New age law says it’s still fine to help the over 50s
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PRIME, the charity behind this web site, has warned about misconceptions over the UK’s new anti-age discrimination law. Ridiculous as it sounds, some people have got the impression it outlaws efforts to help the victims.
In reality the objective of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 is to assist people facing age discrimination - and regulation 29 specifically allows positive action to “prevent or compensate for disadvantages linked to age”.
This regulation gives organisations like PRIME (the Prince’s Initiative for Mature Enterprise) and its partners in the business support, education and voluntary sectors all the authority they need to provide age-related programmes.
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