It could only happen in China. Five years ago, in a scheme marshalled by the Shanghai authorities, thousands of 17 to 22-year olds were assessed for their intelligence and skills.
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The EEF, the manufacturers' organisation, has backed the CBI's call to delay scrapping the default retirement age, claiming the changes are being "rushed through".
A report published by the National Centre for Social Research found young people were more likely to report age discrimination over the past year. Researchers claim the age of austerity may entrench ageism and “deepen the fault lines” between generations.
The BBC2 'dragon' comments on the Coalition's plans to combat age discrimination by abolishing the default retirement age.
Former newsreader Selina Scott delivers a blistering account of her report into ageism and sexism within the BBC.
Dr. Robert Butler, a Pulitzer Prize-winning expert on aging who coined the phrase "ageism," has died in New York City, his daughter said Tuesday. He was 83.
Workers will win the right to stay in their jobs beyond the age of 65 next year.
No woman is safe in television once she reaches 45, according to a Countryfile presenter who is suing the BBC for age and sex discrimination.
Women at the top of the BBC are to blame for age discrimination against female presenters, claims the former newsreader Selina Scott.
The number of people forced to retire at 65 quadruples in a year as employers take advantage of laws during the recession, charities warned.
Presenter Lisa Aziz is leaving ITV for ''personal reasons'', it has been announced.
The state pension should be raise to £130 a week, according to the first manifesto of its kind from Saga which calls for an end to age discrimination.
Elderly patients are being left humiliated and distressed by delays when they call for assistance on hospital wards, a new survey shows.
Lawyers are joining forces to try and combat a spate of compensation claims from 'serial' litigants said to be capable of earning up to £50,000 a year from "fake" claims based on alleged breaches of age discrimination legislation.
Andy Burnham, the health secretary, today admitted that age discrimination in the NHS exists and needs to be stamped out.
The UK has experienced an unprecedented demographic shift, with the numbers of young people dwindling as the older section of the population increases. This is because people are living longer and staying active until much later in life.
The retirement age should be scrapped as millions of pensioners are still in poverty despite Government efforts to lift them out of it, MPs say.
Workers are forced by the Government to leave their jobs at 65 just to make life easier for businesses, the High Court has heard.
A 69 year old waiter has bought a claim for age discrimination against a luxury hotel who dismissed him in favour of younger waiters. The Claimant is claiming £115, 000 in compensation.