Older people in Britain are more concerned about age discrimination than their European neighbours and feel negative towards young people, research by Demos suggests. They are also lonelier and poorer than those in similar European countries. The UK performed most poorly on indicators of age discrimination. Nearly half of British people think that age discrimination…

Viewing entries in The Independent Should recruitment firms be threatened with the Equality and Human Rights Commission if they fail to do more to prevent age discrimination? British soldiers have to serve until age 22 regardless of their joining age: a 16-year-old recruit must serve six years and a 17-year-old five years. Adults just serve…

Viewing entries in New Zealand Herald In New Zealand, 65+ year olds are the people who today inject around $14 billion a year into the Kiwi economy and undertake unpaid and voluntary work worth $8.5 billion annually. So why are they not valued more? The mother of 24 year old Olympic gold medallist swimmer Rhiannon…

In their pre-election manifesto, Age Concern and Help The Aged said firms were forcing people to stop work at 65 as a “cheap alternative” to redundancy. Doing so was discriminatory and “tarnished” the lives of people affected, the organisations said. Ministers said their “long-term aim” was to scrap fixed retirement ages. The majority of people…

A 23-year-old died of cervical cancer because doctors said she was too young for a smear test, her devastated family have claimed. Mercedes Curnow, from Cornwall, first went to her GP at 20 years old but her mother says her symptoms were ‘ignored’ because of her age. After a year of doctors visits, Ms Curnow…

Viewing entries in Birmingham Post West Midlands Police has paid out more than £2.5 million to 207 officers who were forced into early retirement in a scheme which has since been declared unlawful age discrimination.

Prejudice against older workers is not nearly as widespread as the community believes, a new survey shows. In fact, workers aged 55 and over are no more likely than younger ones to be overlooked for promotion or professional development, ostracised by their workmates, or made to feel as if they should leave. Based on the…

Viewing entries in Barbados Today Age discrimination does not get much media attention in Barbados. However, for a large segment of the Barbadian population, it is a reality being experienced for no other reason than the fact that they have reached a certain age.

Viewing entries in Kidderminster Shuttle A 64-year-old ground worker is seeking compensation for age discrimination and constructive unfair dismissal after complaining a Kidderminster building and civil engineering firm wanted to “get rid of him” by stopping his transport to work. Liberal Democrat Euro MP, Liz Lynne, a long-time campaigner against age discrimination, has welcomed a…

Age diversity promotes ill-will between workers in organisations that leads to an unhappy workplace and less productivity, according to a new academic study. Whereas the conventional diversity management view is that a mix of ages in the workplace is desirable, the new research claims the opposite is true and that same-age workplaces give better results.…