Age - The Diversity That Affects Us All

When thinking about diversity in Jersey, despite the introduction of discrimination legislation in 2013, it is easy to think the entire agenda has passed us by because so many workforces still appear to be overwhelmingly dominated by white, male, heterosexual, middle class and non-disabled employees. Yet, following the introduction of age discrimination as a new protected characteristic in September 2016 and the need to objectively justify compulsory retirement ages from September 2018, the next 12 months' will force all businesses to begin to think about diversity differently, because unlike other protected characteristics, all employees have an age, whether that be young, old, or dare I even say the group I now fall into, which is middle aged!