With its bone-crunching tackles, and fast-paced action, rugby is one of the world’s toughest games. But trying telling that to grandfather Easton Roy who has pledged to keep on playing – just days after scoring a try on his ninetieth birthday. Affectionately known as ‘the oldest winger in town’, Mr Roy has played for Stirling…

Viewing entries in Globe Online The Tel Aviv District Labor Court last week ordered IBM Israel Ltd. to pay a fired 62-year old employee NIS 192,000 in compensation, after ruling that he had been fired because of age discrimination.

A prominent labor lawyer announced on Tuesday that she is gearing up to challenge systematic age discrimination highlighted most extremely by a 40-year-old law that forces people to retire at the age of 67.Lawyer Shoshana Gavish filed a legal claim on Tuesday in the Haifa Labor Court asking for the law to be revoked on…

Viewing entries in My Councillor Liberal Democrat MP, Greg Mulholland, Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ageing and Older People and former Liberal Democrat spokesman for Older People has welcomed the launch of a consultation by the Equalities Office.

Mr Jessemey worked as a car body repairer. Rowstock told Mr Jessemey that it would cost too much to continue employing him and that the company did not employ manual workers after the age of 65 for “health and safety and quality reasons”. He was dismissed shortly before his 66th birthday, by reason of retirement.…

Viewing entries in Employers Forum on Age Research by the organisation, which looked at the views of 2,000 people, found that one in six people had been discriminated against because of their age. On 14 February 2011, the Employers’ Forum on Age reported that the Supreme Court has granted leave to appeal to Leslie Seldon.…

Viewing entries in Recruiter.co.uk A third of City employees said their employer was ‘very committed’ to gender diversity, but just 1 in 5 said their employer showed the same level of commitment to age diversity. With the default retirement age soon to be a relic of the past, DeeDee Doke discovers that the greater battle…

Viewing entries in Northampton Chronicle Police are to push ahead with plans to force officers with 30 years or more service into early retirement, despite opposition from county officials and fears over breaching age discrimination legislation.

Viewing entries in Press Association Miriam O’Reilly – the axed presenter who won an age discrimination claim against the BBC – could return as a daytime TV host for the corporation. Most people would rather maximise their income than leave an inheritance from their pensions, according to research. A leading pensions guru has said pension…

More than 2,000 of the country’s most experienced police officers could be forced to retire by 2015 as forces try to cut costs, according to Labour. Although police officers cannot be made redundant, officers with 30 or more years’ experience can be made to retire under existing regulations. Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said it…