Age Discrimination

Age Discrimination is a brand-new title that provides detailed analysis of the application, impact and practical effect of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006.

Written by expert authors from two of the UK’s leading law firms, Lewis Silkin and Sacker & Partners, Age Discrimination will help you to:

• Understand where the Age Regulations potentially impact on employment relationships
• Evaluate possible risks
• Calculate what action should be taken

  Avoiding age discrimination from recruitment to retirement

  Offering detailed advice on how to avoid age discrimination in all aspects of the employment relationship from recruitment to retirement, this comprehensive title covers:

• Recruitment Pay, benefits and pensions
• Interrelationship between age, sickness and disability
• Training, promotions and work allocation
• Dismissals and redundancy
• Compulsory retirement

  Practical and user-friendly, each chapter commences with an overview, followed by detailed consideration of the law and its application or likely interpretation. Numerous examples are used throughout to highlight the impact of the law on real employment scenarios.

  This book will give you the knowledge you need to address potential age discriminatory practices before they become an issue and to deal with any claims as they arise.

  No in-house or employment lawyer should be without a copy.