A review and analysis of age-equality practice in the learning and skills sector

a publication from the Learning and Skills Improvement Service in partnership with the University and College Union

At 68 pages I found this quite hard going, The power of the Internet to shorten our attention spans, or mine anyway is quite apparent

To provide a flavour I provide the Introduction to the Executive Summary.

Trades Union Congress research findings show that the most commonly cited form of employment
discrimination is age bias and that it can affect workers of all ages¹. For example, older workers tend to be unfairly refused training or development opportunities or made to retire when they wish to continue work.
All workers, regardless of age, are protected under unfair dismissal, redundancy and other employment
protection rights.
The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 covers all discrimination on the grounds of age. Besides
the legal requirement, there are number of compelling reasons for this research and for findings and
recommendations that lead to practical approaches to supporting older and younger workers.
The combination of the older age profile across the sector and the legal weight of age regulation provide
opportunities to address current age equality issues.

¹ TUC http://www.tuc.org.uk/equality/index.cfm


The full report is here.

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