Viewing entries tagged Jenny Agutter The 58-year-old, who achieved fame while still a teenager playing Roberta in the film The Railway Children in 1970, said older women should be able to continue working in TV. The actress joins the growing critique of age discrimination in the media.
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An integrated – and lengthy – campaign was the key to ending forced retirement in the UK. In December 2004, Age UK’s predecessor organisations, Age Concern and Help the Aged, were disheartened. For 18 months, both organisations had been pushing for legislation that would outlaw agediscrimination in the workplace. But the Prime Minister overruled the advice…
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The Age and Employment Network (TAEN) has expressed concern over a sharp rise in the number of age discrimination claims and warns the figure is likely to continue rising. Figures published yesterday (30 June) by The Tribunal Service in its Annual Statistics for 2010/11 show a ‘dramatic’ rise in the number of age discrimination claims…
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Viewing entries in iVillage Cattrall reportedly went on a rant about what she sees as age discrimination in Hollywood against older actresses. “Ask me about being a woman,” Cattrall said. “Do you know what it’s like to be 54 and marginalized? It doesn’t get easier as you get older.”
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The coalition government announced plans at the end of June to drop the default retirement age. On the face of it, the proposed change has advantages for us all: more control over when we want to retire, less chance to be forced out on age grounds and a better-adjusted work/life balance if employers also introduce…
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From the US: AARP strongly supports bipartisan bill to fight age discrimination — age discrimination
AARP announced today its strong endorsement of bipartisan legislation to combat age discrimination and defend the rights of older individuals in the workplace. The Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (POWADA), sponsored by Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Patrick Leahy (D-VT), is designed to remedy a 2009 Supreme Court decision (Gross v.…
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The magnificent P D James received an Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction award at the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival last week. Five decades of outstanding contribution to be precise, and still going strong, aged 90. Speaking about the honour on Radio 4, she admitted that she had been troubled by ageism: “There was…
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A pensioner has claimed she was denied surgery after being automatically deemed “unfit” because she was over 70. Pat Kelso from County Fermanagh said she needed a hip operation in 2012 but there was a 68-week waiting list within the Western Health Trust area. The trust used the independent sector to treat NHS patients within…
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Rosa Kornfeld-Matte, the UN independent expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, has spoken out against media outlets that are putting the blame for Brexit at the hands of older people in the UK. “We have seen a number of European national newspapers and social media outlets stigmatizing older persons as…
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An alarming four out of five women over 50 claim to have been overlooked in job or promotion interviews in favour of younger candidates. The revelation follows last month’s court victory by former Countryfile presenter Miriam O’Reilly, 53, who accused the BBC of age discrimination after being axed from the show. New research has found…
