Rage of ages

Age discrimination laws are making waves in the workplace a year after their introduction with about 2,000 claims filed in the first year, Lovells partner Naomi Feinstein says. This is about six times as many claims as were made in the first year the UK religious and sexual orientation discrimination laws were introduced. A key issue for employers, says Feinstein, remains the difficulty in changing ageist workplace mindsets. Those most likely to bring a claim, she says, are the so-called “pale, stale, male” and “POPOs”—those who have been “passed over and are pi**ed off”.