The Women and Equalities Committee has opened a new inquiry into the rights of older people, investigating whether stereotypes and age discrimination are preventing them from fully participating in different aspects of society..
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The consultation outlines the government's intention to end age discrimination in the provision of goods and services and to encourage action to improve access to insurance products.
Their justification relates to academic and financial planning, maintaining opportunities for career progression, promoting diversity in the workforce, and avoiding invidious performance management processes.
The Government must address business concerns that new retirement rules coming into effect next month will lead to a surge in age discrimination claims, the Confederation of British Industry has warned.
The government is proposing to make it illegal to discriminate against older people, which would ban insurers using age to judge risk unless they have "solid evidence" it would make a difference.
Employment law experts have condemned the Government's handling of the abolition of the default retirement age (DRA) amid claims that the forthcoming Regulations are confusing for employers and could leave them open to claims of age discrimination.
Workers will no longer be forced to retire at 65 under rules to stamp out age discrimination published by the government today in direct defiance of fierce lobbying from business groups to delay the measure.
Age UK is relieved to see that older people have not been punished too much by the Comprehensive Spending Review.
Age UK has called on the coalition government to do more to tackle age discrimination if it is to push through proposed benefit reforms likely to boost the number of older workers returning to the jobs market.
Removing the default retirement age could have unwelcome consequences if the issues involved are not widely debated.
The Public and Commercial Services Union's victory in challenging the removal of redundancy benefits leaves entrenched a potentially age discriminatory scheme.
Age UK Charity Director Michelle Mitchell comments on the three main parties' manifestos