Great Britain: a good practices code against age-related discriminations

A good practices guide in order to avoid age-related discriminations has just been published, financed by the Ministry of Trade and Industry, and co-written by the union confederation TUC and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD, main professional management association. (Ref. 070183)
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Entitled “Managing age: a guide to good employment practices,” it covers all the topics that worry unions and employers, identified through joint work groups set up since the law’s enforcement in October: retirement, recruitment, selection, promotion, wages, advantages, contributions, health, security, layoffs and harassment. It sets the example for good practices to set up in order to be in accordance with the law, and clarifies a certain number of myths and litigious points around the new reg

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