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  • Older people in Britain are more concerned about age discrimination than their European neighbours

    Older people in Britain are more concerned about age discrimination than their European neighbours and feel negative towards young people, research by Demos suggests. They are also lonelier and poorer than those in similar European countries. The UK performed most poorly on indicators of age discrimination. Nearly half of British people think that age discrimination…

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  • Fuller Working Lives: our summary and comment

    In June 2014, the Government published its report “Fuller Working Lives”. This details the Government’s strategy to reduce the numbers of people leaving the labour market early. Out of the 10.2m people aged between 50 and the state pension age, 2.9m of these (28%) are out of work. But of those, just 375,000 are officially…

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  • Eurofound study: impact of the recession on age management policies

    The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Social Conditions (“Eurofound”) has released a study showing the effects on older workers of the economic crisis that began in 2008. It is available here. It found that, on the whole, the economic crisis did not have a negative impact on older workers. In fact, the…

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  • France

    This summary of age discrimination law in France has been prepared by Capstan, the Ius Laboris member for France: www.capstan.fr OVERVIEW The French age discrimination legislation is thrown into the spotlight in light of the most recent national measures on the employment of senior workers (derived from a national inter-industry collective agreement and a government…

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  • Fact checking the Daily Mail: over 60s in employment

    In a recent article, the Daily Mail made a series of statistical claims relating to earnings of the over 60s. Do their claims stack up? The article makes a series of claims based on Prudential research and which cover the time period 2011-2013. The claims are that: Annual income for over 60s in work rose…

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  • LATEST AGE DISCRIMINATION CASES — age discrimination

    Viewing entries in Supreme Court Employers can force retirement only if they have aims of a “public interest nature”. Lady Hale said, “all businesses will now have to give careful consideration to what, if any, mandatory retirement rules can be justified”. Comment The Supreme Court held that an employer was guilty of indirect age discrimination…

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  • USA

    This summary of age discrimination law in the USA has been prepared by Ford Harrison, the Ius Laboris member for the USA: www.fordharrison.com. OVERVIEW The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (“ADEA” or “Act”) is the federal law that prohibits age discrimination against employees 40 years of age or older.  The ADEA makes it…

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  • Belgium

    This summary of age discrimination law in Belgium has been prepared by Claeys & Engels, the Ius Laboris member for Belgium: www.claeysengels.be. Overview  Belgian law prohibits age discrimination as per the Anti-Discrimination Act of 10 May 2007. This Act implements the EU Directive 2000/78 (the Framework Directive). Therefore, the case law of the European Court of…

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  • A retrospective – youths bore brunt of recession

    There are 354,000 more people aged 50+ in employment since the recession (including 182,000 more 65+ year olds), but 568,000 less people aged under 25 in employment. There was an 8.7% rise in employment amongst those aged 65+ during the recession. On average, someone aged 16-24 lost their job every 111 seconds during the recession. The recession…

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  • Age discrimination claims will continue to rise and peak at nearly 15,000 a year by 2015

    As we reported here, the Employment Tribunal saw another rise in the number of age discrimination claims. The number of claims increased by 131% over last three years (from 2,949 to 6,800) whereas other discrimination claims (sex (excluding equal pay), race, disability, religion and sexual orientation) have declined by 16% over same period. Age is…

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The court said that he didn’t suffer age discrimination.

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Managers at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading reportedly terminated Eileen Jolly in January 2017 after she failed to properly use a computer system.

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The House of Representatives in Nigeria approved a bill that will ban age discrimination against applicants to positions with Federal Government Agencies.

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The pensioner and self proclaimed "young god" believes it will improve his chances both in the workplace and on Tinder.

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New figures published by the Office for National Statistics have shown that, over the 2015-17 period, life expectancy stopped rising for the first time since records began.

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A new report by the Centre for Ageing Better has called for employers to be more age-friendly and inclusive of those over 50 years of age.

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Scott Morrison announced yesterday that the Government will no longer proceed with its plan to raise the age of pension access to 70.

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A study by Aviva has found that more than half of over 50s feel unsupported at work and almost two thirds were planning to retire later than they thought they would a decade ago.

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An interesting study published in the British Journal of Psychology reveals the effect that makeup has on the perception of a woman’s age.

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61 per cent of Americans aged 45 or over said that they have seen or experienced age discrimination at work. Women, African-Americans and Hispanics were more likely to be affected.

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MPs have suggested that social care could be funded by applying a new tax to the over 40s, but there has been a suggestion that it might worsen employment opportunities for older workers.

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To mark the 50th anniversary of the US Age Discrimination in Employment Act coming into force, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a report into age discrimination at work.

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Labour market experts have called for enhanced protection against age at work ahead of the Taipei Ministry of Labor’s introduction of a draft act for the employment of middle-aged and elderly workers, set to be released before the end of this month.

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Former materials buyer Codie Rael was been awarded $31 million - $3m compensatory damages and $28m punitive damages – after being forced out in 2014.

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The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in the Philippines has urged workers to report those companies that violate age discrimination laws.

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A new study has suggested that there is a direct connection between how well we age and how we view old age. Those with a positive attitude toward old age are likely to live longer — up to eight years — than their more pessimistic counterparts. But how, as older people, we are treated by others also has a big impact.

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According to a study by the Royal Society for Public Health, ageism is the most common form of discrimination both in the UK and Europe. Sexism and racism are widely recognised and tackled, but ageism often goes unchallenged.

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According to reports, the Black Eyed Peas singer and star of The Voice UK has been hit with an age discrimination claim.

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A campaign for a dedicated minister for older people received a boost today after national newspaper the Daily Express joined the movement and launched its own “crusade”.

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The Gerontological Society of America has published a report, “Longevity Economics: Leveraging the Advantages of an Aging Society” highlighting America's changing age demographics and suggesting a number of policy priorities.

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