DWP holds 1-wk consultation on age discrimination

It has published a 25-page consultation which will run for just over a week until 20 October 2006, as it says the short discussion period is necessary to make sure employers and trustees have enough time to implement the regulations by the 1st December deadline. Some of the changes which have been made to the original regulations include: An exemption where the difference in treatment between two members with differing lengths of service relates to the admission to a scheme, accrual of benefits and eligibility for any benefits under a scheme, although the difference must be justified w...