Age discrimination can have a deep psychological impact that even its victims do not truly appreciate.
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A 64-year-old ground worker is seeking compensation for age discrimination and constructive unfair dismissal after complaining a Kidderminster building and civil engineering firm wanted to “get rid of him” by stopping his transport to work.
The Age and Employment Network (TAEN) has expressed concern over a sharp rise in the number of age discrimination claims and warns the figure is likely to continue rising.
The number of age discrimination claims has increased by 164% to 2,900 in the three months to December 2010, compared to 1,100 the year before, an analysis of the latest data show.
The alleged age discrimination claim arises from its failure to appoint a number of area medical officers (AMOs) to senior medical officers (SMOs), seeing as they perform the same work.
Jonathan Rayner writing in the Law Society Gazette discusses ageism and age discrimination in the legal sector.
Former Countryfile presenter Miriam O'Reilly is to return to BBC1 for the first time since winning her age discrimination case against the corporation as one of the faces of a daytime Crimewatch spin-off show.
A Church of Ireland rector has withdrawn an industrial tribunal claim alleging age discrimination, the day before the hearing was due to start. The Reverend John Hemphill has been suspended from his ministry in Ballyhalbert, County Down, since 2009.
The Los Angeles Clippers's former general manager Elgin Baylor sued the NBA team alleging age discrimination as he was forced out of the job he held for 22 years. The Los Angeles Superior Court jury rejected Baylor's claim of age discrimination.
A restaurant manager at the five-star hotel chain was told to get rid of older staff as bosses wanted young girls who were sexy, blonde and wore mini-skirts, a tribunal heard yesterday. The age discrimination case continues.
3M Co. (MMM), the maker of products including Scotch tape and Post-it Notes, agreed to pay as much as $12 million to settle the long-running age discrimination class-action.
His legal team, headed by top QC Paul Gilroy, argues his ‘distinguished and lifelong career’ in the NHS was brought to an end when it was for reasons of ‘cost alone’ which could not justify age discrimination.
A suspended Church of Ireland rector is taking his local bishop to court on the grounds of age discrimination.
On 14 February 2011, the Employers’ Forum on Age reported that the Supreme Court has granted leave to appeal to Leslie Seldon. Mr Seldon claims he was the subject of unlawful age discrimination when, as a partner, he was forced to retire from his law firm.
Miriam O'Reilly - the axed presenter who won an age discrimination claim against the BBC - could return as a daytime TV host for the corporation.
Countryfile host Miriam O'Reilly, who recently won an age discrimination tribunal against the BBC, is now set to front a show on ITV - about ageism and age discrimination.
A strip bar waitress aged 56 - who was teased about having Alzheimer’s and was unfairly fired - has won a $60,000 payout for age discrimination.
As Mirian O'Reilly celebrates victory in her age discrimination case against the BBC, a series of sensational emails have emerged that reveal the BBC's panic over her ageism sacking.
Former BBC presenter Miriam O'Reilly has won her case for age discrimination against the corporation after she was dropped from BBC1's rural affairs show, Countryfile. The tribunal upheld her claim for age discrimination but not sex discrimination.
Redundant cabin crew are taking on budget airline easyJet over claims of unfair dismissal and age discrimination. The group of 10 former senior flight attendants based at Newcastle International Airport all got the axe last December.