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Age Concern's response to A framework for fairness: proposals for a Single Equality Bill for Great Britain
— summary | | Corporate Author | Age Concern England - ACE |
| Publisher | Age Concern England - ACE, London, September 2007 |
| Pages | 8 pp (Policy response - ref: 2807(S)) |
| Source | Age Concern England, Astral House, 1268 London Road, London SW16 4ER. Download document at http://www.ageconcern.org.uk |
| Keywords | Ageism ; Rights [elderly] ; Age Concern ; Comments or Evidence submitted. |
| Annotation | Age Concern England (ACE) responds to the Discrimination Law Review (DLR) Green Paper, 'A framework for fairness: proposals for a Single Equality Bill for Great Britain' (June 2007) which set out options for a clearer and more streamlined legislative framework for tackling discrimination. This summary comments on a wide range of matters around age discrimination and age equality covered in the Green Paper. ACE comments on its opposition to mandatory retirement ages and its disagreement with the limited nature of priority equality objectives required of public authorities. It comments in detail on: extending a single duty to cover age; dispute resolution; evidence of age discrimination; the case for legislation to tackle age discrimination; and justifying age discrimination in goods and services. Also noted is that the DLR does not refer to legal protection for volunteers, where evidence of age discrimination is still a problem. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080604003 P |
| Classmark | B:TOB: IKR: PT: 6PM * |
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