Welcome to agediscrimination.info

Re-launched and updated, this site is a one-stop source of information to employers, journalists and others interested in age discrimination both in the UK and overseas. As well as providing a wealth of data and guidance on the age legislation, it includes a comprehensive summary of international age discrimination laws provided by law firms from the Ius Laboris international employment law alliance.

Lewis Silkin and Sacker & Partners have also produced a book on age discrimination (an 'excellent analysis of age discrimination legislation' - Michael Rubenstein, Equal Opportunities Review, 1 October 2008). For more information and details on how to order your copy click here.

The site features important legal cases which help define the scope of age discrimination laws in the UK. If you have any suggestions or contributions for the site please contact us.

CASES

For reports of key cases with relevance for age discrimination, click here. This will be updated with new cases as they are decided.

We would like to hear from anyone involved in cases under the new age laws, especially where these may not be widely reported.

INTERNATIONAL

Some member states have only recently implemented the age strand of the Directive and many non-EU countries have longstanding anti-ageism laws. For details of age discrimination legislation around the world, click here for more.

NEWS

Journalist loses age discrimination claim

Diane Stradling accused Anglia TV of age discrimination, but was unsuccessful in her claim against them.

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Under-18s 'suffer discrimination'

A new poll shows that many young people have experienced age discrimination.

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Shameful BA Seeks to Continue Race and Age Discrimination

Unite the union denounces British Airways for trying to overturn a ruling saying its policy of dismissing female cabin crew at 45 was age discriminatory.

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