Research from recruitment firm Robert Walters and job board Totaljobs revealed that 41% of over 50 year old workers say there is a lack of promotion and career development opportunities available their current workplace. Totaljobs and Robert Walters surveyed over 1,000 employees in their 50s during January and February 2019. Its results are very similar…

A major new study by Aviva has found that 37% of employees believe there is age discrimination in their workplace, but 81% of employers are NOT concerned about it. The Aviva research Age as a Barrier to Opportunity asked 1,036 UK employers and 2020 employees aged 45 or over their views on ageing. Findings Aviva’s…

The Prince’s Initiative for Mature Enterprise (PRIME), a charity founded by The Prince of Wales claims that ageist attitudes in the UK are standing in the way of hundreds of thousands of people contributing towards the British economy. Its report – Generations Forgotten – reveals that 53% of people aged over 50 feel they are at…

This case concerned an employee’s request to continue working beyond retirement age. The facts can be found in our summary of the Employment Tribunal decision. EAT decision Compass appealed against the Employment Tribunal’s judgment that an employer should consider a request to work beyond retirement “in good faith”. A cross-appeal by Mr Ayodele against the…

The ECJ has held that a German law allowing compulsory retirement at 65 (state pension age) was justified age discrimination. Facts This case concerned a cleaner whose employment was automatically terminated when she was 65 in accordance with a collective agreement providing for compulsory retirement when employees reach pension age, or age 65 if later.…

All ages will be entitled to a minimum wage of at least £10 an hour if Labour gains power. Holly Lynch MP started campaigning for this change almost 3 years ago and it has been today announced as official party policy.

Thirty six years after starting to play amateur rugby, a 55-year-old player says being forced to retire on his birthday due to Welsh Rugby Union insurance rules is age discrimination. Stephen Clee from Tonyrefail, Rhondda Cynon Taf begun playing rugby, aged 19, in 1974. But he will have to quit playing when he turns 56…

Viewing entries in Guardian Mature-age workers still lack champions in the Australian workforce, although companies such as CommBank, Westpac and Bus Queensland are leading the way. Comment Age discrimination in the media doesn’t stop with humans. Our collective obsession with youth extends to the animal world. Isa Leshko has set out to document old age…

Equalities minister Harriet Harman has accused the BBC of “wasting a lot of talent” and upsetting viewers by not valuing older female newsreaders. Harman, who is also Labour’s deputy leader, said female BBC news presenters had to be 10 years younger than their male counterparts. She told the Radio 4’s The World This Weekend today:…

The NHS must never discriminate based on age – that was the message given by Care Services Minister Paul Burstow today as he announced that the Department of Health will not be seeking any exceptions to the planned implementation of the Equality Act 2010. The Government is committed to tackling age discrimination and the Government…