Equal opportunities: Line manager briefing on age discrimination (briefing)

Overview

This line manager briefing provides a general overview of the age discrimination legislation, focusing on areas that are likely to be of direct relevance to line managers. 

This line manager briefing is accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation for training purposes. 
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This briefing includes information on:

1. Employers' potential liability for age discrimination
2. The law
• direct discrimination
• indirect discrimination
• harassment
• victimisation
3. Lawful discrimination
• justification
• occupational requirements
• compliance with the law
• benefits
• redundancy payments
4. Recruitment
• advertising jobs
• recruitment agencies
• application forms
• shortlisting
• interviewing
5. Training
6. Promotion
7. Retirement
8. Redundancy
9. References
10. Test yourself

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1. Employers' potential liability for age discrimination

Employers are generally liable in law for any discriminatory actions perpetrated by their staff in the course of their employment.