The United Kingdom is obliged by the European Union to prohibit age discrimination by October 2006.
But, unhappily, age discrimination has rattled top legal boffins.
Stephen Jackson, professor of clinical gerontology at King's College, said age discrimination was already happening.
Dianah Worman, CIPD Diversity Adviser, says, ' Figures show age discrimination is still rife in the workplace.
Workers over the age of 40 are protected from discrimination on the basis of age by the provisions of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967.
