What Are Examples Of Age Discrimination In The Workplace

What are examples of age discrimination in the workplace that leave no trace? Most sit in development decisions, because the reasoning behind them is almost never recorded.

Someone is not offered the new system training because they are assumed to be retiring soon. A secondment goes to a younger staff member on the basis of long-term potential. Conference attendance quietly goes to the same age band each year. A leadership programme has an unwritten sense of who it is for.

Each decision looks defensible alone. The pattern only appears when you look at who has received development over three years, broken down by age.

That report takes an afternoon to produce from data you already hold, and most organisations have never run it.

The Australian Human Rights Commission covers age discrimination. This is general information rather than legal advice, and obligations vary by state and territory.

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