Does anti-age discrimination law work?
By jeanneyvonne
@jeanneyvonne (5501)
Philippines
August 8, 2016 7:35am CST
My country recently passed a law prohibiting age discrimination in hiring and firing workers. Since this is an issue that will affect in the next years, I tried to9 get a sample of opinion from my friends who migth also be affect.
Some were delighted at the news while some are very wary, especially in the part of the implementation. As much I want to be optimistic about this law, I think this can be properly enforced in government jobs or contract but not in the private sector. In the latter, you never know why one is not selected for the job and they have a lot of convenient answers to those who ask.
For those who already has this law in their countries, did you think it works?
On others, is this law really good in practice or just a 'trophy law' (as a friend replied).
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5 responses
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32697)
• Calgary, Alberta
8 Aug 16
It seemed like the law is not implemented yet because most job offers still treat people 30 and above like retired senior citezens.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32697)
• Calgary, Alberta
16 Aug 16
@jeanneyvonne Then they will complain about how immature their employees are.
@Mike197602 (15505)
• United Kingdom
8 Aug 16
Over here I think age discrimination laws do work to a certain degree.
There have been a couple of high profile court cases that have been won by older people.
Also many companies actively recruit older people as they often make more reliable employees.
@jeanneyvonne (5501)
• Philippines
16 Aug 16
I hope that many companies in my country will try to see it that way. I mean, it would be hard for a company's HR to just recruit people and not invest in them. Also, a lot of older employees have a good track record, but that seems to be ignored in favor of younger or entry level employes that will say yes to anything just to get a monthly income.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
23 Nov 18
I hope this can be implemented seriously.
However, here in our country, once you are already in your late 30's, they will really expect so much work experience from you.
But that is good, because when they see that the person is so well rounded or has handled a lot of jobs, they hire him. That is because when an employee resigns he can be most likely to be assigned on the vacated work, because they expect that having been so experienced in various jobs, he can handle that one too. He can be a good material for promotion when he is able to handle it well.
@jeanneyvonne (5501)
• Philippines
16 Aug 16
I guess it's not even working to its ideal potential even in more liberal and developed countires. Though one could hope it could be a turn for good for the workers
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