Employment Age Discrimination

William Hopkins made this Freedom of Information request to Sussex Police

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From: William Hopkins

22 May 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am making a request for information under the terms of the
Freedom of Information Act.

It concerns age discrimination.

Could you please tell me if Sussex Police has a policy statement
regarding employment of civilian personnel that addresses the issue
of the age of applicants? If you have such a policy document, then
I would like a copy of it. It can be provided in any standard
digital format.

I would also like to know if you have an upper age limit beyond
which you will not consider employing any person.

I would also like to know if you have a normal retirement age for
civilian employees.

I would also like to know if the person making the decision on who
to shortlist for interview or who to hire is able to see
information revealing the age or date of birth of the applicant.

I would also like to know how many civilian employees you have who
are aged over 65.

Yours faithfully,

William Hopkins

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Sussex Police

22 May 2009

Our Ref FOI 356/09

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12 June 2009

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Freedom of Information Disclosure Office
Corporate Development Department
Sussex Police
NOTE 1; If planning a new FOI request, please first see our website
www.sussex.police.uk - especially the 'Information Rights' section for
'Information Which We Publish' - AND see the Sussex Police Authority
website 'www.sussexpoliceauthority.gov.uk'
NOTE 2; Please send new FOI requests to '[Sussex Police request email]' at
all times.

Sussex Police - Serving Sussex

The information contained in this communication is intended solely for
the person and organisation to whom it is addressed. If you have
received this message in error, please contact the sender as soon as
possible. If you are not the named recipient you may not copy it, or
make use of any information contained in it for any purpose, or disclose
its contents to any other person.

Messages sent and received by Sussex Police are not private and may be
the subject of monitoring.

Sussex Police actively builds a culture in our force which is overtly
hostile to those who discriminate on the grounds of race, religion, skin
colour, sexual orientation, disability, gender, social class or any
other inappropriate factor. If you have received this email and believe
that it is racist, homophobic, sexist, defamatory, offensive, illegal or
otherwise inappropriate you can report it by forwarding it to
[email address]

Sussex Police is committed to becoming a more environmentally
responsible organisation. Please don't print this e-mail unless you
really need to - but if you do, print double-sided.

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