The Default Retirement Age was abolished in 2011. What has been the impact on employment of over 65s? We've crunched the numbers and discovered something fascinating...
Increasing the employment levels of older workers has no detrimental impact on the employment levels of younger workers, according to a recent report into the labour market.
Has the number of over 60s in employment "grown substantially"? Have older workers received big pay increases?
What will be the effect of ageing on the future of work?
Official figures show that the number of age discrimination claims brought against employers has plummeted over the past 12 months.
Age discrimination cuts boths ways as older people admit to "negative feelings" towards those in 20s.
Ruth Marks MBE, Older People’s Commissioner for Wales, has expressed her significant disappointment and concern at the lack of progress on implementing the protection from age discrimination in the provision of goods and services.
We analysed ONS data to see what effect the recession had on the employment and unemployment levels of different age groups.
With youth unemployment continuing to rise, we need drastic measures to solve this crisis. Could abolishing the National Minimum Wage for younger people help?
The economic crisis did not have a negative effect on older workers. In fact, most showed increased older worker employment.
Criminal sanctions for discrimination do not exist in the UK. But in other countries, they can be common. We discuss whether this is a measure that policymakers in the UK should think about, and discuss about age-based hate crimes.
Employment Tribunal data shows a clear upwards trend in the number of claims. We think this will peak.
In order to save costs, polices forces across the country are being told to retire forcibly some of their most experienced officers. But such a move may be age discrimination.
According to our research, the Coalition's key employment law proposal will have a disproportionate impact upon older workers.
The latest Ministry of Justice and Tribunal Service statistics show that age discrimination claims continue to rise.
The Employment Equality (Repeal of Retirement Age Provisions) Regulations 2011 will phase out the Default Retirement Age.
The Government believes that phasing out the Default Retirement Age will impact four area. We give our view.
New employment tribunal statistics show a significant rise in the number of age discrimination claims submitted.