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Is this age discrimination
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geordieboy123
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Is this age discrimination
Two colleagues going for the same vacant duty started working for RM on the same day the agreement states that it then goes on age but is that age discrimination?
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ebbzie
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Is this age discrimination
We had this happen , sorted it with a coin flip , fairest way
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DGH
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Is this age discrimination
No, it isn't. It's certainly not really the best way and in a literal sense perhaps it does discriminate. But it's nothing like choosing to employ one person over another on the grounds of age, which is what age discrimination would be.geordieboy123 wrote:Two colleagues going for the same vacant duty started working for RM on the same day the agreement states that it then goes on age but is that age discrimination?
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number one
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Is this age discrimination
My personl feeling is yes but its the its policy. However its 3rd on the list so make sure the other two have been checked first.
Where several employees have the same length of service (as defined above), the agreement provides for seniority to be determined in the following order: firstly, any periods of Post Office service on other grades (i.e. longest total PO service first), secondly, date of selection (i.e. earliest date first) and thirdly, date of birth (i.e. oldest first). For employees recruited since the date of the agreement (14 February 2000), “date of selection” will be defined as follows: firstly date of the letter offering employment (earliest first), if still equal then date of interview (earliest first), if still equal then date of test (earliest first). If then still equal then the third “date of birth” criterion is considered as above.
For employees recruited before 14 February 2000, it will not be practicable to re-visit records of recruitment processes that took place in some cases many years previously. Therefore, purely as a one-off exercise used only to separate employees with exactly the same length of service, the date of selection and date of birth criteria above will be replaced with: firstly, existing substantive grade (highest first), if still equal then position on existing locally agreed seniority list (highest first). In applying this last criteria the local seniority list must be one that conforms with the previous national agreement, and in particular one where the provisions of the part-time harmonisation agreement have been fully applied. Where employees are added into an existing list (e.g. following transfer) where there are already other employees who started on the same day, every effort should be made to apply the date of selection criterion to determine a placing. Where this is not possible then date of birth should be used.
Where several employees have the same length of service (as defined above), the agreement provides for seniority to be determined in the following order: firstly, any periods of Post Office service on other grades (i.e. longest total PO service first), secondly, date of selection (i.e. earliest date first) and thirdly, date of birth (i.e. oldest first). For employees recruited since the date of the agreement (14 February 2000), “date of selection” will be defined as follows: firstly date of the letter offering employment (earliest first), if still equal then date of interview (earliest first), if still equal then date of test (earliest first). If then still equal then the third “date of birth” criterion is considered as above.
For employees recruited before 14 February 2000, it will not be practicable to re-visit records of recruitment processes that took place in some cases many years previously. Therefore, purely as a one-off exercise used only to separate employees with exactly the same length of service, the date of selection and date of birth criteria above will be replaced with: firstly, existing substantive grade (highest first), if still equal then position on existing locally agreed seniority list (highest first). In applying this last criteria the local seniority list must be one that conforms with the previous national agreement, and in particular one where the provisions of the part-time harmonisation agreement have been fully applied. Where employees are added into an existing list (e.g. following transfer) where there are already other employees who started on the same day, every effort should be made to apply the date of selection criterion to determine a placing. Where this is not possible then date of birth should be used.