Viewing entries in Personnel Today The national living wage encourages employers to recruit younger workers over older workers to cut costs in breach of age discrimination laws, argued Labour MP Holly Lynch during a parliamentary debate. A recent study suggests nearly half of employers believe that the abolition of the DRA will have a negative…

There are 10.8 million people in Mexico aged older than 60 years of age, according to the National Council of Population. It is estimated that in 2050 there will be 35 million elderly people. In just a few years this sector of the population will be bigger than the one under 15 years old. The…

Viewing entries in Reuters Many older adults report age discrimination, according to a new study. Oil giant BP has succeeded in preventing the public airing of comments from a senior in-house lawyer about lawsuits stemming from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, as part of a £14m age discrimination claim.

Judges in Hawaii, including justices of the state Supreme Court, are forced to retire when they reach the age of 70. But how old is too old? Voters will decide on a constitutional amendment on the November general election ballot that would raise the mandatory retirement age to 80. The issue is supported by groups…

Viewing entries in Thescotsman.com Workers being made redundant in their fifties and early sixties face the prospect of unwanted early retirement as Scotland stands on the brink of a new surge in unemployment. Proposed changes to pensions and retirement rules will make it more difficult for smaller firms to create jobs, according to the Forum…

Following the beginning of the phasing-out of the default retirement age this week, The Age and Employment Network (TAEN) has called on employers and employees to consider how they will manage retirement and working past the old traditional retirement ages. TAEN has joined forces with Saga to produce two pieces of research – one for…

Viewing entries in Philstar An organisation looking after the welfare of overseas Filipino workers calls on Congress to ban age discrimination in workplaces nationwide.  Old and young people in the Philippines will have equal opportunities to get employed under the proposed “Anti-age Discrimination in Employment Act.”

Viewing entries in AG Opinion The Advocate General has given an opinion that a German law setting down minimum periods of notice, but which excludes all time worked before the age of 25, is incompatible with EU law. The AG has given an opinion on a German law restricting applications to the fire service to…

Viewing entries in Small World News Service As employers across the country start to plan for the abolition of the Default Retirement Age, bosses at Longleat Estate have sparked outrage by firing every employee aged over 65. Union leaders have condemned the move as ageist and age discrimination.

As evidence accumulates that elderly people suffer worse treatment than the young on the NHS, the Government and health watchdogs have devised a series of plans to tackle the age discrimination problem. They range from making age discrimination illegal to carrying out spot checks on hospital geriatric wards. However it has been claimed that the…