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How to avoid age discrimination when recruiting

It’s unlawful to treat candidates for jobs less favourably because of their age, just as it is to do so for employees or workers in your business. You may have no intention of doing so but there are a number of pitfalls and some common

30
Nov
Age discrimination and service-related benefits – aren’t they incompatible?

Under the Equality Act 2010, treating workers less favourably than others on the basis of age is unlawful discrimination. But many employers in the UK award some of their employee benefits on the basis of length of service.  Clearly younger workers are less likely to

23
Nov
Could you be discriminating against younger workers?

Age discrimination isn’t just treating older workers less favourably, it’s treating anyone less favourably because of their age, older or younger. Discrimination against younger workers often happens inadvertently and by people who would be horrified to be considered discriminatory. Could this be you? Here are

16
Nov
Six common myths about older workers debunked

Discrimination on the basis of age has been unlawful for years now but there’s no doubt it still doesn’t have the same taboo as discrimination against other protected groups does. Only a couple of years ago one of our consultants was asked by a client

09
Nov
Age discrimination – the legal basics

Under the Equality Act 2010, discriminating against a worker or a job applicant because of their age is almost always unlawful. Understanding the basic legal position will help you work out whether you might be discriminating and plan how to avoid it. Here are some

02
Nov
Capability dismissal and disability

Under the Employment Rights Act 1996 there are five potentially fair reasons for dismissal. For a dismissal to be fair, an employer needs to be able to show the reason comes under one of those categories, and that the decision was reasonable in the circumstances,

26
Oct
Five important principles about reasonable adjustments for disabilities

An employer is required to make “reasonable adjustments” for disabled people who are placed at a substantial disadvantage in the workplace. This might be about accessibility to premises or adjustments to a role, equipment or other working arrangements. There are a number of important principles

19
Oct
10 answers about indirect discrimination

Most business owners and managers are familiar with the concept of direct discrimination and know that they can’t treat protected groups less favourably than others because of the protected characteristic. But many are less familiar with the concept of indirect discrimination and how it might

12
Oct
What exactly is a disability?

Most business owners and managers know that it is not lawful to discriminate against people with a disability. So far so pretty straightforward, however how clear are you on what types of conditions count as a disability for the purposes of the Equality Act? When

05
Oct
Giving references – our top tips

When someone leaves your employment, regardless of the reason, it is likely you’ll be asked for a reference for them at some point. There are lots of misconceptions and concerns around giving references, with managers not being clear about what they can/can’t or should/shouldn’t say.

28
Sep
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