It would be interesting to see if they get the decrease in holidays through as to me this clearly discrminates against age, it is a known fact that as we get older we may suffer from more absence just because our bodies aren't as good at recovery and in all honesty wearing out (I'm referring to things like hips, knees, etc). Considerate employers would be looking to relax sickness absence procedures for the older workforce precisely for this, and with the fact that there no longer is a default retirement age there're going to be a hell of a lot employers spending time putting their older employees through capability hearings. Same applies for women and the menopause as there are far more women in work now. Employers are advised not to offer length of service awards as this discriminates against younger employees so surely common sense applies to older employee!
