European Code
Ageing in employment: a European Code of Good Practice
- Learning, training and development: encourage all employees to take advantage of relevant and suitable training and ensure that, as far as possible, all employees have access to learning, training and development opportunities throughout their working life.
- Flexible working practices and the modernisation of work: adjust working time and other aspects of employment to reflect changes in the way people work and deal with their family and caring responsibilities.
- Workplace design and health promotion: work processes and the organisation of work should enable employees to perform well and ensure their health and capacity to work are optimised.
- Recuitment: recruit on the basis of the skills and abilities needed to do the job. Select candidates on merit by focussing on skills and abilities and on performance at interview.
- Promotion and internal job changes: base promotion on the ability, or demonstrated potential, to do the job.
- Employment exit and retirement transition: base any redundancy decisions on objective, job-related criteria and ensure that retirement schemes offer a choice of options and are fairly applied.
- Changing attitudes within organisations: educate the whole of the workforce about how age barriers and age stereotypes arise and why they must be combated.
Source: "Ageing in employment. A proposal for a European Code of Good Practice", Eurolink Age 2000
