More than 70% of older workers now plan to work beyond the state retirement age, as small pensions and sliding house prices leave them with less to live on than they hoped. Research by the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development shows 71% of over-55s expect to work beyond retirement age, up from 40% two…

Viewing entries tagged Protected Conversation According to the London Evening Standard, bosses will be given new powers to tell older workers they should consider retirement without fear of being accused of ageism under new plans unveiled.

An octogenarian beer seller has struck out in a New York appeals court. Mildred Block used to sell brew at a concession stand at New York Mets games. But the 86-year-old vendor charged she was a victim of age-discrimination. She was transferred to another concession stand, where she made less in tips. Stadium concessionaire Aramark…

Amia Ismail, 57, said he was transferred from a Radisson Edwardian hotel in central London, where rooms cost up to £3,500 a night, and replaced with an attractive 28-year-old woman as they wanted a new and younger image. He claimed that on another occasion he was told to go to the group’s Mayfair hotel, find…

Viewing entries tagged lancet A recent study has found that those who say that they are victims of age discrimination are more likely to suffer from a range of physical and mental health problems. Comment

Actor Kenneth Cope is planning legal action over claims he was the victim of age discrimination by a town centre traffic warden. Mr Cope alleges he was told “you should stop driving” by a traffic warden during a dispute on Market Street. The remark – which he believes was made because of his visible old…

A war of words has erupted over the age of a teenage council hopeful standing in the local election. At 19 years old, law student Carl Johnson is the youngest candidate ever to represent Tyneside’s Labour party as he fights for a seat in the Battle Hill ward. But after just weeks on the campaign…

Viewing entries tagged Energy Millions of older people without access to the internet may be suffering age discrimination at the hands of Britain’s biggest energy companies, according to the regulator.  The chairman of the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee has said it is unfair that online customers get the best gas and electricity deals…

Government is still looking at prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of age in the workplace, according to Community Minister Wayne Scott, but no timeline is in place. Mr Scott told the Annual General Meeting for Age Concern yesterday that Government is dedicated to ending all forms of age discrimination, but more work must still be…

Miriam O’Reilly, 53, was made redundant from the BBC One programme last April, along with three female colleagues of similar age. They were replaced by the younger presenter Julia Bradbury. “This was discrimination, which wouldn’t happen if I was black or disabled,” said Miss O’Reilly, an award-winning journalist who also worked on Radio 4’s Farming…