Age Discrimination At Work Examples

The most fixable age discrimination at work examples sit in your job advertisements. They are rarely deliberate, they come from copied phrasing, and they live in a document you control completely.

• Recent graduate, new graduate, early career. Describes an age band rather than a skill level. Say what capability you need.
• Digital native, tech savvy. Codes for young. Name the actual systems instead.
• High energy, fast paced, hungry. Widely read as young. Describe the workload honestly.
• Maximum years of experience. A ceiling on experience is difficult to justify.
• Mature, established, seasoned. The same problem in the other direction.
• Graduation year in the application form. Asks for age without asking for age.

Run your last ten advertisements against that list. It is the highest-return half hour available in this area. The Australian Human Rights Commission publishes guidance on age discrimination in employment. This is general information rather than legal advice.

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