A policy of health testing older taxi drivers in Aberdeen could be revoked because of discrimination fears. The cab drivers currently require an annual medical once they reach the age of 65. The city council’s licensing committee has been reviewing whether the current policy could fall foul of recent age discrimination legislation. A report for…

Richard Hewett, 49 when he failed to get on the show in 2005, says Mr Trump and producers have violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. His case claims just two finalists over six series have been older than 40. “We have had very few people over a certain age apply to be on the…

The former head of Grampian’s fire service has lost an age discrimination case, the BBC Scotland news website has learned. David Dalziel, 62, held the Grampian post for eight years until it was merged into a single service. He applied to become the chief fire officer of the new Scotland-wide service and a number of…

Viewing entries in Financial Times Long-time pension campaigner and newly-appointed director general of Saga, Ros Altmann speaks to Pam Atherton about her plans to give a voice to the over-50s. The new Supreme Court risks wasting some of its best talent unless the judges’ retirement age is raised to 75, the chamber’s head said yesterday.

Pay and promotions for civil servants in Austria were determined according to a specific reference period set by Austrian law. The length of the reference period was set by taking prior service into account. Various periods of service and other specific times were taken into account, but any service that took place before 18 years…

The High Court has today given judgment on R (on the application of Age UK) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills – known as the “Heyday” case. This case centred on compulsory retirement provisions which mean a worker can be forced to retire once they reach the designated retirement age of 65.…

Viewing entries in Employment Tribunal Various references to an individual’s age during a process to dismiss him were age discrimination. Calling a 50-something year old employee “Gramps” was banter but was also age discrimination. Two sisters were the victims of direct discrimination after they were treated less well than their older, male colleagues. An enhanced…

Both Gloucestershire and Somerset County Councils (referred to below as “Gloucestershire” and “Somerset” respectively) needed to make costs savings as a result of centrally imposed government cuts. They both identified library services as a potential area in which costs savings could be made. The Claimants in this case (Mrs Green, Mr Rowe and Ms Hird) all used…

A new law on employment envisages incentives for employers which will help eliminate age discrimination in employment, Deputy Prime Minister – Social Policy Minister of Ukraine Sergiy Tigipko has said. “We know that employers impose limitations for applicants based on age. In particular, this applies to young people without much work experience and middle-aged people.…

Town halls are guilty of ‘age discrimination’ because they are under-funding vital services for the elderly by at least £500million a year, a report says today. Vulnerable pensioners are being ‘unfairly disadvantaged’ because local authorities are making swingeing cuts to council-funded care and hitting them with soaring charges for services, according to Age UK. Last…