Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Public confusion about ageism could cause headaches


With only three months to go until anti age discrimination laws come into force the public is still in the dark as to what ageism is, according to the Employers Forum on Age's (EFA) latest report, Defining Ageism. This confusion could lead to added headaches for employers and an increase in employment tribunals.

In order to establish what level of ageism at work people find 'acceptable' the EFA presented a range of scenarios to over a thousand people to establish tolerance levels over pay, management styles and team fit.

The results were far from helpful with respondents split down the middle on all the critical issues.

See full Press Release.