As one of Parliament’s youngest MPs I have spent my first year in the role with a growing sense of anger at the way in which the government treats people of my generation. In the last year alone we have seen decisions taken to scrap university maintenance grants, remove nurses bursaries, and now we know…

Increasing the employment of older workers generally has no detrimental impact on the employment of younger workers, according to a recent report by the independent research organisation IZA (Institute for the Study of Labor). The report concluded that, by and large, there is no correlation between older people staying in the labour market and growth…

Ageing is an inevitable one-way journey. But the length of that journey is increasing day by day as life expectancy continues to rise. In fact, it’s growing at such a rate that by the time you’ve finished reading this, your own life expectancy will have increased by around 12 seconds. One consequence of this is…

Official figures show that the number of age discrimination claims brought against employers has plummeted over the past 12 months. The latest figures from the Employment Tribunal show that there were just 3,700 age discrimination claims lodged against employers in 2011/12, compared with 6,800 for the previous twelve months – an all time high. This…

Viewing entries in Lewis Silkin The redundancy rate for those in their 50s is double that of those in their 40s, suggests research by jobs site Rest Less. 1 Comment Politicians in Sweden voted to raise the retirement age to 62 from 2020. Comment Governments must promote more and better job opportunities for older workers…

Ruth Marks MBE, Older People’s Commissioner for Wales, has expressed her significant disappointment and concern at the lack of progress on implementing the protection from age discrimination in the provision of goods and services. We analysed ONS data to see what effect the recession had on the employment and unemployment levels of different age groups.…

Saheed Fijabi, a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives argues that employers are harming the growth of their country by using age limits. Mr Fijabi said that Employers should be more concerned about skill and competence rather than age. He also noted that the House had passed a motion criticising employers who placed age…

Employers have a duty to protect the health and safety of their staff, which includes taking additional care with employees who are known to be vulnerable. The UK government’s latest coronavirus advice on social distancing and protecting older people and vulnerable adults (originally published 16 March and subsequently updated) explains who is considered to be…

In a bid to stop mass emigration of its young people, the Polish government has given its support behind a Bill that would abolish income tax for most workers under 26 years of age. According to Polish finance minister Marian Banaś, it is estimated that around two million young people would benefit from this proposal.…

The Government has confirmed that all public sector pension schemes will be changed to remove age discriminatory provisions. The Court of Appeal refused permission for the Government to appeal to the Supreme Court, bringing an end to the litigation and forcing the Government to begin remedying the age discrimination. Firefighters pension challenge and age discrimination…