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Age2006
   
  Kineo - 0870 3830003
   
  www.age2006.org
   
  Age2006 is an online service set up by Kineo (www.kineo.co.uk) dedicated to helping organisations meet the challenges of the Age Regulations. It offers information on the Regulations, training and e-learning programmes and toolkits, guidance for those implementing the legislation (including tips and a checklist), statistics, and surveys on age issues.
   
  What the regulations mean
  FAQs
  The Regulations in brief
   
Age Positive
   
  Media Enquiries - 020 7299 8757
   
  www.agepositive.gov.uk
   
  Part of the Department for Work and Pensions, the Age Positive team is responsible for strategy and policies to support people making decisions about working and retirement. The Age Positive campaign promotes the benefits of employing a mixed-age workforce. Their website offers good practice guides, advice on tackling ageism, and provides information for employers on the Age Regulations. It also provides case studies of organisations adopting age-neutral employment policies.
   
   
Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
   
  020 7215 5000
   
  www.dti.gov.uk
   
  The Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), formerly known as the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), is the government department responsible for employment policy and legislation.  The DTI provided general notes on the Age Regulations and fact sheets on the legislation.These are now on the BERR website.
   
  Notes on the regulations
  Age Legislation Factsheets (1-8)
   
DWP
   
  020 7391 1697
   
  www.dwp.gov.uk
   
  Opportunity Age is the Government's strategy for dealing with an ageing population. The first report, including a section on government strategies and policies regarding age in the workplace, is available on the Department for Work and Pensions website.
   
  Opportunity Age
   
Equality and Human Rights Commission
   
 

0845 604 6610 - England main number
0845 604 6620 - England textphone
0845 604 6630 - England fax

0845 604 8810 - Wales main number
0845 604 8820 - Wales textphone
0845 604 8830 - Wales fax

0845 604 5510 - Scotland Main
0845 604 5520 - Scotland Textphone
0141 228 5912 - Scotland – Fax

   
 

www.equalityhumanrights.com

   
 

The recently launched Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) champions equality and human rights for all, working to eliminate discrimination, reduce inequality, protect human rights and to build good relations, ensuring that everyone has a fair chance to participate in society.

The EHRC has taken over responsibility and the work of the Equal Opportunities Commission, the Commission for Race Equality and the Disability Rights Commission in respect of gender, race and disability.  But it has also taken on responsibility for the newer equality strands of age, religion or belief and sexual orientation.

At present their publications and support materials on ‘age discrimination’ are extremely limited.  However, they do have a ’Helpline’ which gives information and guidance on discrimination (including age discrimination) and human rights issues.  The Helpline can be contacted by telephone, text phone, letter, email or fax. 
Please note, the EHRC’s Helpline offices do not accept visitors and only provide a phone and correspondence service. They do not provide face to face advice.

   
The Institute of Employment Rights
   
  0151 702 6925
   
  www.ier.org.uk
   
  Established in 1989 and granted charitable status in 1994, the Institute of Employment Rights is a labour law ‘think tank’, supported by the trade union movement. Its purpose is to provide research, ideas and detailed argument on all aspects of employment law. It is not a campaigning organisation.
   
  Age Discrimination at Work
   
TAEN
   
  0207 843 1590
   
  www.taen.org.uk
   
  TAEN -The Age and Employment Network is a network of 250 member organisations who represent the leading expertise on age and employment. TAEN has produced the series of guides around the various aspects of the Age Regulations on this site and provides a wide range of publications on age and employment issues on its main website. >
   
  Simple guide to the Age Regulations
   
TUC
   
  020 7636 4030
   
  www.tuc.org.uk
   
  The Trades Unions Congress (TUC) has 70 affiliated unions (representing about 7 million people) and campaigns for a fair deal at work. It operates at a regional level and provides a briefing on the Age Regulations, and mythbusting facts on its Worksmart website. The TUC is a member of the Age and Advice Network.
   
  TUC Briefing on Age Regulations
  Worksmart: Age discrimination Mythbuster

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