Guide: Recruitment

The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 – Guide 3: Recruitment

This TAEN guide looks at how the Age Regulations apply to recruitment and selection. It provides information for job applicants on what may constitute direct or indirect discrimination under the Regulations with advice on how to gather the necessary evidence.

The guide covers a wide range of issues relevant to recruitment: application forms and CVs; graduate recruitment; experience; qualifications; workforce and succession planning; recruitment and training costs; health and safety; additional age-related employment costs; genuine occupational requirements; overtime and mobility; and instructions to recruitment agencies.

The guide also covers the important topic of exemptions, cases where it is acceptable under the Regulations for employers to base recruitment decisions on a person’s age.

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