Great Britain: the government launched 11 guides on age discrimination

The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) published a series of practical guides destined to employers, which includes questions and answers concerning age-related discrimination in several areas, such as recruitment, human resources management or even training. (Ref. 070818)
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People over 50 represent 30% of the working-age population in Great Britain and only 26% of them work. Facing the problem of population ageing, the governmental organization Age Positive Campaign – which has been working, since 2001, on changing company culture concerning the work of people over 50 – developed 11 guides analyzing age’s impact on the business world. These guides, which explain in an accessible way the new legislation on discriminations and which came into effect at the end of 20

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