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Peter Ferraby
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Surely this is age discrimination.
£5.73 for workers aged 22 and over;
£4.77 for 18-21 year olds; and
£3.53 for 16-17 year olds.
What ever happened to equqlity in the workplace??
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Anne McAllister
Member - 115 posts
Ive always felt that this was unfair.
Especially when in reality younger staff members do more or less the same job as employees a few years older then them.
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Daniel Sweeney
Member - 9 posts
Is it a proportionate way of achieving a legitimate (or essential) aim? If the stated aim is to be relied on ie to improve the employability of young people who have difficulties accessing labour markets, then yes, this is legimate. THen comes the question of proportionality: Is it a proportionate way of achieving this aim? I'm afraid the answer is likely to be no as it applies to all workers in the age bands, not just those who have such difficulties. I think we should be honest and recognise that this is about providing cheap labour and under these circumstances the Government would have a lot harder job creating a justification to a challenge under the Framework Directive, than for the HEYDAY referral to ECJ.
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