Two immigration judges who sought to remain in post beyond their mandatory retirement age of 70 have lost their case at the Reading Employment Tribunal. The Tribunal held that their claim failed because the upper age limit for judges is a statutory bar which can only be lifted if it is in the public interest…

Older contractors working in a variety of industries across the UK could be among those encouraged by the recent comments of one of the country’s leading recruitment industry bodies.The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has claimed that UK recruiters can provide a vital service for older workers who are looking for both contract and permanent…

More than a million young people are now unemployed, the highest number since the Conservatives were last in power, government figures to be published this week are expected to reveal. The figures have been swollen by the number of graduates and school-leavers who have failed to find work after joining the jobs market this summer. Unemployment rose by…

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) today recommends the UK government further increases the state pension age (SPA) to combat rising costs. In October last year, the government announced the SPA would rise to 66 by 2020, accelerating the pace of change advocated by the Labour government, which planned to raise the SPA…

A woman is suing the Labour Party after claiming she was not selected to stand as a candidate because she is too old. Anna Dyer, 63, has lodged a civil claim for £18,000 against the party at Glasgow Sheriff Court, citing age and sex discrimination. The papers state Ms Dyer has “sustained loss, injury and…

As a general rule, when a claimant in an age discrimination case alleges that a decision maker frequently referred to him as an “old man,” and the claimant was replaced by a younger employee, the plaintiff probably has a pretty decent case. At the very least, the judge is going to let the case go…

The controversial pundit John Mc-Cririck was dropped from Channel 4’s horse-racing programmes because he was “unappealing and irritating” to viewers, not because of his age, a senior executive at the broadcaster has claimed.

Andy Burnham, the health secretary, today admitted that age discrimination in the NHS exists and needs to be stamped out. It comes as the Department of Health prepares to publish a report which is expected to detail how older people get a worse deal from the health service. It is understood there is particular concern…

The coalition’s move to abolish the default retirement age of 65 is a step in the right direction, but simply allowing people to work longer will not solve the pensions crisis, either for individuals or for companies. Neither will the piecemeal measures announced so far, including the downgrading of inflation-proofing of benefits in line with…

A leading pensions guru has said pension credits could be phased out temporarily by the new coalition Government as a compromise over state pension reform. Independent pension consultant Ros Altmann said Chris Grayling, the Tory minister of state for the Department for Work and Pensions, had said pension credits could be phased out over 10…