Viewing entries tagged Unfair Dismissal Speaking about the prohibition on publication of details about this age discrimination case, Louise Bagshawe, a Conservative MP, said: “This case embodies the concerns many MPs have about super-injunctions.” A restaurant manager at the five-star hotel chain was told to get rid of older staff as bosses wanted young girls…
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Viewing entries tagged Brexit UN human rights expert Rosa Kornfeld-Matte has criticised European national newspapers and media outlets for stigmatising older people and scapegoating them in the wake of the Brexit vote. Comment
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The husband and wife from Berkshire applied for funding for IVF in June, after three years trying unsuccessfully to start a family. NHS Berkshire East Primary Care trust (PCT) refused to pay, because the woman, aged 37, was too old to meet their criteria – which is to only fund treatment for women between the…
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Bosses at Lord Bath’s historic Longleat Estate sparked outrage today by firing every employee aged over 65. Famously eccentric Lord Bath (pictured) handed over the running of Longleat to his son, Viscount Weymouth, earlier this year. The safari park attraction – owned by the 78-year-old Marquess of Bath – has axed all its pensionable workers…
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There is still a great deal of unspoken age discrimination occurring in the workplace, according to one industry expert.Rachel Krys, campaign director for the Employers Forum on Age, said any 50 or 60-year-old in the jobs market may believe that they have all the qualifications necessary, but they are not able to get past the…
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One of New York’s most well-known newscasters has taken the stand in solidarity with a former news director suing WPIX for $4.5million over age discrimination. Kaity Tong, 65, appeared in Manhattan Federal Court on behalf of Karen Scott, and testified that the station sidelined both of them because of their age. She recounted a June…
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A female newsreader hired by the BBC to combat accusations of ageism has branded her appointment “nothing more than a PR stunt” after she was given just one presenting shift in three months.Carole Walker was one of four female news presenters aged over 50 taken on by the BBC amid controversy over the sacking of…
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Put that dream of a Tuscany retirement on hold. Pensioners are far more likely to be stacking shelves in Tesco than sunning themselves abroad, according to new figures which show that the number of over-65s still in work has doubled in the past decade. Pensioners hit by falling annuity rates, stagnant property values and pension…
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Younger bosses who nag older workers to take redundancies, tell them they’re too old to receive training or deny them promotion are forcing thousands into early retirement. By also refusing to hire older workers they are adding to the nation’s ballooning health and welfare costs by pushing otherwise productive people on to the aged or…
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Viewing entries in Milford Daily News In America, a parent is filing an age discrimination complaint with the U.S. Department of Education against the Mendon-Upton Regional School District for denying his sixth-grade daughter access to the middle school track team.
