Candidates applying for jobs can suffer age discrimination simply by promoting characteristics associated with older people, according to new research.
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Candidates applying for jobs can suffer age discrimination simply by promoting characteristics associated with older people, according to new research.
A former pensions advisor to Tony Blair has been appointed as the Government's new 'Older Workers' Champion', amid growing concern over the number of over 50s left on the scrap heap.
According to Nicholas Parsons, women have no reason to complain about age discrimination.
Most people believe having an older colleague has a positive effect on the workplace, often because they can be good role models or mentors, a new study has shown.
People suddenly start thinking about retirement aged 48. But by then it's already far too late
A new age discrimination row has erupted after Jay Hunt gave evidence at John McCririck's ageism Tribunal...
Horse racing pundit John McCririck today launched a £3m age discrimination claim against his former employers, Channel 4.
Actress Julie Walters asks: what happened to the authoritative voice of BBC News?
Rugby is one of the world's toughest games. But try telling that to grandfather Easton Roy who has pledged to keep on playing.
Working past retirement age doesn’t bother Albert Billington, who is happy being one of Britain’s oldest workers.
Half of today’s children will live until the age of 103, meaning people will have to work for longer to support themselves, a major inquiry has concluded.
Unemployed people in their 50s are finding their desperate hunt for a job ‘made worse’ by a key Government rule change.
Report reveals extent of age discrimination across the NHS, with doctors making ‘inaccurate assumptions’ about patients based on their dates of birth.
An 81-year-old checkout worker is suing DIY giant B&Q for unfair dismissal, claiming she was sacked for being too old.
Dawn Bailey was PA to Stephen Ball (59) but claims he announced four days after her 50th birthday that he wanted a "younger team".
Miss Harman, who is also shadow culture secretary, said many viewers were females of a certain age who themselves ‘don’t want to be written out of the public domain’.
Devan Maistry, of Edgbaston, was 59 when he made his allegations, telling a Birmingham employment tribunal he suffered age discrimination by the BBC for six years.
One of New York's most well-known newscasters has taken the stand in solidarity with a former news director suing WPIX for $4.5m over age discrimination.
Millionaire venture capitalist Greg Hutchings fears he will fail in his expensive attempt to change the England Hockey Board's policy of allowing players to represent England in this year's Hockey Masters World Cup only in their own five-year age category.
Williams, who co-hosted BBC Breakfast and is about to join Radio 4, said she disagreed with female presenters being handed jobs merely to fill quotas.