[Gllug] Jobs Sites and Universities [slightly off-topic]

David Damerell damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Fri Jul 2 11:19:08 UTC 2004


On Friday, 2 Jul 2004, Doug Winter wrote:
>On Fri 02 Jul Bernard Peek wrote:
>>There's going to be an interesting clash in 2006 when the age 
>>discrimination legislation comes into effect. As the proportion of the 
>>UK population with degrees is age-related any mature candidate rejected 
>>for a job because they don't have a degree will be able to prosecute.
>Veering massively off-topic, I think that's really unlikely.

It's a misunderstanding, yes. Being frail and weak is related to being
very elderly, but employers will still be permitted to only employ fit
and strong people for heavy manual labour, for example.

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