Age discrimination at work is outlawed.

The new rules affect every stage of the employment process: recruitment, terms and conditions, training, promotion, transfers, retirements and dismissals. The idea behind the regulations is that it is no longer acceptable to incorporate age-related criteria in any of your business processes. However, if you can prove that there is an objective justification, there are certain circumstances in which it is acceptable under the new rules to discriminate on grounds of age.

1 October 2006

See the age-discrimination pages on the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) website www.dti.gov.uk/employment/discrimination/age-discrimination/index.html