Over one-third of the employed persons perceived the problem of age discrimination in the workplace as “serious” (28%) and “very serious” (7%) in Hong Kong. A majority of the working population believed that the mature workers were more vulnerable to age discrimination than young workers. Most of the employed persons viewed that persons aged 60 or above (78%) and aged 50-59 (67%) were vulnerable to age discrimination.
The most commonly experienced forms of workplace age discrimination include “receiving lower salary than other workers in the same position” (18%), “being denied a job promotion” (14%) and “being targeted for redundancy in organisational restructuring” (14%).
Among those who were supportive of introducing legislation on age discrimination, they mostly held the views that “legislation could prevent different age groups of people from being discriminated because of their age” (47%) and “legislation could help ensure a fairer workplace in Hong Kong” (43%). Among those who were unsupportive of the legislation on age discrimination, they believed that “the problem of age discrimination was not that serious in Hong Kong” (43%), “a diversity of jobs required employment of workers with specific age-related attributes” (19%), and “the impact of legislation on age discrimination would be small” (16%).
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