Ageism

An old codger writes:

Has anyone else noticed how the job sites (eg JobServe) now make Date of
Birth a mandatory field on their on-line application forms? How does this
sit with the forthcoming (October, I think) EU regulations on age
discrimination?

I do, as "un homme d'un certain age", have something at stake here. I'm
wondering whether my difficulty in finding a contract is because either the
agents are using this info to filter the CVs they submit to clients, or
whether they pass this info on to the clients who then apply their own
discrimination.

Andy B (now qualified for a free bus pass, but surely experience counts for
something)


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