More than a quarter of employees aged 50 and over reported experiencing some form of age-based discrimination in the workplace, a new report by the Human Rights Commission has found. A survey of 2,109 people shows that 27% of older workers said they were the victim of discrimination on at least one occasion in the…

Miss Koh joined Sainsbury’s in 1985.  She was a loyal and committed worker, even going so far as to time her personal grocery shopping to help meet store targets.  In April 2006, Miss Koh moved to the store’s struggling Crystal Palace branch in South London to work as a duty manager.   Initially, she got on well with…

Viewing entries in What’s On TV Countryfile host Miriam O’Reilly, who recently won an age discrimination tribunal against the BBC, is now set to front a show on ITV – about ageism and age discrimination.

Former Countryfile presenter Charlotte Smith was dropped from the show because she was not “young and pretty” enough to pass the primetime test, a tribunal heard today. Smith, 46, who still presents Farming Today for the BBC, said she and her colleagues Miriam O’Reilly, Juliet Morris and Michaela Strachan were treated badly by her former…

Police are to push ahead with plans to force officers with 30 years or more service into retirement, despite opposition from county officials. Mr Lee has said the power to force long-serving officers to retire will help Wootton Hall bosses to make the huge savings required by swingeing central funding cuts over the next four…

This case involved an employer whose attempts to reduce the risk of a claim backfired.   Facts Shortly before the Regulations came into force, it realised that its contractual arrangement to pay enhanced bonus rates to those who were over 50 was probably discriminatory.   It therefore terminated the contracts of employment of employees who had reached…

With unemployment rising and competition in the workplace increasing, it’s tough to get a job – or get ahead – in today’s market. More than one in four American adults – 27% – say they have encountered employment discrimination, according to a new survey by FindLaw.com, a legal information Web site. The most frequently cited…

Viewing entries in Building.co.uk Berkeley Group has reached an out–of–court settlement worth £5m with one of founder Tony Pidgley’s longest–serving lieutenants after the company was accused of age discrimination and unfair dismissal. 

Older people deserve a specific set of rights to ensure they are treated with dignity and respect, according to the older people’s commissioner for Wales. Ruth Marks said she heard of many instances where people were discriminated against because of age. Examples included travel insurance premiums rising for those over 70. An ICM poll for…

Viewing entries in New Zealand Herald In New Zealand, 65+ year olds are the people who today inject around $14 billion a year into the Kiwi economy and undertake unpaid and voluntary work worth $8.5 billion annually. So why are they not valued more? The mother of 24 year old Olympic gold medallist swimmer Rhiannon…