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The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006: statutory rule 2006 no. 261
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 68p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
These Regulations, which are made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (c.68), implement (in Northern Ireland) Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27th November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment (OJ L 303, 2.12.2000, p.16) so far as it relates to discrimination on grounds of age. The Regulations make it unlawful to discriminate on grounds of age in employment and vocational training. They prohibit direct discrimination, indirect discrimination, victimisation, instructions to discriminate and harassment.
Early key findings from a study of older people in Northern Ireland: the NICOLA Study
- Editors:
- CRUISE Sharon Mary, KEE Frank
- Publisher:
- Queens University Belfast
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 99
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
This report summarises early findings from The NICOLA study, a longitudinal study of the health, lifestyles and socioeconomic circumstances of more than 8,000 people over 50 years of age. The report refers specifically to some of the key findings from NICOLA Wave 1, focusing primarily on the results from interviews conducted in the person’s own home by Ipsos MORI. Chapters discuss the findings across the following areas: the socio-demographic characteristics of older people in Northern Ireland; participation in the labour market; social connectedness, including relationships with family, friends and the wider community; social engagement, including social relationships, involvement in organisations, and leisure activities; alcohol use, smoking and physical activity; variations in self-reported health status; and health service utilisation. The findings show that a quarter of participants live alone, and this increases with age with over half of those aged over 75 live alone. Whilst survey data found many NICOLA participants were socially engaged and participated in religious, social and leisure activities, the data also indicate that social isolation remains a significant problem for many older people in society. (Edited publisher abstract)
Devolution's impact on low-income people and places
- Authors:
- MCCORMICK Jim, HARROP Anne
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This paper summarises reports commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and cross-country seminars held in 2009 in Edinburgh, Cardiff, London and Belfast on the impact of the past ten years of devolution on people and places in poverty. Trends in economic and social disadvantage and policy developments on four themes, housing and homelessness, employment, neighbourhood regeneration and care for older people were measured using 16 indicators. Challenges for policy makers and practitioners in the years ahead were identified. Particularly in Scotland and North East England, levels of poverty have been falling and employment rates have been improving. Social housing improvements have been seen but low income households, renting privately or paying a mortgage, were more likely to live below housing quality standards. Low income neighbourhoods saw community development, but the ‘stop-go’ devolution in Northern Ireland hampered progress. Scotland’s costly universal approach to social care for older people with low incomes was contrasted with the less costly Welsh system. With limited powers available in Wales, the impact of devolved policies on disadvantaged people is not yet fully evident. The authors call for better evaluation evidence in the future to identify benefits for low income people and places to enable devolved administrations and centralised government to share knowledge.