Viewing entries in News and Star The decision is expected to clarify the extent to which costs can justify age discrimination. Chief executive of Cumbria Primary Care Trust claims her dismissal of a NHS boss saved the taxpayer more than £500,000.
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Former newsreader Selina Scott delivers a blistering account of her report into ageism and sexism within the BBC. No woman is safe in television once she reaches 45, according to a Countryfile presenter who is suing the BBC for age and sex discrimination.
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Elderly cancer sufferers die in greater numbers than younger patients because of NHS ageism, official figures suggest. Only half of sufferers aged 75 and over will live more than a year, compared with the three quarters of those in middle age who can expect to do so. Campaigners warn that thousands of patients are written…
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Viewing entries tagged Football A former professional footballer, now 46, has lost a claim for age discrimination against the Football Association at Staffordshire. A federal judge threw out an age discrimination claim brought by a United States Soccer Federation referee.
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Viewing entries tagged Ireland The Workplace Relations Commission rejected the employers argument that for “health and safety” reasons they could not employ anyone aged over 65 years of age. Comment A survey by Willis Towers Watson has revealed that workers in the Republic of Ireland want to work beyond their contractual retirement age of 65.…
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Viewing entries tagged Longleat As employers across the country start to plan for the abolition of the Default Retirement Age, bosses at Longleat Estate have sparked outrage by firing every employee aged over 65. Union leaders have condemned the move as ageist and age discrimination.
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The Welsh Senate of Older People will lobby the UK and Welsh Assembly Governments on matters such as age discrimination, housing and health. The senate is being launched at the assembly in Cardiff Bay later. It will also work to improve a wide range of services to the elderly in Wales. The four organisations joining…
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Viewing entries in EAT Comment that individual was “not 25 anymore” did not taint dismissal with age discrimination. The EAT overturned a ruling that an employee suffered age discrimination when a younger, less qualified person was appointed to a position in a redundancy situation. An appeal over a “shambolic” redundancy selection process fails. A terrible…
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Older MI5 spooks are facing the sack, if they are not computer-savvy enough, clearly flouting the age discrimination laws. The Security Service is laying off senior-citizen spies in order to hire new intelligence officers and support staff with better IT skills and more online knowledge. This has meant that it is the “James Bond generation”…
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Hungarian law allowed judges, prosecutors and notaries to work until 70. At age 70, they would be retired. On 1 January 2012, the retirement age was lowered to 62. Transitional provisions were in place, meaning that those already older than 62 would be retired on 30 June 2012. Those who would reach 62 during 2012…
