Newly elected Carl Johnson today shrugged off concerns about his age and pledged: “I’m proud to serve.” The law student is one of the youngest councillors in the country having been elected to represent Battle Hill for Labour on North Tyneside Council. Just weeks into the campaign trail, the Chronicle reported how the 19-year-old former…

The Equality Act 2010, which received Royal Assent in April 2010, includes provisions enabling a ban on age discrimination in the provision of services and public functions. The Government has opened consultation on a number of proposed exceptions.

Viewing entries tagged Media IMDB wants to have struck down a new California law that requires them to remove actors’ ages from their site (upon request). Comment Age discrimination in the media doesn’t stop with humans. Our collective obsession with youth extends to the animal world. Isa Leshko has set out to document old age…

Currently the default retirement age (DRA) of 65 is a bone of much contention, so much so that the Government has brought forward a review of the legislation, which allows employers to compulsory retire people at 65 to 2010. The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) has a clear view. We would like to see the abolition…

More than a dozen senior police officers are to mount a legal challenge over controversial powers that forced them to retire. A total of 18 officers have lodged claims with the Employment Tribunal accusing West Midlands Police of age discrimination. The officers are among 273 so far been axed under controversial retirement rules once they…

On 27 September 2010, the Institute of Directors (IoD) published a paper stating that the proposed abolition of the Default Retirement Age (DRA) would have a significant negative impact on employers, particularly small firms. In order to support people who want to work past 65, the IoD argues that a better option would be to…

id you know that if you are under 25 and single the government does not treat you as a fully grown adult when it comes to housing benefit? This scandal is known as the Single Accommodation Rate and is soon to get much worse.  From January 2012 the age will be raised to 35. While…

REDUNDANT cabin crew are taking on budget airline easyJet over claims of unfair dismissal and age discrimination. The group of 10 former senior flight attendants based at Newcastle International Airport all got the axe last December as part of a nationwide cut in senior staff by the airline. Based on certain criteria the group, which…

About 400 police officers who were forced to retire have lost their claim for age discrimination at a tribunal. Many of those at forces across the country with more than 30 years service were forced to step down under the “A19” regulations. The employment appeals tribunal upheld an earlier appeal by police forces. Officers in…

New research by the University of Manchester reveals the relationship between hair, hairstyles and age discrimination. The research considers the social symbolism of hair, how it is managed and styled in later life, and what attitudes to appearance in general and hairstyling in particular reveal about ageism in contemporary culture (see also Age, Ageing and…