Italian law requires “on call contracts” (zero hours contracts) to be subject to objective conditions, unless the worker is either under 25 years of age or over 45 years of age. This case considered whether this law is age discriminatory. Italy has a special form of on-call contract, “il contratto di lavoro intermittente”. This is…
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A recent report commissioned by the Australian HR Institute and the Australian Human Rights Commission surveyed 604 HR professionals and business leaders and found the age at which workers are considered as ‘older’, is progressively getting younger. The release of the fourth employing and retaining older workers report in April 2021 provides insight into the…
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A group of bipartisan senators have tried their hand again at introducing the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (“POWADA”), a proposal intended to strengthen age discrimination protections for older workers. This is not the first-time bipartisan lawmakers have pushed for the bill’s passing, as senators have been urging for POWADA to be passed, as…
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Source: ONS Although over a quarter of the economically inactive people in the UK cite sickness as the reason for their inactivity (most of whom have a long-term illness), the participation of disabled people (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) in employment has steadily increased in recent years. Employers with more older workers are…
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An age discrimination claim failed where no suitable comparators were identified and the alleged discrimination was based solely on the claimant’s tendency to take offence easily. Janette Parsons (Ms Parsons) started work with Birmingham City Council (the Council) and Birmingham Children’s Trust (the Trust) in June 2017. She was engaged on a temporary contract until…
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An Employment Tribunal (“ET”) has found that the University of Oxford’s policy of mandatory retirement at 68 years old could not be justified. Professor Ewart worked as an associate professor in the department of atomic and laser physics at the University of Oxford. He was involved in developing new applications of laser technology which looked…
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It was direct age discrimination to take duties away from a Showroom Manager because it was “too much responsibility” for someone who was “only 21”. Ms Shanks began her employment with Heat Source Solutions Ltd in February 2018. She was employed as a Design Technician at the Clerwood Showroom. Ms Shanks had been given sole…
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A recent report commissioned by the Australian HR Institute and the Australian Human Rights Commission surveyed 604 HR professionals and business leaders and found the age at which workers are considered as ‘older’, is progressively getting younger. The release of the fourth employing and retaining older workers report in April 2021 provides insight into the…
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A group of bipartisan senators have tried their hand again at introducing the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (“POWADA”), a proposal intended to strengthen age discrimination protections for older workers. This is not the first-time bipartisan lawmakers have pushed for the bill’s passing, as senators have been urging for POWADA to be passed, as…
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Changes to the state pension age for women are not directly or indirectly discriminatory to women born in the 1950s. The Claimants, Ms Delve and Ms Glynn, are women born in the 1950s who have been affected by legislation implemented between 1995 and 2014 which equalised the state pension age (“SPA”) between men and women…
