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age discrimination

However young or old you are, you have the right to challenge unfair age-related treatment at work. As a result of European Union law, the Government introduced regulations in 2006 which give workers protection against age discrimination when they are, for example, applying for a job or a promotion, concerned about their pay rates, taking advantage of workplace benefits such as holidays, redundancy or pensions, or considering their retirement options.

Under these regulations an employer cannot lawfully discriminate against you because of your age unless they can show that the discrimination is justified. This means that the employer must have a good reason for the age-related treatment that would stand up to testing in an employment tribunal.

  • Who is covered by age discrimination regulations?  more...
  • What kind of age related discrimination am I protected from?  more...
  • Can an employer ever justify discriminating on grounds of age?  more...
  • Am I protected from harassment on grounds of my age?  more...
  • Can an employer refuse to hire me because of my age?  more...
  • Doesn’t paying younger workers a lower wage count as age discrimination?  more...
  • Doesn’t giving people different redundancy payments based on age and service discriminate against younger staff?  more...
  • Can I claim unfair dismissal if I’m over 65?  more...
  • Can my employer make me retire if I don’t want to?   more...
  • Does my employer have to give me notice if they want to retire me?  more...
  • My boss wants me to retire. How can I request to stay on?  more...
  • My employer turned down my request to stay on past retirement age. Can I take my case to an employment tribunal?  more...
  • How can I make a claim for age discrimination?  more...
  • What happens if I am discriminated against because I look younger or older than I actually am?  more...
  • Do I have to give my date of birth on a job application form?  more...
  • My employer will not promote me because I have elderly relatives and they are worried that I will have to take time off in the future to look after them. Is this unlawful age discrimination?  more...
  • Am I protected against age discrimination from my first day at a job?  more...
  • Are volunteers covered by the age regulations?  more...
  • Can an employer justify ‘positive discrimination’ on grounds of age?  more...