New Age Discrimination Legislation
You may (or may not) have heard that a major change to the UK's discrimination laws is coming into force on the 1st October 2006.
For the first time ever it's going to be illegal for companies to discriminate against you on the grounds of age. Signifying the end of job adverts asking for things like "a minimum of 5 years experience" or people not getting an interview because they are a day over 50 and therefore "too close to retirement".
One of the changes you may see on ScotRecruit is that now when you leave your CV with us, it will be up to you whether you let us know your date of birth or not.
If in the past you've told us your date of birth and now want to remove it from your record you can log into your My ScotRecruit account and follow the "edit your CV" link.
Should you want to understand more about how the new legislation affects you, you can read the article from our legal advisor, Philip Landau, which explains:
- The main points of the Age Discrimination legislation
- What the legislation means to you as an employee
- What you can do if you feel you've been discriminated against
- And more
Should you, whilst searching for your next job, see an advert on ScotRecruit that you feel may not comply with the new legislation, please let us know by emailing us at feedback@scotrecruit.com and we'll take the appropriate action.
If you're a recruiter you may be interested in reading our Employers Guide to the legislation.