Question follow-through · 23849

Age: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of age-related discrimination on (a) recruitment and (b) retention in the workplace.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 14 Jan 2025
Target answer date: 16 Jan 2025
Answer: 22 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

14 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of age-related discrimination on (a) recruitment and (b) retention in the workplace.
16 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Government recognises the need to recruit on merit, irrespective of a persons' age. The 2010 Equality Act provides strong protection against direct and indirect age discrimination in employment, rendering it unlawful for employers to discriminate agai...

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