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Thomas Cook joins the battle against age discrimination in the workplace Thomas Cook has been named as an Employer Champion by Age Positive, the Government campaign to eradicate age discrimination in the workplace. This means that the company is committed to tackling the issue of age discrimination in its workplace, and can demonstrate that it is taking practical steps to promote age diversity. |
The company is currently driving to recruit 1,000 travel consultants and is looking particularly at older workers to join
the company’s shops across the UK and is offering flexible work conditions. Thomas Cook
says it is committed to developing its employee profile to be more representative of
its customer base, in terms of age, background and experience. Among the company’s top sellers, 20 per cent work
part-time and 32 per cent are over 50. Call in at
your local store for more information.
ASDA launch
"Seasonal Squad" recruitment drive ASDA, one of Age Positive's
Employer Champion has launched a recruitment drive for a "Seasonal Squad" of
part-time workers who will work during the company's busiest periods of Christmas, Easter
and the school summer holiday. The new “Seasonal Squad” recruits will be
permanent ASDA colleagues but with a contract
to work an annual, rather than weekly, number of hours. The jobs are designed to cover the
busy times of the year and will range from greeters to porters, checkout colleagues to
warehouse workers. ASDA hopes the move will result in even more over 50’s applying to join the ASDA team. ASDA is Britain’s biggest employer of over 50’s but is keen to recruit more. Since the launch of its Goldies campaign to recruit more people aged 50 or over, ASDA has seen absence levels drop, customer service levels rise and labour turnover take a one per cent downturn. If you‘re one of the many people that wants to
balance long periods of leave with a fulfilling job, ASDA’s
‘Seasonal Squad’ provides a real alternative to those looking for truly flexible
working packages. Just ask at your local store. As an Age
Positive Employer Champion, laterlife.com strongly supports the government campaign to
eliminate ageism and promote age diversity in the workplace. The Age Positive Campaign
aims to highlight the UK's changing demographics - by 2010 nearly 40 per cent of the
working population will be over 45 - and paves the way for legislation which is to be
brought in during 2006. For further information, visit www.agepositive.gov.uk or phone 08457 330 360 for a copy of Age Diversity at Work: A practical guide for business.
The Age Discrimination Act
comes into force in October of 2006 and Laterlife Learning now
offers Workshops for
HR departments to support preparation for the legislation:
Preparing for
the Age Discrimination Act |
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