Viewing entries tagged Compensation An influential group of City grandees has told ministers that tribunal awards for discrimination should be cases capped at £50,000.  Payouts in sex, race or age discrimination cases could be capped under Government plans to be announced today. Employment minister Ed Davey will today float plans to cap discrimination claims. Having…

Partnerships across the land have been awaiting eagerly the first appellate decision on the lawfulness of mandatory retirement ages for partners. Background A mandatory retirement age is, on the face of it, the most obvious form of direct age discrimination. Nonetheless, the Regulations incorporate at regulation 30 a default retirement age of 65 after which…

Mr James began working as a Production Manager for Gina Shoes Ltd in April 2006. He was 58 years old. In 2009, as a result of the recession, Gina Shoes Ltd experienced a reduction in orders. One of the company directors, Mr Kurdash, became dissatisfied with Mr James’ performance. In July, Mr Kurdash and Mr…

John Skipper told a British employment tribunal on Wednesday that he had been passed over for promotion because he was over 50 years of age, and that his case highlighted a culture of ageism at BP. BP denies the accusation and said comments Skipper made in his witness statement, about the oil spill lawsuits, were…

Ever since presenter Miriam O’Reilly’s victory over the BBC in an age discrimination case, all anyone has wanted to ask Angela Rippon about has been the lack of older faces on screen. Well, she says, when people watch Famous, Rich and in the Slums, a two-part documentary for Comic Relief that saw her spend a…

Viewing entries tagged Equality Older people deserve a specific set of rights to combat age discrimination and ensure they are treated with dignity and respect, according to the older people’s commissioner for Wales. “Liberal Democrats will change things for older people, putting fairness into social care and pensions,” said the Liberal Democrat Leader. Age discrimination…

Saturday 1 October could be the day Britain finally turns its back on age discrimination in the workplace once and for all. It’s the day that thedefault retirement age, which gave employers the right to fire people aged 65 and over purely because of their age, is abolished. From this date, for the first time,…

Viewing entries in Evening Standard According to the London Evening Standard, bosses will be given new powers to tell older workers they should consider retirement without fear of being accused of ageism under new plans unveiled. Former Countryfile presenter Charlotte Smith was dropped from the show because she was not “young and pretty” enough to…

The government continues to say that we all should count on working longer, but employers don’t seem to be getting the message There is still age discrimination in the Danish labour market. According to a poll carried out by YouGov for Ældre Sagen, a senior citizens’ lobby group, more than a quarter of people over…

Mrs H was an independent woman who lived on her own until the age of 88 and loved literature and crosswords. This picture of this strong, dignified woman contrasts with the appalling treatment she suffered at the hands of the NHS. After a spell in hospital following a fall, she arrived at a care home…