Although our society is getting older, excluding the elderly. Age discrimination is now strange flowers. So you have to pay more for a rental car in old age. In particular absurd: lay judges can only be 65 because judges also retire at 65. Senior representatives must place a legal bolt.
26 percent of people in Austria are older than 60. This is systematically threatened, discriminated against or a quarter of the population. At the same time, about 30 percent of the Austrians do not have sufficient digital competence. This percentage is considerably higher for older ones. They are excluded from all services that can only be called online.
Companies show little willingness to work together
Ingrid Korosec of the seniors demands measures against discrimination and exclusion from the older generation from politics. In a conversation with the “Kroon” she complains that “the willingness to change something with the respective discriminatory companies, organizations or industries is relatively low”.
The Senior Council is currently working on measures against age discrimination as part of a round table. In the first place, the legal expansion of the Equal Treatment Act is. The prohibition of discrimination as a result of age must not only apply to the world of work, but also to all areas of life. A constitutional anchoring in Article 7 of the Federal Constitution is also conceivable for Korosec.
Banks and insurance are in particular the target
A special field is the banks and the insurance sector. Here there is always a huge disadvantage of older people. For example, the chance used to get a loan from the advanced age. This was prohibited by law on 1 May 2023, however, there are still restrictions on credit and ATM cards, redstanding facilities and deadlines, says Korosec.
Older people are confronted with the fact that their credit cards are not extended because of their age or that the redstand frame has fallen without warning and the card is therefore collected!
Auto leasing is only possible up to 78
For example, pemonizes for accident insurance are reduced by 25 percent, for example from the age of 70. Of a certain age there is no more trust bonus. Premiums are automatically increased. Many people report that they no longer receive insurance because of their age. With automatic leasing, only a maximum of 78 is possible. If you want to rent a car, you also pay more in old age at the same conditions.
Source: Krone
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