Viewing entries tagged Stereotyping The Age is Just a Number campaign has teamed up older and younger people in the Caerphilly area to bridge the divide between the age groups, by using positive images.
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Viewing entries tagged Obituary 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.
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A former detective inspector who accuses a Yorkshire police force of age discrimination will take his case to the highest appeal court in the country next year. Terence Homer was awarded £5,000 in compensation in 2008 after he took West Yorkshire Police to an employment tribunal. But its decision was overturned by the Employment Appeal…
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In November 1990, Mr Dove began employment as a Sales Representative with Brown & Newirth Ltd (“B&N”). In mid 2011 a new Sales Director was appointed: Mr Ball. Mr Ball hired Mr Thomas, a new Sales Representative. Mr Thomas was in his early 30s, whereas Mr Dove was in his late 50s. Mr Thomas began…
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Campaigners are calling on Government to clarify when it will fulfil its promise to outlaw age discrimination in the workplace. A member of Age Concern quizzed Cabinet Ministers Bob Richards and Jeanne Atherden on the topic at the charity’s recent annual general meeting but got no answers. Executive director Claudette Fleming told The Royal Gazette…
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Viewing entries in efinancialcareers The perils of being a banker on the wrong side of 50 are well-documented, but surely age discrimination is more commonplace in the cutting edge, young buck-populated world of technology? We report on older workers in the IT sector. This article looks at age discrimination of older workers in the financial…
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In addition to raising insurance premiums for women, there are fears that today’s European Court of Justice ruling that gender based pricing in insurance is illegal, will lead to further challenges with regard to age discrimination. Mark Winlow, head of general insurance at KPMG, said: “The most immediate effect of this ruling will be felt…
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Nearly three-quarters of Canadians believe workplaces are shunning older job applicants based solely on their age, a worrisome finding given labour force trends in Canada. In a survey conducted by Ipsos Reid exclusively for Postmedia News, 74 per cent of those asked either “strongly” or “somewhat” agreed that employers discriminate against older people looking for…
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Ninety former Devon and Cornwall Police officers are taking legal action against the force for being made to retire. They are claiming age discrimination and a failure by the force to properly consult on the move. The force has used a police service regulation, known as A19, to compel officers to retire when they have…
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Racing pundit John McCririck insisted today that he had played the part of a “pantomime villain” and claimed he had never been ordered to tone down his on-screen style. Speaking on the first day of his employment tribunal against Channel 4, the 73-year-old said he had lost his job purely based on his age, claiming:…
