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 It's official: Ageism is the UK's most common form of discrimination. Age Concern survey reveals the full extend of the problem...... more Moira Stuart accuses BBC of ageism Veteran newscaster on the scrap-heap at 55?... more Over-50s return to the workforce and make Gordon Brown happy It's official: the growing number of older workers returning to work is great for the UK economy...... more Female and over 50? HR Managers don't think you're worth training. New research points to unconscious bias in favour of younger workers...... more Forcing workers to retire at 65 could become illegal The issue will now be decided by the European Court of Justice following an action by a pressure group… ... more Is it legal to explicitly target and recruit mature workers? Taking 'positive action' to employ more older workers raises some thorny legal issues. The Age and Employment Network (TAEN) offers some guidance...... more Employment laws create a growing headache for business The growing complexity of employment laws is a major source of concern for companies, according to newly released figures...... more The Age Factor- how Age Discrimination laws will impact City law firms. The new age discrimination act, which came into force on October 1 2006, is having a major impact on the employment practices of legal firms and on th... more AXA takes a mature view of graduate recruitment If you think the average graduate is a 21 year-old with little experience of the world, think again...... more Have you been made to retire? Heyday, the membership organisation, is taking the Government to court over the future of Mandatory Retirement Ages (MRA). The action is being support... more Big firms get ready for age law More than half the UK's large employers expect new anti-age discrimination laws will help staff retention and improve labour market choice. ... more Baby boomer Britons reject traditional retirement Nearly six out of 10 baby boomer Britons want to work beyond the normal state pension age but two-thirds find it impossible to get a job within 10 yea... more Archive OVER THE HILL AT 50? Not according to Sainsbury's ...Supermarket chain introduces recruitment drive aimed exclusively at over-50s more... ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FROM MATURE JOBSEEKERS An open letter from Kate Hamblin from the University of Bath more... Fellowship Winner Seeks Mature Workers in Reading, Surrey. Journalist Richard Tomlinson has a few questions for mature workers in the Reading area. more... INTERESTED IN THE ARTS? HAVE A COUPLE OF HOURS TO SPARE? Castlegate-based Peacock Visual Arts urgently needs volunteers more... Too young at 35, too old at 40 - ageism in the workplace more... STOP THE SPREAD OF AGEISM AT WORK DWP Minister speaks out on ageism in the workplace more... Older jobseekers forced to hide their age Press release 21.6.04 more... More people over 50 are keen to work beyond retirement age Survery reveals new insights into age and ageism in the workplace more... Ageing hits workers before bosses The chronic illnesses of old age strike manual workers up to two decades before their better-paid managers, say University College London researchers. more... Popstars The Rivals branded ageist Another day, another example of blatant ageism hits the headlines. If it’s not high-flying city workers being fired simply for being too old, then it’s British Airways' stewardesses who are being forced to retire because of their age, or wannabe Pops more... ADAPTING TO AN AGEING WORKFORCE This article appeared in Business Age, September 2002. The future of Britain's workforce is being brought into question; the rise in life expectancy, falling birth rates and the likelihood of reduced pensions are all factors affecting the prof more... SENIORS GOING BACK TO WORK The new demographic storming the workplace is the generation of Americans 65 and over who, because of retirement savings losses, are re-entering the job market, according to out- placement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. more... DTI Discussion Document: Implementing The Employment Directive: Mandatory Retirement Ages The Employment Directive outlaws direct and indirect discrimination on the grounds of age. A mandatory retirement age is an example of direct discrimination within the scope of the Directive. Article 6 of the Directive allows the implementing legisl more... Consultation - emerging themes from analysis of responses The Government is currently working on implementing the European Employment Directive (2000/78), which includes provisions to combat discrimination on the new grounds of age. These provisions must be implemented by December 2006. The Government has u more... CHANGES TO JUDICIAL AGE LIMITS AND RETIREMENT AGES: "PROMOTING DIVERSITY AND EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY In a move which he hopes will encourage more women and minority ethnic lawyers to apply for judicial appointment, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine, announced today he is removing lower age limits for most appointments in England and Wales for which h more... EFA Campaign for 'Felxible' Solution to Mandatory Retirement Debate The Government consultation ‘Towards Equality and Diversity’ ran from December to March this year and formed the first stage of the public consultation on age legislation.To formulate an EFA response we ran a series of employer seminars and workshop more... BUDGET CHANGES AFFECTING MATURE WORKERS There are few major items directly related to the age and employment agenda in the Budget, but you may find useful a summary of what is and is not there (subject to the proviso that it is based on press reporting, not detailed documentation): more... Help the Aged releases groundbreaking research into age discrimination Ageism is alive and well and thriving in a place near you… more... Ageism tops the list again. Widespread discrimination in the job market persists… more... Schools accused of ageism Government figures show that new teachers over 40 are not getting jobs... more... Labour's pledge on pensions The new work and pensions secretary sets out his vision more... First in, first out Older workers suffer first in downsizing more... A new Westlife for later life The latest wannabe pop sensation is strictly for the over-50s more... Anti-Ageism law by 2006? Growing pressure for legislation from the European Community more... New Deal for older people Government extends scheme to include older workers... more... End to upper age limit on work New laws could ban firms stipulating a retirement age... more... Perceptions differ on ageism A recent report shows that people's perceptions of ageism are worse than their experience of it... more... Ryanair fined £8,000 for ageist ad The first successful age discrimination case in Europe... more... Ageism Code fails to deliver results The Government's anti-ageist message isn't getting through... more... Skill shortages in all areas, not just IT Research shows that finding staff is getting even tougher... more... Widespread Age Discrimination in the IT industry Employers reject older workers despite skills shortages... more... |
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