Panorama are doing a thing about whether old people can work as well as young people by comparing a 1949 Land Rover with a 2006 one. Not that I am saying that old people can’t work as well as young people, I think the greater experiance allows them to work just as well, if not better. But this comparission is biased BS.
Yeah, maybe the 1949 Land Rover can get through the muddy track as well as the 2006 model but then, this is 2006, who actually uses it for that? The new Land Rovers are more about comfort and looking cool (because that’s what the target audience really want). If you compare the sound system and air conditioning of the 2006 model and the 1949 model, there would be no competition. I very much doubt the 1949 model actually has those.
I agree with a lot of what the documentary is saying in that there is age descrimination but I think the documentary is just BS.
I also want to talk a bit about religious discrimination. Apparently the new laws prohibit discrimination in employment on grounds of religion or belief. Belief? Come on, if someone has a belief that you should kill people for sport, can I discriminate against that? That’s awful language for an act or if it actually means that, then it’s just retarded. Of course you should be able to discriminate against such a belief.
However I read over this page on Direct.gov.uk which explained a lot to me. It basically said that businesses don’t really have to make allowances for religion if it affects their business. While I wouldn’t just rule out things like giving time off for religious holidays, etc, you can’t let it damage your business.
The thing is though, when I start hiring people, say content writers for websits and such, they are going to need to write from an Encorian perspective. Of course, if someone of a different religion was fine with that (which they should be, it’s just a job) then I wouldn’t have a problem with that but what if they did and refused to do it? Obviously, they wouldn’t get the job but could I get hit for discrimination for that? I clearly shouldn’t be.
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