Equality & Age

Learn about age discrimination, your rights at work as you get older, and protection against age-related unfair treatment.

Age Discrimination and The Law

Age discrimination, sometimes also referred to as ageism, is very often unnoticed or ignored in the United Kingdom. Though ageism is a term that is usually u...

Age Related Workplace Concerns

Today's workplaces includes people from a number of different generations assuming a number of different roles. While the Employment Equality (Age) Regulatio...

Ageism and Health and Social Care

"Ageism" refers to discrimination related to age. Usually ageism describes discrimination perpetrated against older members of society, those aged 50 years o...

Ageism and the Consumer

"Ageism" refers to discrimination related to age. Usually ageism relates to older members of society, those aged 50 years or older, but unlike other forms of...

Challenging Ageist Attitudes

Often "ageism" is a term used to specify negative and discriminatory attitudes toward older people, but truly ageism can affect anyone of any age. Ageist att...

Confronting Ageism

"Ageism" is a term that refers to discrimination related to age. Usually ageism describes discrimination against older members of society, those aged 50 year...

Fighting Ageism in the Community

Ageism, or discrimination based on age, affects everyone in a community. When anyone is discriminated against based on age it opens the way for everyone to b...

What is Ageism?

"Ageism" is a term that was coined in the 20th Century to refer to discrimination related to age. Usually ageism refers to discrimination against older membe...