By Stacks / The Law firm
None of us are getting any younger and, with the government
pushing to keep us working beyond the traditional retirement age,
sooner or later the matter of age discrimination could be of
concern to us.
The Fair Work Ombudsman says age discrimination is their fastest
source of complaints. There was a 46 per cent increase in
complaints about discrimination of all types last year. Complaints
about age discrimination made up 13 per cent of those complaints,
an increase of 6 per cent. Age discrimination is now the second
largest group of complaints after people with physical or mental
disabilities.
The Australian Human Rights Commission reported a 65 per cent
rise in inquiries about age discrimination last year and a 44 per
cent increase in formal complaints.
