Campaigners are taking legal action against the Ministry of Defence today to demand the nation’s youngest soldiers are not forced into serving longer than adult recruits. Child Soldiers International (CSI) will launch a claim for a judicial review into the terms of enlistment for minors joining the British Army. If successful, it would reduce by…

Viewing entries in Business Scotsman Companies face “huge uncertainty” and a greater risk of being taken to employment tribunals with expensive age discrimination claims if the UK government does not delay planned changes to the retirement age, the CBI claimed today.

The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (Biba) has given its support to the government’s signposting proposals adding it believed they will maximise the likelihood of older customers finding insurance. The statement came in the Association’s response to a Government Equalities Office consultation paper. The consultation outlines the government’s intention to end age discrimination in the provision…

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An influential group of City grandees, led by Sir Michael Snyder, has told ministers that employment law must be overhauled, with tribunal awards for discrimination cases capped at £50,000. At present, an employee who successfully sues for discrimination, be it age, racial, sexual orientation or gender, can get unlimited awards. There is a growing belief…

Viewing entries in The Press Association Four out of 10 people aged over 65 are continuing to work in order to boost their income, a survey suggests. Holiday companies and insurance firms will be able to avoid a ban on age discrimination in goods and services, the Government has announced.

The BBC director-general, Mark Thompson, has admitted the broadcaster does not have enough older female newsreaders and presenters. He said the corporation had a case to answer over the lack of older women in key news and current affairs presenting roles. He acknowledged that the landmark age-discrimination employment tribunal brought by ex-Countryfile presenter Miriam O’Reilly, 54, had…

Viewing entries in Inquisitr As it enters its ninth season, The Big Bang Theory is an aging sitcom. But a recently-fired employee of the show claims in a new lawsuit he was ousted because of his age, despite his years of experience in the industry.

The abolition of the default retirement age has meant many organisations have opted to merely ‘do away’ with having a retirement age, choosing not to pursue the options for a employer justified retirement age (EJRA). No doubt part of the success of our own organisation, the University of Cambridge, has been embedded in maintaining a…

Viewing entries in BBC News Today’s children could live to 120 and work until they’re 100, it’s been claimed. But which occupations might they take on? About 400 police officers who were forced to retire have lost their claim for age discrimination at a tribunal. A pensioner has claimed she was denied surgery after being…