Employers can turn down job applicants without giving an in depth WRITTEN reason. Why? Are they using smokescreens to avoid the real reason whether it be age/colour/sex etc. Why cant this be policed and the written reasons checked by an independent body?
2006-09-25 04:46:40 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
Firstly they will make a difference, slowly and only after a few test cases have been heard but once business gets hit in the pocket a few times things will start to change.
Secondly, under the DPA you are entitled to copies of all written records a potential employer has made - if they made interview notes at the time, then ask for a copy send them a tenner (max required payment under law) and wait for them to turn up. Any discrimination should show up there. Note any inappropriate remarks made at interview too.
Finally go look at the company if it's made up solely of one age group, ethnic mix etc. Then you may well have been discriminated against - call ACAS and file a claim (very cheap to do) and seek legal recompense.
No need for an independent body at all.
2006-09-25 04:57:36 · answer #1 · answered by nkellingley@btinternet.com 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People will always discriminate, and it is difficult to prove you have been discriminated against when going for a job! Numerous things can be used as scapegoats like 'their attitude wouldn't fit in with the existing team' or 'they didn't show enough enthusiasm'. It is a stupid idea bringing them in. A trainee job is only really going to be filled by someone in the under 30 catergory so that the company can get the most work out of the training costs - surely this is understandable.
On the flip side of the coin there are places of work where older people would be better suited. It is definitely not worth the ink, the paper or anything else. It will make no difference whatsoever, except for the couple of high profile court cases that will probably come out at the beginning of the legislation. After that it will all go back to the way it has always been!
2006-09-25 07:38:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why should it be? Why shouldn't an employeer be able to turn down an applicant without it automatically being oh it is their age, gender, color, religion, or whatever else. As to the age sometimes there is a good reason with that. Some older people are more fragile and couldn't do the job. Should we have it saying oh it's age discrimination? That isn't what it is, it is simply they can't do the job. Sure their age is why they can't do the job anymore BUT they still can't do the job.
2006-09-25 04:58:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
im not quite sure, but i do know that a few years back, i got hired at a hospitol, worked for 3 weeks, and the boss found out i was pregnant and called me into her office and said "im sorry, we no longer will be needing you" i was like what?!?!?! i was a hard worker and did nothing wrong, but the truth got out that i was 6 weeks pregnant, and she found out. i know to this day that is the only reason i was fired. ive never been fired, it was so depressing. I tried to file against it, but the main hospitol was like "we will see what we can do " and i never heard again from them. they just didnt want to pay for my maternity leave and ****, i hope that lady burns in hell. but really it was the best thing that ever happened to me, im much more happier where i am now.
2006-09-25 04:57:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Age discrimination laws are about as effective as the law on controlled substances, under-age drinking, and spam--which is to say, they should have saved the ink.
2006-09-25 05:01:56 · answer #5 · answered by DelK 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the UK B & Q operate positive discrimination, that is why it is possible to discuss something with an older person and get an intelligent answer. THANK YOU B & Q
2006-09-25 04:59:42 · answer #6 · answered by xenon 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋