AGE DISCRIMINATION IN THE WORKPLACE

Early day motion 668, tabled 17 January 2007 by Julie Morgan (Labour). Signed by 123 members.

That this House believes that ability should be valued regardless of age; welcomes the introduction of the Age Discrimination Regulations to ban age discrimination in employment; considers that over half of all employees are unaware that age discrimination at work has become illegal; believes that more needs to be done to educate employees on the impact of the change; notes that currently the regulations do not prevent age discrimination in minimum wage payments, redundancy payments or the funding of modern apprenticeships; and calls on the Government to work to raise consumer awareness and to consider rectifying these inconsistencies.

Signatures by party: Labour 61, Liberal Democrat 44, Conservative 7, DUP 5, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Plaid Cymru 2, Scottish National Party 1.