BIBA has welcomed the age discrimination in goods and services consultation paper from the Government Equalities Office that proposes ‘signposting’ of insurance products for older customers.
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The Equality Act 2010, which received Royal Assent in April 2010, includes provisions enabling a ban on age discrimination in the provision of services and public functions. The Government has opened consultation on a number of proposed exceptions.
The NHS must never commit age discrimination – that was the message given by Care Services Minister Paul Burstow today as he announced that the Department of Health will not be seeking any exceptions to the planned implementation of the Equality Act 2010.
After at least seven years of training, many NQs and assistants, who have found themselves unemployed due to the downturn, are finding it hard to take that next critical step in their career. One hurdle for them to face is a relative lack of years of PQE.