Age Discrimination Laws Mean Major Upheaval; Legal Clinic in Association with RBS Age Discrimination Laws Are Set to Transform the Workplace. Tony McPhillips Head of the Employment Group at Muckle LLP Looks at the Implications No Employer Can Afford to Ignore
Byline: Tony McPhillips
MANY hailed the new anti-age discrimination laws as representing the most significant upheaval in employment law for 30 years.
Employment practitioners warned that The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 could become a significant new cause of action and it now seems that they were right. According to recent statistics, 972 age discrimination claims were lodged between October 2006 and June 2007.
The scale of age discrimination claims at this early stage is very significant. Normally a new type of claim takes time to filter through as people gradually become aware of their rights, but age discrimination claims have taken off …
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Article title: Age Discrimination Laws Mean Major Upheaval; Legal Clinic in Association with RBS Age Discrimination Laws Are Set to Transform the Workplace. Tony McPhillips Head of the Employment Group at Muckle LLP Looks at the Implications No Employer Can Afford to Ignore.
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Newspaper title: The Journal (Newcastle, England).
Publication date: November 8, 2007.
Page number: 28.
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