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Abstract

This study observed on the perspectives on the European Union and the United Kingdom how they prohibit discrimination on grounds of age and atypical workers. Atypical workers including fixed-term employees, part-time workers have been currently suffering from discrimination. In addition, It has become apparent that (quite apart from the human impact upon individual concerned), age discrimination is a source of economic inefficiency. It was necessary to encourage the employment of older people, as well as ensuring that there are no discriminatory barriers in the way of young entrants to the labour market. There isn't always specific objective reason what's so ever that these people need to be treated as less favourable. But there has been historically no legislation in the United Kingdom dealing with age discrimination or atypical workers. Dealing with them inevitably involves a seismic shift in employment practices. As a result, the impetus to grapple with the problems through legislation has come from the European Union. The European Union directives have decided to take one more step further to take part in these cases seriously as relating to the equal treatment of these employees. There are Council Directive 97/81/EC on part-time workers, Council Directive 99/70/EC on fixed-term employees, and Council Directive 2000/78/EC on age discrimination. This study explores the response of British discrimination law to the request of EU Directives in respect of discrimination on grounds of age or atypical work.