ABSTRACT
Introduce the group to:
The Age discrimination Regulations
This means that it is illegal to discriminate on the basis of age. This is a European Directive. Explain that this impacts all areas of employment for compliance reasons. These include:
recruitment
retirement
pay, benefits and pensions
312health and sickness
harassment and discrimination
performance management
succession planning, career development and promotion
training and lifelong learning
work–life balance and flexible working.
demographic change means that:
there will be a significantly larger number of older people in the workforce;
insufficient numbers of young people to replace them;
pension poverty will result in people continuing their working life;
longevity can lead to people working longer.
