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Age-old problem as fifth of bosses admit to discrimination
A new study by the Chartered Management Institute and the CIPD has found that more than a fifth of managers and personnel officers admit to discriminating against workers on grounds of age. In the survey of 2600 people, 22 per cent of those questioned admitted to age discrimination. This is despite that fact that six out of 10 al...
News | 24 Oct 2005
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SMEs still failing to comply with age discrimination legislation
Despite the fact new age discrimination legislation has been in place since October 2006, new research has found that just 17% of small and medium businesses (SMEs) have made changes to their employment policies. The research by Acas suggests that many businesses are putting themselves at serious risk of age discrimina...
News | 2 Apr 2007
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A new age?
workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network A new age? Time to manage age diversity inside this issue SEP/OCT 2011 Issue 62 Belief system Amanda Trewhella assesses the implications of recent religious discrimination cases. Page 24 Virtual office Out with the old Suzanne McMinn with HR guidance on the end of the Default Retirement Age. Page 30 Com...
Magazine issue | 5 Sep 2011
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Concern about employers’ preparedness for DRA abolition
A new survey by the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and Penningtons Solicitors LLP suggests that some employers are ill-prepared to deal with the implications that the abolition of the default retirement age (DRA) may have for managing their workforce. The report, entitled 'Tackling the age-old problem of retirement', found that 57% of those surveyed are not prepared for the DRA and 26% did not feel well-informed about it. The transitional arrangements for the abolition of the DRA of 65 on 1 Oc...
News | 1 Jun 2011
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Same old: has health and safety really changed after the Young review?
The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network Same old dlo emaS Has health and safety really changed after the Young Review? inside this issue NOV/DEC 2010 Issue 57 Created equal Morale boost How to motivate and engage recession-hit staff. Page 27 CPd First aid provision within the workplace Page 30 Comment: BPA views on Government plans for wheelclamping. Page 45 network news: Including Workplace Law's new 3,000 sq ft HQ. Page 24 Plus: News and case round up of the leading health and safety, FM and HR storie...
Magazine issue | 1 Nov 2010
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Retirement age should be scrapped, says Harman
Equalities Minister, Harriet Harman, has said the default retirement age (DRA) should be scrapped. In an interview with the Daily Mail, Harman said that people should not be forced to work beyond 65 but should have the option to be able to carry on working into their 70s and 80s if they choose to. Harman also said that, like parents with young children, these work...
News | 11 Jan 2010
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Over-55s see age as a major barrier to employment
The problem here is age discrimination and although there is a legal framework to challenge such discrimination it's still little used, It has yet to grow teeth and bite! Of course older people bring extra knowledge and skills to any situation, research also shows that age mixed teams perform best, so the social and econo...
Comment | 26 Jul 2011
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Abolition of default retirement age
... down a performance route in order to tackle the issues under a correct procedure. If he is not part time then you may consider suggesting he goes part time as a way of keeping him in the job if that is what he wishes. Basically you have to now deal with this issue just as you would for a 32 year old.
Comment | 5 Apr 2011
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End of Default Retirement Age confirmed
Taken from ACAS Removal of Default Retirement Age Where an employee decides not to retire and no notice has been given, the first thing to do is to discuss with the employee their reason for not retiring. This can help to establish whether there is any problem that you, as an employer, might be able to help them overcome thus allowing them to re...
Comment | 21 Jan 2011
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Company made age gap an issue between managers, says Tribunal
In Hussain v Live Nation (Venues) UK Limited and others, Live Nation alleged that Mr Hussain was dismissed for conduct - notably his difficulties in being managed by two women younger than himself. The tribunal found that Mr Hussain had no such difficulties and the fact that Live Nation had made the age gap an issue helped to raise the inference that his dismissal was on the grounds of age.FactsMr Hussain was employed at the Hippodrome Theatre from 1980 and...
Case | 21 Apr 2008
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Businesses must wake up to age diversity in the workplace
...st 'don't get it' and were not there when they were handing out the pro-social skills and just don't get the non-techno-virtual communication thing that may require listening before engaging the thumb or gum flapping you know, yea, but, no, but, yea whateveeer in it... Those at either end of the age spectrum don't have a problem working with one another it's the middle aged insecure that find working with older or younger people challenging without a full set of pro-social skills and think it a sign to weakness to "ask" anyone for anything and seam to insist on "telling" minus the courtesy of ...
Comment | 28 Nov 2009
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EHRC: 'the Equal Pay Act has reached its sell-by date'
...ng through the tribunal system. Instead we need to come up with some radical solutions.“I wish I could wave a magic wand and sort this crisis out, but it’s far from simple. The Equal Pay Act has reached its sell-by date. It's time for new legislation, fit for this century, to help sort out this age old problem.“As a first step, it makes sense to cut through the legal nightmare of the tribunal system through the introduction of representative actions. “These women have been underpaid for too long; they’re not interested in yet more legal paperwork and shenanigans. They deserve the money ...
News | 14 Jan 2008
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Employers urged to help staff understand retirement better
Age old problem of not living long enough to enjoy it or living too long and running out of money or health to enjoy it. Of course, for those who bought into the virtual 'unit linked' rather than more expensive but with profits endowments retirement may not be an option for a long time yet so if trapped with lit...
Comment | 13 Aug 2009
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Employers should do more to help stressed male workers
Aaah, therein lies the age old problem of "if it ain't broke don't fix it" and "ignorance is bliss" unfortunately contrary to social myth ignorance of the law has never been a defence how ever many have tried it over the years. I'm sure it's more a question of not really knowing what to do rather than indifference to the well-being of...
Comment | 14 May 2009
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Age discrimination – are you taking it seriously enough?
Workplace Law caught up with Alan Masson Partner, of law firm MacRoberts, at our recent Facilities Management Legal Update Conference to ask him some questions about the new age regulations that will come into force 1 October 2006. Are businesses ready for new age discrimination? They’re not. They're going to have to deal with their first retirals under the new system from 1 October and the...
News | 27 Jan 2006
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Old git, or still work fit?
workplacelaw know-how to manage your workplace FEBRUARY 2006 ISSUE 14 Taking the p*ss Are you testing employees' urine? A waste of energy New legal duties to switch it off! Old git Or still work-fit? Highly commended: PPA Magazine of the Year 2005 interactive business and professional Highly commended: AOP Online Publisher ...
Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2006
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Age discrimination is a big problem for teenagers
employers are demanding a minimum of one years relevant work experience in addition to good GCSE passes - an impossibility if you're just 16 years old. The days of apprenticeships and office juniors would appear to be a thing of the past.
Comment | 3 Mar 2005
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Age discrimination is a big problem for teenagers
I am sure some teenagers are being denied interesting jobs, however part of the problem is expectation. Many School/University leavers seem to believe that they can join a company on Monday & be promoted to an interesting senior role by Friday - even though they consistently arrived late, frequently made personal phone c...
Comment | 3 Mar 2005
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Mandatory retirement age to be axed by the Government?
Despite the fact that I am approaching the age where the question becomes real rather than hypothetical, I think there must be upper age limits for some jobs. The thought of a 75 year old ambulancemen carrying me down a flight of stairs is alarming; a schoolteacher still teaching history after 50 years in the job might be acceptable, but how ab...
Comment | 14 Dec 2004
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ETs on the rise
workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network on the rise But there are ways to navigate the Employment Tribunal process ETs inside this issue SEP/OCT 2010 Issue 56 Comment: Prevention is better than cure. Page 9 After the dRA: How retirement procedures may have to change. Page 34 Compliance expert Paul Caddick says there's more to electrical safety than PAT testing. Page 22 down PAt Fire drill Learning the lessons from a headline prosecution under the RRO. Page 24 net benefits The development of sec...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2010
