The redundancy rate for those in their 50s is double that of those in their 40s, suggests research by jobs site Rest Less.
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Pak Wong, a former commercial director with Bovis Homes Ltd, has lost an age discrimination claim.
A large number of staff aged 50 or over have been made redundant as part of council cost-cutting measures. Figures show that the majority of local authority workers made redundant in the last two years across Sussex are 50 or older.
Redundant cabin crew are taking on budget airline easyJet over claims of unfair dismissal and age discrimination. The group of 10 former senior flight attendants based at Newcastle International Airport all got the axe last December.
Workers being made redundant in their fifties and early sixties face the prospect of unwanted early retirement as Scotland stands on the brink of a new surge in unemployment.
When deciding whether or not to accept lucrative redundancy deals, older workers should consider their long-term prospects, it has been suggested.
The Public and Commercial Services Union's victory in challenging the removal of redundancy benefits leaves entrenched a potentially age discriminatory scheme.
Having already won £40,000, an NHS manager received an extra £147,000 in her age discrimination claim.
Politicians are being urged to scrap the default retirement age amid concerns that employers have used it to save costs during the recession.