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A QUESTION OF AGE AND GENDER

A QUESTION OF AGE AND GENDER. Sandra Bennett National Union of Teachers. 1997 …. …2006. Why the disparity?. Inflexibility? Stereotypical assumptions? Career breaks? Age?. Unlawful Age Discrimination. Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 Direct discrimination

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A QUESTION OF AGE AND GENDER

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  1. A QUESTION OF AGE AND GENDER Sandra Bennett National Union of Teachers

  2. 1997 …

  3. …2006

  4. Why the disparity? • Inflexibility? • Stereotypical assumptions? • Career breaks? • Age?

  5. Unlawful Age Discrimination • Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 • Direct discrimination • Indirect discrimination • Harassment • Victimisation

  6. What is the NUT doing? • Opposing compulsory retirements • Challenging discriminatory redundancies • Fighting ageist selection procedures - Rainbow v Milton Keynes Council 2008 • Protecting teachers post retirement - Pike v Somerset County Council 2008

  7. Other cases • Too old to be safe – Martin v SS Photay 2007 • Too young to be competent – Thomas v Eight Members Club 2007 • Ageist assumptions – Green v Woodcote Golf Club 2007 • A higher standard of conduct - Wangu v Sainsburys Supermarkets 2007

  8. Other cases • Refusal to redeploy - Wooster v London Borough of Tower Hamlets 2007 • Denied opportunity - Sayers v Joe Jennings Bookmakers 2007 • Harassment - Kent v Krazy Kids 2007 • Victimisation - Black v The Travel Bookshop 2006

  9. What do we want from the government and the EHRC? • Increased powers to tribunals to make recommendations • A robust single equality duty to include age • Monitoring age and sex discrimination in the public sector • Investigation into multiple discrimination including discrimination against older women

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