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Click to show the answer Now that the age discrimination legislation is in force, can employers retain a mandatory retirement age?

Click to show the answer Can an employer stipulate an age limit for a job?

Click to show the answer In light of the age discrimination legislation can employers still use university 'milk rounds' to recruit employees?

Click to show the answer Can employers continue to specify a minimum number of years' service in job advertisements?

Click to show the answer Is it unlawful to include a preferred age range in a job advertisement?

Click to show the answer Under the age discrimination legislation is an employer prevented from using job titles including the words "senior" and "junior"?

Click to show the answer Can employers still request applicants' work and education history, with dates, on their application forms?

Click to show the answer Is it unlawful to ask for applicants' date of birth on application forms?

Click to show the answer Should employers provide their employees with any information about age discrimination?

Click to show the answer Are long-service awards incompatible with the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006?

Click to show the answer Where it is a company's policy to give a small gift to employees who have completed periods of service of multiples of 10 years could this be discriminatory under the age discrimination regulations?

Click to show the answer How are employees protected from dismissal under the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006?

Click to show the answer Is 'last in, first out' still a valid redundancy selection criterion?

Click to show the answer What effect has the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 had on retirement ages?

Click to show the answer How have the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 affected retirement dismissals?

Click to show the answer Do the new retirement procedures apply to workers who are not employees?

Click to show the answer Can an employer keep a normal retirement age of 65 under the age discrimination legislation?

Click to show the answer Can an employer continue to operate a normal retirement age below 65?

Click to show the answer Can an employer make extensions of an employee's contract beyond normal retirement age subject to the employee passing a medical examination?

Click to show the answer Is it permissible to increase the frequency of health screenings for employees in line with age?

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