Viewing entries tagged Goods and services Age discrimination protections should be extended to cover the provision of goods, facilities and services, according to the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. Comment Older people are being denied vital surgery for cancer, hernia repairs and joint replacements because the NHS imposes “cutoffs” for treatment based on age discrimination,…
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Workers being made redundant in their fifties and early sixties face the prospect of unwanted early retirement as Scotland stands on the brink of a new surge in unemployment. Many of those with several years to retirement but struggling to secure new full-time work will now have to find a way of bridging the income…
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Police forces could be forced to pay out millions of pounds in compensation to former officers who have won age discrimination claims after being forced to retire. A ruling on test cases brought on behalf of 250 officers found that five chief constables improperly used police regulations to get rid of the officers on age…
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Viewing entries tagged Unemployment The latest figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show 428,000 over-50s out of work. Older workers are less likely than equally-qualified youngsters to be offered jobs because of widespread ageism in the British labour market, new research has found. Employers could be sued under age discrimination laws for taking…
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Viewing entries tagged Finland More than four-fifths, or 83 per cent, of the public are of the opinion that age discrimination is an obstacle for the career advancement opportunities of ageing employees in Finland, finds a survey. Comment Professor Seppo Koskinen cautions that age discrimination may increase as the official retirement age in Finland is…
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A recent survey carried out by Benefex and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has revealed employers’ responses to the abolition of the Default Retirement Age (DRA). According to the survey: 52.5% of employers intend to allow employees to work as long as they are able; 41.6% of employers do not yet know what…
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Eight Birmingham schools have successfully opposed compensation claims for age discrimination by a teacher who complained his job applications were rejected because he was 55. Mr Paul Tomlinson, of Kings Norton, who specialises in French and Spanish, also made a compensation claim for sex discrimination at Birmingham Employment Tribunal against one of the schools, Priory…
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Viewing entries in Cambridge News Members of the university’s Council and General Board said they were concerned that if they did not continue with the rules, lecturers would not retire soon enough, preventing younger blood from entering the profession.
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Viewing entries tagged Julia Somerville Julia Somerville has been hired by the BBC, along with Fiona Armstrong, 54, Zeinab Badawi, 51, and 50-year-old Carole Walker, to front the broadcaster’s News Channel and beat the ageism slurs and claims of age discrimination.
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Viewing entries tagged Ageing workforce Older Americans tend to think remaining in the workforce is good for both the US economy and American workers. Younger Americans disagree… Comment A new report by the Centre for Ageing Better has called for employers to be more age-friendly and inclusive of those over 50 years of age. Comment…
