Age Discrimination in UK Law
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Age Discrimination: Law-Making Possibilities Explored
Is there a sound model for the United Kingdom (UK) to adopt should it decide to legislate against age discrimination in employment? In this article the writer attempts to answer this question first...
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Age discrimination and public policy
Reviews government and employer policies towards older workers and shows that there has been a massive decline in economic activity among older workers over the last two decades. The major cause is...
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Mandatory retirement age and age discrimination
This article considers the issues raised by the proposed abolition of the mandatory retirement age as a result of the Equal Treatment Directive, 2000/78/EC, and of proposed Age Discrimination in Em...
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Age Discrimination: Equal Treatment with Exceptions
The likelihood of age discrimination in relation to employment increases the older a person becomes. The concern is that, partly as a result of this discrimination, large numbers of older workers l...
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Organizational reactions to UK age discrimination legislation
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to use neo‐institutional theory to examine organizational responses to the age discrimination at work legislation, recently introduced in the UK. The paper exa...
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Age Discrimination in the United Kingdom
There is currently no legislation in the UK dealing with age discrimination in any area. This article focuses on the question of ageism in employment and outlines the UK Government's present volunt...
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Youth Justice Reform: Redressing Age Discrimination against Children?
This article considers whether the system of reprimands and final warnings in the youth justice system in England and Wales constitutes age discrimination for the purposes of human rights law. Whil...
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Unions' role in intersectional age discrimination litigation cases
Purpose: How older workers pursue their employment discrimination claims is the focus of this study. This is part of the broader question of how older, unionized employees pursuing their statutory ...
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Workers' Compensation and Age Discrimination in Australia1
In 2005 the Australian Government created the Australian Safety and Compensation Council. The Council's agenda includes examination of the issues concerning Australia's ageing workforce. Of particu...
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Compulsory Retirement and Age Discrimination: A New Deference to Derogation?
This article examines a recent decision of the ECJ on state derogation from the age discrimination principle contained in the Employment Equality (‘Framework’) Directive 2000/78/EC. The case, Palac...
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