Age Discrimination Legislation

Measures of Success

Employers who follow the simple principles set out in the guide will want to be sure that changes to their employment practices are having a positive effect.

The following list of measures does not cover everything, but it does support the advice offered by the guide.

Recruitment

• People from all age groups apply for jobs.

Selection

• People who select new employees are trained in equal opportunities.
  
• Monitoring shows that age is never an issue.

Promotion

• Employees understand your policy on promotion and career development, and think that it is honest.
  
• There is a mixed-age workforce at all levels.

Training and development

• People of all ages take up training and development opportunities.
  
• Results are monitored.

Redundancy

• Redundancy procedures are used that are based on business needs rather than age.
  
• Employees and their representatives are involved in planning for redundancy.

Retirement

• There is an agreed, flexible and fair retirement policy, which all workers know about.