Negative attitudes to older people?

What’s the attitude of your staff to employing or managing older people? Have you seen recent government guidance that includes an employer toolkit to help employers better manage their workforce?


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What’s the attitude of your staff to employing or managing older people? Have you seen recent government guidance that includes an employer toolkit to help employers better manage their workforce?
The BBC has found that the government’s Universal Jobmatch website, and Reed – one of the UK’s biggest employment agencies – are likely to be breaking anti-age discrimination laws. How do their adverts compare to yours?
Harriet Harman has said that the Labour Party would implement the dual discrimination Regulations in the Equality Act if returned to government. She said that reintroducing the provisions, which were dropped by the coalition Government when the Equality Act came into force, would help address both age and sex discrimination that is facing older women. Are you familiar with the concept of dual discrimination?
Can using the words ‘stroppy kid’ in the workplace be taken as harassment on the grounds of age?
Already over 50s form 27 per cent of the workforce. By 2020 it will be a third. Do you know how to make the most of this resource?