A new Gardaí recruitment campaign is launching with plans to elevate the recruitment age limit from 35 to 50.
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A police chief has defended her new colleagues after a picture she posted of them sparked “incredibly disappointing” age discriminatory remarks on social media.
About 400 police officers who were forced to retire have lost their claim for age discrimination at a tribunal.
West Midlands Police officers get £2.5m in early retirement payoffs amid age discrimination problems
West Midlands Police has paid out more than £2.5 million to 207 officers who were forced into early retirement in a scheme which has since been declared unlawful age discrimination.
Employment tribunal rules it was age discrimination for chief constables to force officers' retirement through use of police regulations.
Final legal submissions are being made in a long-running police age discrimination employment tribunal involving former officers from Devon and Cornwall.
A police force accused of age discrimination was "justified" in forcibly retiring officers who had served 30 years, a tribunal has heard.
Devon and Cornwall police officers who were offered compulsory retirement accuse the force of age discrimination.
A former trainee police officer is suing Strathclyde Police over claims she was discriminated against because of her age and gender.
Ninety-six retired officers from Devon and Cornwall Police are taking the force to Employment Tribunal in May arguing its use of Police regulation A19 is unjust. A19 allows a force to retire an officer if they have over 30 years service.
The force has used a police service regulation, known as A19, to compel officers to retire when they have spent 30 years in the job, but officers claim that this is ageism and age discrimination.
A total of 18 officers have lodged claims with the Employment Tribunal accusing West Midlands Police of age discrimination.
Police bosses in Staffordshire could be hit by age discrimination claims unless the force’s pay structure is changed, an official report has claimed.
Inspector Bamber had a well founded age discrimination claim according to Judge Hilary Slater.
More than 2,000 of the country's most experienced police officers could be forced to retire by 2015 as forces try to cut costs, according to Labour. Shadow Home Sceretary Yvette Cooper claims the government is taking unacceptable risks with public safety.
Police are to push ahead with plans to force officers with 30 years or more service into early retirement, despite opposition from county officials and fears over breaching age discrimination legislation.
Surrey Police has become the first force in England to make some officers with more than 30 years service retire in a bid to cut costs, but the Age and Employment Network said police plans for forced retirement amounted to "naked ageism".