ABSTRACT

The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 came into force on 1 October 2006, outlawing discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived age and covering all ages;1 they are restricted to the fields of employment and vocational training (DTI 2006: 2). Not all distinctions on grounds of age are discriminatory, but direct age discrimination occurs when on grounds of B’s age, A treats B less favourably than he treats or would treat B, unless A can objectively justify that treatment (Regulation 3).