Age Discrimination....?

Question

Although older employees are protected by the "Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006" act, does it also protect younger employees, for example a younger employee who is more skilled being paid less than an older worker who is less skilled, but paid more simply because they're older?

who have less experience as well.

a little not to Nekkra F- the person In question is only 5 years older than myself, he doesn't have anything better than me, he has not been at the company longer, his academic credentials are significantly inferior as is his experience. He is a complete waste of space (as commented by my other colleagues).

what you've done is assumed too much and tried to be clever while at the same time abrupt. When in actual fact you've simply made yourself look quite the opposite.

Answer 1

Yes, the new age discrimination laws do work both ways, so if you feel that someone is being paid more than you simply because they're older, your employers are in breach of this.

Speak to your boss or your HR department and demand that you are given a pay rise so that you are on the same level as your colleague. You have every right to take them to court if they won't give you a raise, but I'm sure that simply bringing the new age discrimination legislation to their attention should be enough.

But don't forget to consider that there could be other reasons why your colleague earns more than you. For example, I assume that you're female and that your colleague is male - could it be sexual discrimination? Are there any duties/responsibilities that the two of you have that are different? I'm not saying that you're wrong in thinking that it's age discrimination; I'm simply saying think about all of this before you speak to your employer, so that when they try and tell you something different, you'll have your argument prepared.

Answer 2

I don't think age is an issue. I always thought that the pay is the same for both younger and older employees doing the same job, regardless of skills. Most people get raises depending on how long they have been at a job for, and just because some younger person comes in who is a little more skilled, should not matter. Everyone starts at the bottom sometime. I would walk out on a job if I had been there for a long time with good pay and some young kid comes in and gets paid more and becomes my boss.

Answer 3

It would depend on the hire date of the employees. If the older employee has worked for the company for 20 years and the younger person for 2 years, then by all means should the older person be making more money.

Answer 4

It does yes but as far as I know, depending on how young you are, there are laws about how long you can work which may be why the pay difference is there.

If you are working the same hours as the older person and doing the same job then yes you shuld be paid the same. However, it doesnt work like that. Look at men and women. A woman can do the exact same job as a man but get paid less. Where is the sense and fairness in that???

Answer 5

Some employers pay for loyalty and give incremental rises for years of service. This is how this anomoly usually occurs.

Of course the younger person may have better skills. Be patient your time will come and you probably overtake the plodder who currently earns more than you.

I did it but just make sure you do not become that plodder.

Answer 6

Yes, Age discrimination does apply to younger people. But experience is also still a legitimate factor if it's being applied objectively...so although you could raise a case for a pay rise, you might have a fight on your hands.

Answer 7

I'm not sure that it does.

I seem to remember my daughter complaining when she was twenty, that she couldn't get full pay until the age of 21.

As recently as last November someone else was saying the same thing.

Though perhaps I should add that apprentices have never received the full rate for the job.

Answer 8

If that person has less experience at that particular job, it does not mean has he/she has less knowledge to contribute. Previous positions may have given them much more knowledge and experience that you give them credit for.
I have found, in most cases, that my older employees were much more dependable also.

Answer 9

That wrong, I mean the age dosent have to be a promble its the skilled the is what I call '' Races of Age". Talk to your boss about the because ( let me guess the skilled one is you) your skilled and the older people are not.

Answer 10

i think of it is going to be seen by way of fact the comparable concern (the two as undesirable). yet human beings in usa are speedy to call one yet another racists by way of fact thats what the media says. Black human beings in themselves have bread racism in this u . s . a . ever in view that they won their god given freedom by using asserting ****** and cracker and such. Now while human beings say black guy they hear ****** and are speedy to bounce on their *** and tell them they are incorrect for describing somebody, those individuals are oftentimes black themselves! in my opinion i think of it is going to no longer count and those individuals are making it count this is faulty. I recommend if the guy isn't using it in hate shouldn't it is superb? i'm no longer racist even nevertheless i dislike maximum African individuals (no longer blacks; African individuals) by way of way they act by using definition; like a ******; lazy, no good, merciless, unjust, vulgar (no longer by way of fact the colour of their dermis). i'm sorry if i rambled on slightly yet age discrimination and race discrimination in my opinion are in actuality the comparable concern reckoning on how they are used.