Outlawing age discrimination
Foreign lessons, UK choices
- Author/Editor(s):
- Zmira Hornstein, Sol Encel, Morley Gunderson, David Neumark
- Format:
- Paperback , 96 pages , 297 x 210 mm
- ISBN
- 9781861343543
- Published:
- 04 Jul 2001
- Series:
- Transitions after 50 series
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... a very interesting publication which provides considerable food for thought. It provides the raw materials from which a useful international comparison can be made.
Quality in Ageing
... a useful and informative book ... likely to make a significant and valuable contribution to the inevitable forthcoming debates.
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About This Book
The UK is committed to legislating against age discrimination in employment and, under the EC Directive on Equal Treatment in Employment and Occupation, is expected to have legislation in place by December 2003. This important study looks at what can usefully be learned from other countries' experiences, and analyses the options for the UK. It identifies legislation against age discrimination in employment in 13 countries, and looks in detail at Australia, Canada and the United States where legislation has been established for some time.Transitions after 50 seriesPeople are living longer, yet increasingly are leaving working life well before the state retirement age. The Joseph Rowntree Fountain programme, Transitions after 50, explores people's experiences, decisions and constraints as they pass from active labour market participation in their middle years towards a new identity in later life. Reports in this series look in particular at issues about work, income and activities beyond work during this period of transition.For other titles in this series, please follow the series link from the main catalogue page.
Author Biography
Zmira Hornstein is an independent economic consultant and researcher with previous careers as a senior civil servant and academic. Sol Encel is Professor and Honorary Research Associate in the Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Australia. Morley Gunderson is the CIBC Professor of Youth Employment at the University of Toronto, and Professor at the Centre for Industrial Relations and the Department of Economics. David Neumark is Professor of Economics at Michigan State University, Visiting Fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California and Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.Contents
Contents: Introduction and summary findings
Options for the UK: implementing the EC Directive Zmira Hornstein
Age discrimination in Australia: law and practice Sol Encel
Age discrimination legislation in Canada Morley Gunderson
Age discrimination legislation in the US: assessment of the evidence David Neumark.
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