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Article: Asda and Sainsbury take a positive view of older workers. (Employee Relations).(Brief Article)
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- Grocer
- Article date:
- November 3, 2001
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Asda and Sainsbury have nailed their colours to a government scheme to address age discrimination in the workplace.
The Age Positive Campaign, spearheaded by minister of state for pensions Ian McCartney, was set up to raise the awareness of the need to base recruitment, training, promotion, are retirement decisions on ability rather than age.
Sainsbury now offers arrangements which allow older staff to reduce the hours they spend at work gradually, and a new pension plan which allows staff to contribute until they are aged 75.
These policies have contributed to nearly 15% of the company's workforce being over the age of 50. Sainsbury employment ...