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Equality -- European perspectives -- The Equality Act 2010 -- Age and ageism -- Disability -- Pregnancy and maternity -- Race, colour, ethnicity and migrant workers -- Religion or belief -- Sex equality -- Sexual orientation and gender reassignment -- Discrimination in the workplace

This volume of essays is concerned with the discrimination against older people that results from a failure to recognise their diversity. By considering the unique combinations of discrimination that arise from the interrelationship of age and gender, pensions, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socio-economic class and disability, the contributors demonstrate that the discrimination suffered is multiple in nature. It is the combination of these characteristics that leads to the need for more complex ways of tackling age discrimination.

Age discrimination looks at how both young and old can be penalised by prejudice against their age group. This comprehensive new book is essential to practitioners responsible for HR issues, finance, operations, service delivery, quality and customer relations, and for those with a policy focus or academic interest in diversity issues.

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to show that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) elders suffer from particular discrimination when compared to that suffered by elders in general and heterosexual elders in particular, and to argue for specific consideration for those who suffer from discrimination based upon a combination of their age and sexual orientation or gender identity.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is the result of a desk study of US and UK material plus some interviews in the USA with LGBT organisations.FindingsIt is found that LGBT elders do suffer from particular discrimination when compared to that suffered by elders in general and heterosexual elders in particular.Research limitations/implicationsThis research needs to be placed in a wider context of dealing with discrimination on intersectional grounds and is an example of how such an approach is needed.Practical implicationsThis paper is a contribution to the debate around the newly published Equality Bill in the UK.Originality/valueThe paper contains no new empirical data, but existing material is brought together and is subject to analysis.

Concerns the current and proposed mandatory requirements for employers to collectively consult those who work for them. Shows that the rhetoric in favour of consultation as a process of co‐operation in the mutual interests of both employers and employees can lead to weak and ineffective legislation. Rather than having a model of mutuality of interests, it might be necessary to adopt a conflictual model, where mandatory consultation is seen as imposing obligations on employers and giving rights to employees.

ch. 1. The health, safety and well-being of vulnerable workers / Brenda Barrett and Malcolm Sargeant -- ch. 2. We've been down this road before : vulnerable work and occupational health in historical perspective / Michael Quinlan -- ch. 3. Supply chains and the protection of vulnerable workers / Philip James and David Walters -- ch. 4. Precarious work in times of crisis : regulatory discourses and labour standards in the new EU member Baltic States / Charles Woolfson -- ch. 5. Work organisation, new forms of employment and good practices for occupational health and safety : evidence from Italy within the European Context / Maria Giovannone and Michele Tiraboschi -- ch. 6. Occupational health and safety of migrant workers : an international concern / Mark Boocock. [et al.] -- ch. 7. Occupational health and safety in organisations : applying Amartya Sen's capability approach and organisational climate / Andrea Bernardi -- ch. 8. The health of vulnerable workers in Italy / Carlo Lucarelli and Barbara Boschetto -- ch. 9. Employees without protections : the misclassification of vulnerable workers in New York / J. Ryan Lamare -- ch. 10. The right to occupational health and safety and its legislation in China / Chang Kai -- ch. 11. Seeking solutions to precarious working in the growth of New Zealand dairy farming : a research agenda / Rupert Tipples -- ch. 12. Occupational health and safety of contingent migrant labour in the Kuwait construction industry / Cathy Robertson.

"Lifetime Disadvantage, Discrimination and the Gendered Workforce fills a gap in the literature on discrimination and disadvantage suffered by women at work by focusing on the inadequacies of the current law and the need for a new holistic approach. Each stage of the working life cycle for women is examined with a critical consideration of how the law attempts to address the problems that inhibit women's labour force participation. By using their model of lifetime disadvantage the authors show how the law adopts an incremental and disjointed approach to resolving the challenges and argue that a more holistic orientation towards eliminating women's discrimination and disadvantage is required before true gender equality can be achieved. Using the concept of resilience from vulnerability theory, the authors advocate a reconfigured workplace that acknowledges yet transcends gender"--