Acas, the employment relations organisation, launched new
guidance today to help employers and individuals understand how
imminent age discrimination legislation will affect them. It comes
with a warning: employers need to act now to beat the deadline.
Acas Chair Rita Donaghy said: "A lot of organisations are under
the impression that the regulations will not affect them – this
simply is not true. Age discrimination can affect employees of any
age, not just the young and old."
The legislation comes into effect in October – but Donaghy cited
research from the DTI and Department of Work and Pensions
suggesting that 80% of UK organisations are not training or
informing their staff about it.
The new employer guidance covers training, equal opportunities,
recruitment, promotion, performance appraisals, sickness pay,
conditions, benefits, redundancy, pensions and retirement.
