Surrey Police has become the first force in England to make some officers with more than 30 years service retire in a bid to cut costs. The savings measure has already been backed by police authorities in North Wales and Strathclyde. Surrey Police Authority authorised the move at a meeting on Thursday. Surrey Police has…
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Two of finance minister Sammy Wilson’s most senior officials yesterday claimed in public that they are being unfairly discriminated against by his department. Senior civil servants Michael Brennan and Fiona Hamill allege that the Department of Finance and Personnel (DFP) is guilty of indirect age discrimination against younger senior civil servants who they claim have…
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Viewing entries tagged The City A third of City employees said their employer was ‘very committed’ to gender diversity, but just 1 in 5 said their employer showed the same level of commitment to age diversity.
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Viewing entries tagged NASUWT Teachers’ union the NASUWT has warned that pupils are losing out in the classroom because older teachers are being forced out of their jobs by school management. Comment Older teachers feel they are being pushed aside and treated unfairly, a teachers’ conference is to be told.
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Viewing entries tagged Legal industry An investigation by the US’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) into the Deloitte retirement age of 62 for partners could have implications for law firms. Jonathan Rayner writing in the Law Society Gazette discusses ageism and age discrimination in the legal sector. After at least seven years of training, many…
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Viewing entries tagged Flexibility Organisations will no longer be able to give employees notice of retirement under DRA provisions and will need to objectively justify any compulsory retirement age still in place to avoid age discrimination claims. Nick Clegg’s proposals might see employers avoiding recruitment of any person in their 20s or 30s, which would…
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Viewing entries tagged Ageism in Television IMDB wants to have struck down a new California law that requires them to remove actors’ ages from their site (upon request). Comment 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…
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Ms Kücükdeveci worked for Swedex from the age of 18. She was dismissed at age 28 with 10 years’ service. German law does not take into account time employed before the age of 25 in order to calculate service-related minimum notice periods in case of dismissal. Swedex therefore gave her notice of dismissal based on…
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Viewing entries tagged Nigeria An early version of the law would only increase the age limit from 30 years of age to 45 years of age. Comment The House of Representatives in Nigeria approved a bill that will ban age discrimination against applicants to positions with Federal Government Agencies. Comment Saheed Fijabi, a member of…
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Viewing entries tagged Canada One in five Canadians say they’ve been discriminated against at work because of their gender, according to a new survey conducted by international human resources consulting firm Randstad. Nearly three-quarters of Canadians believe workplaces are shunning older job applicants based solely on their age, a worrisome finding given labour force trends…
