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Age Discrimination at Work: Reviewing the new Regulations

Thursday 9th November 2006

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The Next Generation of Workers: The Age Regulations and Young

Workers

Raj Jethwa TUC Youth Policy Officer

Institute of Employment Rights Age Discrimination at Work 9th November 2006

Young workers

• Concentrated in certain sectors

• High rates of labour market turnover

• Low levels of unionisation

• Low understanding of employment rights



Employment by age and sector

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

A-B:

Agric

ultur

e &

fishin

g

C E:

Ene

rgy

&w

ater D:

Manu

fact

uring

F: C

onst

ruct

ion

G-H:

Dist

ribut

ion

hote

ls &

rest

aura

nts

I: Tra

nspo

rt &

comm

unica

tion

J-K:

Ban

king

finan

ce &

insur

ance

etc

L-N:

Pub

licad

min

educ

ation

&he

alth

O-Q:

Oth

erse

rvice

s

Percentage of total

percentage of all 16-25 yr olds

Changes in employment

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Age

G-H: Distribution hotels &restaurants

J-K: Banking finance &insurance etc

L-N: Public admin education &health

Recognising discrimination


•Young people experience work from an early age

•Poor behaviour becomes normalised

•Unaware of employment rights

•Less able to recognise mistreatment

Child employment


• 75 percent of 11-15 year olds work at some point

• 25 percent are under 13 years

• 30 per cent work for more than two hours a day (legal maximum)

• 10 percent work more than five hours a day

• 10 percent admit truanting to work

Children feeling too tired to do homework or school work


0

5

10

15

20

25

30

10-11 yrolds

12 yr olds 13 yr olds 14 yr olds 15-16 yrolds

Often/sometimes

Rarely

NMW - Adult rate


05

1015

2025

30

3540

45

All 16-18

19-21

Lower

Actual

Higher

What is the minimum wage for a 25 year old?

NMW - Development rate


0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

All 16-18

19-21

Lower

Actual

Higher

•What is the minimum wage for 18-21 year olds?

Recruitment and selection

• Age can be euphemism for lack of experience, or vis versa

• Use of language in recruitment procedures

• Fear of promoting younger workers and offending older colleagues


Labour Market Turnover


05

101520253035

16-19 20-24 25-34 35-49 50-64(m)/50-59

(w)

Percentage of employees who changed job in last 12 months

Qualification levels and training

• School leavers are most likely to suffer age discrimination

• Employers reluctant to invest in training until workers shown commitment to firm

• More qualifications employees have, more likely they are to be offered training


Pensions provision

• Many young people excluded from occupational schemes

• Two-thirds of employees in wholesale and retail do not have an occupational pension.

• In hotels and restaurants, 90 percent do not have access to any form of occupational pension scheme.


Bullying

• Talking down to younger people• Doubting or belittling their activities• Resistant to advice from younger

colleagues• Resent abilities of younger workers• Unfair criticism• Instructing younger workers to carry out

menial tasks


Stereotyping young workers

• Less reliable and more likely to take time off

• Less committed and irresponsible

• Care more about their social life


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