Older workers are more likely to suffer long-term unemployment than younger workers, according to a new report from think tank Policy Exchange.  Its research found that once those over 50 become unemployed they face far more barriers to re-entering the workforce. The report also claimed age discrimination is still a big problem, finding a ‘huge…

Unite the Union has today (Monday) denounced British Airways for moving to overturn a recent ruling which said it must apply UK law to its Hong Kong-based female cabin crew. The crew’s union says BA’s moves are a shameful attempt to persist with its policy of dismissing its female Hong Kong cabin crew at 45…

A former employee of Magic Johnson says the basketball legend fired her for being seven minutes late to work — a delay she blames on his request for a turkey sandwich. Lanita Thomas filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court this week saying her dismissal over tardiness was actually a “pretext” for ageism. She…

The number of older women in employment in Scotland has been steadily growing for two decades. For many, paid work is a positive choice, reflecting better education, improved health and more freedom to decide how to live their lives. For others, there is no choice: an older state pension age and financial pressures mean they…

Amit Kajla, who won an employment tribunal claim against Her Majesty’s Prison Service (HMPS) last year, had been due to attend a remedy hearing in Birmingham today. But the hearing was cancelled after solicitors acting on her behalf agreed an undisclosed compensation settlement last night. Ms Kajla, from Wolverhampton, West Midlands, took her case to…

At the Jobcentre in Epsom, Surrey, you can hardly hear a peep as 57-year-old Leslie Friend embarks upon his daily search for work. Cool colours and wooden floors contribute to an air of calm – affluence, even – and perhaps you would expect nothing less at the leafy heart of the stockbroker belt. There are…

Rowan Atkinson’s letter to the Guardian is reproduced below: My letter to Radio 4‘s The Media Show last week about the Miriam O’Reilly/Countryfile age discrimination case has been interpreted in some odd ways (Report, 23 February; Letters, 28 February). For the avoidance of doubt, as a lawyer would say, my problem is not with BBC policy or…

Employers practising age discrimination by failing to hire experienced staff could be missing out on adding huge value to their business, according to a recruitment services and training provider. JobMatch, an employment initiative operating in the Heads of the Valleys, has said that falling numbers of young people and older staff remaining healthy longer means…

Ageism in the workplace is becoming an all too frequent occurrence.Record numbers of people are taking age discrimination cases to employment tribunals – figures show cases have quadrupled in just three years.And as unemployment figures in Coventry and Warwickshire rise and the region braces itself for public sector cuts, the battle against ageism could intensify.According…

Viewing entries in Employment Tribunal An experienced teacher brought claims of unfair dismissal and indirect age discrimination on the basis that she was forced out of her role due to the cost of her employment compared to the cost of employing more junior teachers. Government wins test case that could have had major implications for…