
By Sylvia Carr
Published: Friday 29 September 2006
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Anonymous
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Wales
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Process Manager
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Poll is too simplistic. I voted 'No' but I believe the laws will make SOME difference. Good companies will have a higher awareness of the issue, and people in those companies who are against discrimination will have their arguments strengthened. But the law will not eliminate discrimination, it's too easy to hide.
That said, once a few cases come to court, things may change. If a company consistently employs under 30s when better qualified older people apply for jobs, there may be a basis for action against them.
I can understand what the government are trying to...
Anonymous
Initially, only those already in jobs will benefit...
Anonymous
No one needs to force me to employ older people - ...
Phil Shipperlee
Poll is too simplistic. I voted 'No' but I believe...
Anonymous
The law will not work.
Recruiters/agencies (Cal...
Anonymous
Perhaps we should be thinking not in terms of wri...
Anonymous
Whilst I support the view of employers cutting out...
Simon Allen
Poll is too simplistic. I voted 'No' but I believe...
Anonymous
I suspect that the law has started on the wrong ta...
Andrew Robb
I am an employer, and we do not have any ageist po...
Anonymous
as long as employers contiune to be able to ask fo...
Jones the Curry
The way it works over here (US) is not that it eli...
Anonymous
Dont give up, keep going - This is how it was with...
Aleck Buchanan
Online recruitment technology can play a major par...
Chris Phillips
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