Police bosses in Staffordshire could be hit by a wave of sex and age discrimination lawsuits unless the force’s pay structure is changed, an official report has claimed. Staffordshire Police Authority is vulnerable to legal action from staff because of a pay scale introduced in 1999. Fears of pay gaps between men and women who…
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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 work place. LOCOG’s Attitude over age programme was launched in March 2009 with a vision to increase the proportion of older and younger people working…
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The best and brightest were then asked to set up their own businesses. The end result? The number of small firms operating in the city has since doubled. “That’s certainly one way of encouraging entrepreneurialism,” says David Arkless, president of corporate affairs at Manpower, the company that helped the Shanghai authorities with their project. “The…
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The government is proposing to make it illegal to discriminate against older people, which would ban insurers using age to judge risk unless they have “solid evidence” it would make a difference. Insurers may also have to help customers find an alternative provider if they can not provide cover. Plans announced by the Equalities Office…
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The EAT rules that ICI can potentially justify both age and service elements in their enhanced redundancy scheme. It accepts the aims of: paying more to older redundant workers because they face greater difficulty in the job market; encouraging older workers to leave thereby relieving recruitment ‘blockages’; and rewarding loyalty. They refer the case back to the…
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A 61-year-old man who claims he was fired from his Jones Beach lifeguard job of 40 years because he refused to wear a Speedo for the yearly swim test is suing the state for age discrimination. Roy Lester believes neither he nor any other man his age has any business wearing the skimpy swimsuit. “I…
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Former Channel 4 horse racing pundit John McCririck is seeking £3m in damages for alleged age discrimination over the broadcaster’s decision to drop him last year. McCririck said he was sacked from Channel 4 Racing in October “without any consultation or cogent explanation”. He is suing Channel 4 and IMG Sports Media, which took over production of the…
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Ex-Countryfile host Miriam O’Reilly, who recently won an age discrimination tribunal against the BBC, is now set to front a show on ITV – about ageism.The Sun reports that the 53-year-old has agreed to present a special edition of ITV1’s current affairs show Tonight, that will look at how older people are treated on the…
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An age-related equal pay claim is now due to be considered by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) after the Labour Court referred the case in February of this year. Tomas Horgan and Claire were both in their early 20s when they began teaching. They are both working on lower pay scales as a result.…
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In Australia, the Sex and Age Discrimination Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 continues to stumble through the legislative process. The Bill will, among other things, amend the Age Discrimination Act to introduce a new dedicated position of Age Discrimination Commissioner in the Australian Human Rights Commission. Attorney-General Robert McClelland today expressed disappointment the Opposition has voted…
