Viewing entries tagged Baby boom More news on age discrimination in Australia; research shows unemployment high amongst baby boom generation. This article gives some information on the policy proposals Australia has to resolve this issue. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said 1,800 people in Epsom and Ewell will hit the milestone age as…

Good news – people in Scotland are living longer. Bad news – they aren’t all living *better*. A report from the Scottish Science Advisory Council (SSAC) shows the population is ageing at a faster rate in Scotland compared to the rest of the UK. Fertility, life expectancy at birth and net in-migration are all lower…

Viewing entries tagged Religious discrimination A case brought by a senior Catholic police officer against the PSNI alleging religious and age discrimination has been settled.  A senior Catholic police officer is to take a case against the PSNI alleging religious and age discrimination. 

Viewing entries in Employment Tribunal This case relates to the retirement age for cricket officials. A retirement age of 70 years old for judges was objectively justified. An experienced teacher brought claims of unfair dismissal and indirect age discrimination on the basis that she was forced out of her role due to the cost of…

Danish law stated that when dismissing an employee of 12, 15 or 18 years service, an employer must make a severance payment of either one, two or three months pay.  However, any employee entitled to a pension at the time of their dismissal would not be entitled to receive the severance payment. The ECJ said this…

Viewing entries tagged Generation gap With the default retirement age soon to be a relic of the past, DeeDee Doke discovers that the greater battle is to change both workers’ and employers’ attitudes to age and prevent age discrimination.

Viewing entries tagged Human Rights Act A charity director claims the Island’s potential pensions crisis could be eased at almost no cost simply by adding a word to their Human Rights Act. banning age discrimination would allow people to work longer if they wished and keep earning.

A CARETAKER who claims she was forced into retirement has pledged to take her former bosses to an employment tribunal for agediscrimination. Doreen Scruby, 66, was a caretaker at Brookfield House School for 21 years until she left last week after a long-running battle to keep her job.She and her husband Dennis, who has lung cancer,…

Viewing entries tagged Social policy Donald Steele, who has died aged 76, was a leading campaigner for improvements in social policy for older people. From 1993 onwards, Don was director of social policy for the Association of Retired and People over 50.

Mrs Harper began employment with Northampton Borough Council in 1986 as a Project Co-ordinator. By 2006 she had a management role overseeing apprenticeship programmes. Her employment transferred in August 2006 to Moulton College (“the College”) and her job title changed to Apprenticeship Schemes Assistant Manager. Ms Lane held the same role. In 2008, Mrs Harper…