Will Only Cheap Young Journalists Work For Independent’s Mini-Me Daily i?
tweetmeme_style = ‘compact’; HAPPY days again for Stefano Hatfield who will oversee the Independent’s mini-me daily, i. Hardly a surprise appointment given that this formerCampaign editor helmed the doomed thelondonpaper a while back and made a habit there of preferring young inexperienced hacks to the tried and trusted – cheapness and compliance being the former’s two big pluses. I do hope he’s now up to speed on the law on workplace ageism, though I doubt it. So here’s a bluffer’s briefing. The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations of 2006 make it unlawful to discriminate against workers under the age of 65 on the grounds of age. The rules affect recruitment, training, promotion, redundancy, retirement, pay and pension provision. It was therefore unfortunate that MediaGuardian of February 5, 2007, felt compelled to note that ‘Hatfield … freely admits that he has chosen to hire journalists of a similar age to his target twenty-to-thirtysomething readership [at thelondonpaper]. No vete
