality Bill also incudes measures to outlaw age discrimination in the workplace.
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MANY hailed the new anti-age discrimination laws as representing the most significant upheaval in employment law for 30 years. Employment practitioners warned that The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 could become a significant new cause of action and it now seems that they were right. According to recent statistics, 972 age discrimination claims were lodged between October 2006 and June 2007.
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New age discrimination laws due to come into force in 2006 could prove costly, warn solicitors. The measures, which will outlaw age discrimination in the workplace, are still in a consultation period with the Government. This means a very short lead-in time for such major legislation, according to the Law Society.
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Q I CELEBRATE my 65th birthday later this year and am due for retirement. Do I have to retire or can I continue to work? A IN 2006 age discrimination was banned in the workplace making it very difficult for employers to stipulate a mandatory age for retirement.
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The Welsh Sports Association has joined the fight to end age discrimination at work by offering its support to the Age Positive government campaign. The campaign promotes the benefits of employing a mixed-age workforce and encourages employers not to make employment decisions based purely on a person's age. It also prepares employers for October EU legislation which will outlaw age discrimination in the workplace.
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The Government yesterday defended new moves to stamp out age discrimination in the workplace after employers complained they were "confusing", just days before new laws come into force. Research among 150 organisations with almost half a million workers revealed that many were retaining practices which would fall foul of the regulations, which will be introduced on Sunday.
