Former BBC presenter Miriam O’Reilly has won her case for age discrimination against the corporation after she was dropped from BBC1’s rural affairs show, Countryfile. O’Reilly, 53, took the BBC to an employment tribunal claiming age and sex discrimination after she was one of four female presenters, all in their 40s or 50s, who were…

A serial litigant is believed to have earned thousands of pounds by bombarding employers with claims of ageism simply because they used the words “school leaver” or “recent graduate” in job advertisements. John Berry, 54, has initiated actions against at least 60 firms over three years even though he does not apply for the jobs.…

Senior Daily Telegraph journalist Andrew Gimson has lost a case claiming that he was unfairly dismissed after more than seven years as the newspaper’s main parliamentary sketchwriter on the grounds of ageism. The London central employment tribunal found on Thursday that the 54-year old’s age discrimination case was “implausible”. It said that the Daily Telegraph’s desire to…

Viewing entries tagged Recession Although employment rates for senior citizens held up in the hard times and are now on the rise, and men and women are working longer before they retire, age discrimination in employment may persist as the number of jobless young people continues to grow. The recession has created a generation of…

The prominent broadcaster and writer drew sharp criticism for his comments, which revived the debate about sexism and the lack of older women on our screens. Miriam O’Reilly, the sacked Countryfile presenter who won an age discrimination case against the BBC, said Titchmarsh’s remarks made her angry, adding: “He should know better.” Titchmarsh, a former…

The college’s director of risk management said the professor teaching the class did not want the youth to enroll, despite openly recruiting students for the course, according to Colin Carlson’s mother, Jessica Offir. She said that not allowing her son to take the class violates federal law and the university’s anti discrimination policy. The student…

Viewing entries in Reuters Many older adults report age discrimination, according to a new study. Oil giant BP has succeeded in preventing the public airing of comments from a senior in-house lawyer about lawsuits stemming from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, as part of a £14m age discrimination claim.

AS she prepares to begin her new show on Radio 2, Jo Whiley has hit out at claims she’s the latest high-profile presenter to fall victim to ageism at the BBC. The 45-year-old, who has just bowed out of Radio 1 after 17 years, rejects claims station bosses considered her too old for the more…

The Conservatives will help older people buy new homes by mounting a crackdown on banks refusing to lend them money and bolstering the government’s new pension freedoms. A future Conservative government will launch a review led by Ros Altmann, the former director of Saga, who will be nominated as a Conservative peer and appointed minister…

The ECJ has given their judgment on a German law restricting applications to the fire service to those under 30. Facts The German fire service had an age limit of 30 years old for new recruits. Mr Wolf argued that this was direct age discrimination and submitted a claim to the German courts. It was…