More than one in 10 people claim to have suffered age discrimination at work since it was made unlawful in the UK six months ago, according to research.
Two-thirds of the 1,000 workers surveyed by the Employers Forum on Age said nothing had changed in the way people were recruited, despite the regulations coming into force on 1 October 2006.
Perhaps surprisingly, it is mainly young people who feel discriminated against. More than one-quarter of 16- to 24-year-olds think age has stood in the way of them getting a job, compared with just 15% of 35- to 44-year-olds.
