Employment Age Discrimination

Dear Sir,

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William Hopkins To FOI requests at Greater Manchester
<[FOI #12330 email]> Police
<[Greater Manchester Police request email]>
22/05/2009 11:42 cc
Subject Freedom of Information request -
Employment Age Discrimination

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 Greater Manchester 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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Dear Mr Hopkins

Please find attached the response to you recent request made under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Many thanks

Amanda Ratcliffe
Information Access Officer
Information Governance Unit
Information Management Branch
Internal - 62531
External - 0161-856-2531
email - [email address]

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