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Working for the Council
Age
Discrimination
From 1st October 2006, it has been illegal
to discriminate on the basis of age.
Many assumptions about people - both young and old - are
outdated and work against the interests of the individuals involved
and the employer.
The government has introduced legislation to combat age
discrimination in employment and vocational training. This came
into force in October 2006.
The regulations affect all areas of employment including:
• Recruitment, selection and promotion
• The provision of training
• Provision of benefits
• Retirement
• Occupational pensions
Legislation
Age discrimination legislation introduces a default retirement age
of 65. This means that employees will have the right to request to
work beyond that age and employers will have a duty to consider
such requests. Newham has adopted this as their mandatory
retirement age.
In most cases Newham will not appoint candidates who are over 64½
due to Newham default retirement age of 65.
This is in line with the age discrimination legislation; Newham
needs to have a consistent approach to employees, agency staff and
consultants in relation to this legislation.
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