West Midlands Police has paid out more than £2.5 million to 207 officers who were forced into early retirement in a scheme which has since been declared unlawful. The generous “exit packages” handed over during the last two years were revealed after a change in accounting requirements forced police to list all of the pay…
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Pak Wong, 57, of Station Road, Woodmancote, was a former commercial director with Bovis Homes Ltd. He had accused his former employers of taking on younger men to replace him. Mr Wong lost a compensation claim for unfair dismissal at BirminghamEmployment Tribunal against the firm, following a hearing that started seven months ago. But tribunal…
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Viewing entries in České Noviny Prague – Two-thirds of Czechs are of the view that discrimination is a serious problem in the Czech Republic, according to the latest STEM poll released to CTK today. Almost a half of the polled consider age discrimination the most serious form.
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More southern workers plan to continue working after the default retirement age (DRA) than their northern counterparts, according to a report on ageing and retirement. The fourth chapter of the Visions of Britain 2020 series, by financial services group Friends Provident, found that 55% of Londoners expect to continue working past the current retirement age,…
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Viewing entries tagged National Living Wage The national living wage encourages employers to recruit younger workers over older workers to cut costs in breach of age discrimination laws, argued Labour MP Holly Lynch during a parliamentary debate.
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Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman has hit out at discrimination against older women, warning it was leading to a generation of ‘passive participants’ in public life. Miss Harman, who is also shadow culture secretary, said many viewers were females of a certain age who themselves ‘don’t want to be written out of the public domain’.…
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Viewing entries tagged Retirement A survey by Willis Towers Watson has revealed that workers in the Republic of Ireland want to work beyond their contractual retirement age of 65. Comment In Arkansas, the House today failed to pass a bill that would end mandatory retirement of state judges. Comment Singapore will raise both its retirement…
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To prepare health and social care services for new anti-age discrimination laws, the Government is calling for peoples’ views on the likely implications. The consultation, launched today, asks for comments on the recommendations of a review into the implications for health and social care of new age requirements in the Equality Bill.
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The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales has strongly welcomed the introduction of a Welsh Declaration of the Rights of Older People, which will protect and enhance the rights of older people across Wales. The first of its kind in the world, the Declaration illustrates older people’s rights in a practical way, outlining the ways in…
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Professor Bernard King (64), who has already lodged a complaint of age discrimination, is now claiming he was victimised for acting as a “whistleblower” by raising complaints on behalf of staff. Prof King was suspended from his £220,000 position in January while the university court investigated a number of unspecified issues. Just a few weeks…
