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The list below provides links to the most recent press releases, please click on the press release for the full text. |
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Removal Of Default Retirement Age Is Inevitable - Regardless Of Heyday Challenge Result
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2/7/2008 |
| Comment by Rachel Krys, Director at The Employers Forum on Age |
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You're Fired!
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2/7/2008 |
| The Employers Forum on Age targets MPs over 65 to remove the default retirement age. |
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The Employers Forum On Age Responds To The Publication Of Draft Equality Bill
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26/6/2008 |
| The Employers Forum on Age, the UK's leading authority on age, believes that employers, who are vital to achieving equality in the UK, must not be sidelined in the drive for more legislation. |
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Equality Bill To Be Announced In Draft Queen's Speech: The EFA Warns Of Danger Of Ignoring Employers
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13/5/2008 |
| The Employers Forum on Age, the UK's leading authority on age, believes that employers, who are vital to achieving equality in the UK, must not be sidelined in the drive for more legislation. |
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Employers Forum on Age Responds to DWP 'Retirement Cliff' Research
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9/4/2008 |
| Comment by Rachel Krys, Director at EFA. |
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Top Issue For Under 20s is Their Age
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13/2/2008 |
| Annual EFA conference addresses the issues that count for young people and employers. |
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Four New Trustees For Employers Forum On Age
And Employers Forum On Belief
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5/2/2008 |
| The Employers Forum on Age (EFA) and Employers Forum on Religion and Belief (EFB) are pleased to announce the appointment of four new trustees. |
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New Director At The Employers Forum On Age Brings Change For The New Year |
17/1/2008 |
| Rachel Krys has been appointed Director of The Employers Forum on Age (EFA). |
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Business Leaders Unite To Tackle 'Cinderella' Of Faith In Workplace |
11/1/2008 |
| The Employers Forum on Belief (EFB) held its first public meeting today at the House of Lords, hosted by Lord Dennis Stevenson of Coddenham and with speakers including Trevor Phillips, Chair of the Equality & Human Rights Commission. |
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Employers angry that retirement laws may leave them open to discrimination claims |
16/11/2007 |
| All employers retiring people at 65 could face unlimited liability for claims pending an ECJ decision on ‘Heyday’, not expected before 2009. |
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Hiring. Firing. Retiring: EFA Awards, Celebrating Success
And Inspiring Others
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4/10/2007 |
| The Employers Forum on Age Awards 2007: Winners Announced. |
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Increased awareness of age laws spells trouble for employers |
28/9/2007 |
| One year after the introduction of the age discrimination law The Employers Forum on Age (EFA) calls for more change on the ground as employer/ employee expectations just don’t match. |
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Lack of vision could mean missed opportunities |
4/9/2007 |
| The Employers Forum on Age (EFA) responds to the Single Equality Bill green paper. |
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The EFA's initial reaction to 'A Framework for Fairness for a Single Equality Bill for Great Britain' (Discrimination) Law Review |
12/6/2007 |
| The full document is available here. |
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The Employers Forum on Age responds to settlement of Truro 'age case'
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13/4/2007 |
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Rachel Krys of The Employers Forum on Age comments.
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New Rights for Carers
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4/4/2007 |
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EFA welcome the change in the law which means that from 6th April anyone with caring responsibilities will have the right to request flexible working.
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Six months on from legislation, ageism still rife at work
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30/3/2007 |
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Leading think tank on age says laws have yet to have an impact
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Minimum wage is increased, but younger workers still victims of discrimination
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7/3/2007 |
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Comment from The Employers Forum on Age
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The Employers Forum on Age (EFA) responds to the referral of the decision on retirement ages to the ECJ:
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6/12/2006 |
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Public Sector Employers now at risk if they force employees to retire
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Heyday Judicial review being heard in High Court on Wednesday 6th December - Employers should prepare to lose right to retire
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4/12/2006 |
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The Employers Forum on Age (EFA) believes that whatever the outcome of the legal challenge to the default retirement age being heard this week in the High Court, employers should realise that their right to retire anyone over 65 cannot continue indefinitely.
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New Age Legislation Could Spell End Of Workplace Benefits
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29/9/2006 |
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Leading think tank on age issues delivers warning over threat to working beyond 65 and calls on the government to amend regulations.
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Ageism is rife in UK companies
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25/9/2006 |
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Research from The Employers Forum on Age (EFA) has discovered that 16.6 million Brits (61%) in employment have been aware of ageist behaviour happening in their workplace.
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Public confusion about ageism could cause headaches
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17/7/2006 |
With only three months to go until anti age discrimination laws come into force the public is still in the dark as to what ageism is, according to the Employers Forum on Age's (EFA) latest report, Defining Ageism. This confusion could lead to added headaches for employers and an increase in employment tribunals.
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Small businesses in the dark about Age Laws
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3/7/2006 |
The Employers' Forum on Age (EFA) and British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) have found that SMEs have very little knowledge about the forthcoming age discrimination legislation, with less than a quarter aware of the new regulations.
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Increase in pension age raises challenges, says EFA
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24/5/2006 |
The Government's White Paper on pensions is expected to present both challenges and opportunities to employers.
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Age laws to be bigger than sex discrimination laws, say employers
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9/3/2006 |
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Leading UK employers expect new age discrimination legislation to have a greater impact on their business than sex discrimination laws.
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Redundancy decision reinforces age discrimination
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1/3/2006 |
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The Employers Forum on Age (EFA) believes the Government has fallen at the first hurdle by failing to tackle age discrimination within redundancy schemes.
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