Age discrimination blog — age discrimination
This guest blog discusses some issues when hiring older workers.
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Working from home: the fringe set-up turned global mainstream by Covid-19. With many commentators predicting working from home or hybrid working to become part of the new normal, what impact will this have on the older working population?
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In this post, we’ll discuss what financial exclusion is and how it impacts the lives of the young and the old in the UK.
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We discuss how age discrimination can arise when making redundancies and analyse real examples of age discrimination during the redundancy process.
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This article discusses how Covid-19 will continue to impact older people and the workplace over the longer term, and highlights the ways in which potentially discriminatory practices could occur.
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Coronavirus is causing a worldwide shift towards working from home, widespread redundancies and layoffs, and a dramatic rethinking of business strategies from “thrive” to “survive”. When the dust has settled and “herd immunity” has been reached, what might be the long-term impact of coronavirus on older workers?
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Coronavirus (covid 19) is has a higher death rate amongst older people. What are the issues that employers need to think about in relation to older workers?
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What were the most interesting US age discrimination cases in 2019?
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Once a common method of redundancy selection, “Last In First Out” (“LIFO”) involves selecting employees on the basis of their service. This article explains what LIFO is, examines the legal risks and practical issues with using LIFO, and reviews relevant case law.
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This article discusses age discrimination during recruitment and gives examples of age discrimination during the recruitment process.
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In the wake of a rapidly changing work landscape, many people are getting left behind. This is particularly true for the country’s older workers, as many are finding it hard to keep up with the modern workforce.
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The new ACAS guidance offers employers some helpful tips on avoiding age discrimination.
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There have been quite a few interesting age discrimination cases coming out of the US recently. We’ve identified our top ones from this year.
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The talents of over 50s who want to work are being wasted because of discrimination, bias and outdated employment practices, according to a report published by the Women and Equalities Committee which recommends a number of changes to employment law.
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Compulsory and contractual retirement ages in particular have become an increasing area of litigation in Ireland in recent times. Linda Hynes, Senior Associate at Lewis Silkin LLP, gives her analysis of the issues.
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Recent headlines have claimed that “life expectancy has fallen”. But this statement is misleading, oversimplified and incorrect. In this article, we explain the data behind those headlines.
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Age discrimination laws came from the EU. In the UK, there was no protection from age discrimination at all until we were required to introduce new laws in order to implement the relevant EU directive. But now the UK is moving in a different direction and we are leaving the EU. So what does this mean for the future of age discrimination?
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In 2014, our analysis showed that the removal of the DRA may have doubled the growth in the numbers of over 65s in employment. Is this still the case?
In this exclusive guest blog, Holly Lynch MP (Halifax) argues for abolishing the National Minimum Wage age bands and having one single rate applicable to all.
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Large numbers of over 50s exit the labour market early, putting them at risk of poverty and costing the economy billions in the process. “Fuller Working Lives” is the Government’s strategy to minimise this and encourage more older workers.
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