Viewing entries tagged EFA Rachel Krys, campaign director for the Employers Forum on Age, speaks out about employers attitudes to recuiting older workers. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) have been given an Employers Forum on Age (EFA) award for their work on tackling age discrimination in the workplace. 

A majority of older people do not want to be forced to retire at 65, according to a survey. The government has already announced proposals to scrap the default retirement age. A survey of the over 50s found that 67% of those polled felt that the default retirement age was unnecessary anyway. The online poll…

With all the press coverage devoted to new high tech company founders, you’d think that young entrepreneurs are the only successful entrepreneurs. But the latest research suggests otherwise. According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, people over the age of 35 made up 80 percent of the total entrepreneurship activity in 2009. That same year, the Kauffman…

More than four-fifths, or 83 per cent, of the public are of the opinion that age discrimination is an obstacle for the career advancement opportunities of ageing employees in Finland, finds a survey commissioned by Philip Morris Finland and conducted by TNS Gallup. Nearly half of respondents to the survey said they consider age discrimination…

Viewing entries tagged Tribunal 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. Gary Hawkins, from Sutton Coldfield, was told his career at a dealership was over because of his advanced years  Pak Wong, a…

Recruitment firms should be threatened with the Equality and Human Rights Commission if they fail to do more to prevent age discrimination, the Government’s champion for the rights of older workers has declared. Dr Ros Altmann, who publishes a report this week on how to improve working conditions for older workers, said: “There is evidence…

Between 20% and 40% of foreigners in the Netherlands say they have faced discrimination in their hunt for a job, depending on their ethnic background, according to a new report by the government’s socio-cultural think-tank SCP. In total, 25% of the population of the Netherlands as a whole said they have faced discrimination of some…

Viewing entries tagged Obesity Statistics show life expectancy in the UK is on the rise, along with the rest of Europe, despite fears over the impact of obesity, population expert Professor David Leon has said.

A joint report by the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee and the Health and Social Care Committee has called for “a sustainable funding solution for adult social care”. Their solution: either an additional element of National Insurance, or an increase of National Insurance with the premium paid into a ringfenced social insurance fund that…

Viewing entries tagged Cancer Data presented today at the National Cancer Intelligence Network Conference reveals that women over 70 are less likely to have surgery. Older people suffer delays and are less likely to undergo radical surgery, according to research.