Age and Carer Discrimination in the Recruitment Process: Has the Australian Legislation Failed?

Lynne Bennington

Chapter 5 in Equality, Diversity and Disadvantage in Employment, 2001, pp 65-79 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The importance of equal opportunity and workforce diversity has been advocated for many years both for economic and social reasons. With the imminent aging of the workforce, and the increasing numbers of people with carer responsibilities who need or wish to work, the understanding, detection and subsequent removal of discrimination in employment is of critical importance to an egalitarian society. Despite the fact that discrimination may occur at many points in the employment process, most of the research has focused on the interview stage (Barber et al., 1994). Given that employers regard age as a significant factor in the recruitment phase (Arrowsmith and McGoldrick, 1996), this chapter will examine discrimination on the basis of age as well as carer status in the recruitment process. It will conclude by questioning whether the anti-discrimination legislation in Austrialia has failed.

Keywords: Racial Discrimination; Carer Status; Carer Responsibility; Employer Preference; Female Secretary (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1057/9780333977880_5

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