An end to age prejudice in the occupational health and safety profession

With the arrival of new UK age discrimination legislation now only weeks away, most employers appear to be inactive in their preparations to meet its requirements and exclude any possible outdated prejudices harboured by decision makers within their organisations.
To help organisations who are not moving in the correct and lawful direction, employment relations organisation body Acas has published guidance¹ to inform employers on the key issues of:

training;
equal opportunities;
recruitment;
promotion;
performance appraisals;
sickness pay;
conditions;
benefits;
redundancy;
pensions and retirement.
Acas is holding training courses, throughout Britain, register for these online at the Acas website.

¹ For employers: Age and the workplace: Putting the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 into practice (EEL03); and for individuals: Age and the workplace (AL10).

Comment:
"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 and the frightening fact is that recent research shows around 80% of UK organisations are not training or informing their staff about it."
This is an excellent opportunity for employers to go beyond compliance and increase their productivity. Acas' good-practice training and guidance will help bosses to recruit, develop and retain the very best available talent, regardless of age, and eliminate some very outdated prejudices." - Acas Chair.