Final legal submissions are being made in a long-running police age discrimination employment tribunal involving former officers from Devon and Cornwall. Officers took action against the force after the former Police Authority decided in 2010 to invoke the pensions clause “Regulation A19” to forcibly retire officers after 30 years’ service. The measure has since been…
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Older people have become pin-ups in a drive to tackle age discrimination.The Age is Just a Number campaign has teamed up older and younger people in the Caerphilly area to bridge the divide between the age groups, by using positive images.It has been developed by the 50+ Positive Action Partnership and the Safer Caerphilly Community…
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The call by the Work and Pensions select commitment said the move would allow pensioners to continue working, helping the two million who live in poverty and the 1.1 million who live off half the average income to earn extra cash. Past recessions have led to disproportionate numbers of older workers over 50 losing their…
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A large number of staff aged 50 or over have been made redundant as part of council cost-cutting measures. Figures obtained by The Argus show that the majority of local authority workers made redundant in the last two years across Sussex are 50 or older. Campaigners have criticised the redundancies and say that it will…
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Viewing entries in The Guardian Human Rights Commission report found ‘a third of people who had experienced age discrimination gave up looking for work as a result’ Article from the Guardian argues that social attitudes and legal protection lag behind the changing demographics and our ageing population. Is it time for international action on age…
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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…
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She was a TV favourite, the original reality show star who seemed never to be off our screens. But 10 years on from her Changing Rooms heyday, Carol Smillie is beginning to feel frozen out from the industry. Carol turned 50 in December and, like many other older female presenters before her, is finding out…
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The state pension age should rise to 70 as soon as “reasonably practical”, company directors have argued. The Institute of Directors called for a “radical reform” of both the state and private retirement benefit systems. As well as raising the state pension age to 70 in the face of “greatly increased” longevity, the IoD also…
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A final plea was made to ministers yesterday to ensure Wales’ most vulnerable people are not punished by this week’s budget cuts as the nation’s pensioners brace themselves for an expensive winter. The Labour-Plaid Assembly Government’s budget will be unveiled tomorrow afternoon and charities and campaigning groups are making last-ditch calls to protect the elderly…
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Viewing entries tagged HSE The alleged age discrimination claim arises from its failure to appoint a number of area medical officers (AMOs) to senior medical officers (SMOs), seeing as they perform the same work.
