A new online petition is urging the UK government to launch a public inquiry focused on addressing age discrimination and ageism in the country.
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Organisations will no longer be able to give employees notice of retirement under DRA provisions and will need to objectively justify any compulsory retirement age still in place to avoid age discrimination claims.
With the Chancellor George Osbourne due to unveil the budget next week, Age UK have released a number of proposals which they want included and which will promote age equality and reduce age discrimination in society.
"We could soon see the beginning of a new age for older people, as the government launches a consultation on how to bring age discrimination legislation into force" according to Age UK head Marlene Mitchell.
The Equality Act 2010, which received Royal Assent in April 2010, includes provisions enabling a ban on age discrimination in the provision of services and public functions. The Government has opened consultation on a number of proposed exceptions.
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".
Companies face "huge uncertainty" and a greater risk of being taken to employment tribunals with expensive age discrimination claims if the UK government does not delay planned changes to the retirement age, the CBI claimed today.
As employers across the country start to plan for the abolition of the Default Retirement Age, bosses at Longleat Estate have sparked outrage by firing every employee aged over 65. Union leaders have condemned the move as ageist and age discrimination.
Most people would rather maximise their income than leave an inheritance from their pensions, according to research.
The BBC2 'dragon' comments on the Coalition's plans to combat age discrimination by abolishing the default retirement age.
The recession has created a generation of over-50s who are condemned to long-term unemployment, disturbing new figures revealed last night.
The government has announced plans to scrap the default retirement age in the UK from October 2011.
John Cridland, CBI Deputy Director-General, comments on the proposals.
Work and pensions secretary Ian Duncan Smith and pensions minister Steve Webb announce plans "to reinvigorate the pension landscape".
Workers will win the right to stay in their jobs beyond the age of 65 next year.
In the horse trading between the Government and Opposition that took place in the run up to the election, the Equality Bill received Royal Assent. Richard Walsh comments on the impact of the age discrimination provisions on the insurance industry.
The number of people forced to retire at 65 quadruples in a year as employers take advantage of laws during the recession, charities warned.
Overhauling the outdated laws that govern the care provided to elderly and disabled people will save unnecessary red tape, delays and litigation, and public money.
Merged charity rejects government's case for limiting scope of discrimination ban.
Holiday companies and insurance firms will be able to avoid a ban on age discrimination in goods and services, the Government has announced.