Viewing entries in BBC News Today’s children could live to 120 and work until they’re 100, it’s been claimed. But which occupations might they take on? About 400 police officers who were forced to retire have lost their claim for age discrimination at a tribunal. A pensioner has claimed she was denied surgery after being…
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Around one in six people in Europe claim to have personally experienced discrimination in the past year, according to a new opinion survey released by the European Commission today. Meanwhile, 64% of Europeans are concerned that the recession will contribute to more age discrimination in the job market. The latest Eurobarometer results come ahead of…
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Viewing entries in Royal Gazette Campaigners are calling on Government to clarify when it will fulfil its promise to outlaw age discrimination in the workplace. The Bermudan Government is still looking at prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of age in the workplace, according to Community Minister Wayne Scott. The Government in Bermuda has pledged to…
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Almost two-thirds of wealthy people in the UK want to keep working and never retire, a survey suggests. This is the highest proportion of wealthy individuals out of 20 developed global economies surveyed by Barclays Wealth. Barclays said the number of so-called “nevertirees” is set to continue to rise as more and more people shun…
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Life expectancy increases by 15 minutes every hour. Fit and healthy 65-year-old men can expect to live to 88 and women longer still. By the time a man now starting his career reaches 65, he might expect to live until almost 100. Both company pension schemes and personal pensions have tumbled in value during the…
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Age is the most widely experienced form of discrimination in Europe, according to new research commissioned by Age UK. 35% of people across 28 European countries say they have experienced unfair treatment because of their age and 64% of those interviewed in the UK judge age discrimination as a serious problem.The findings from the research…
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A suspended Church of Ireland rector is taking his local bishop to an industrial tribunal on the grounds of age discrimination. It is understood to be one of the first employment cases of its kind. The case has caused uproar in the small parish of Ballyhalbert, where the rector presides over two churches. It has…
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An award-winning BBC producer who lost compensation claims for discrimination because of age and beliefs has been told to pay £10,000 costs after being accused of failing to provide sufficient details of his finances. Devan Maistry, of Edgbaston, was 59 when he made his allegations, telling a Birmingham employment tribunal he suffered discrimination by the…
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The Los Angeles Clippers did not discriminate against former general manager Elgin Baylor, who sued the NBA team alleging he was forced out of the job he held for 22 years, a jury ruled today.The Los Angeles Superior Court jury rejected Baylor’s claim of age discrimination and declined to award him any damages.The verdict was…
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The latest poll by polling institute STEM shows that many Czechs still believe discrimination to be rife in the Czech Republic, with age discrimination considered to be the most serious problem. Just 4% believe discrimination to be only a marginal problem, with 26% consider it a “rather small” problem. However, 60% believe discrimination to be…
