An employment tribunal condemned the Prison Service for discriminating against a 22 year old woman.
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A BBC presenter who was dropped from the corporation’s rural affairs programme along with other women in their forties and fifties has become the first broadcaster to sue the BBC for age discrimination.
Fifteen female international cabin crew who are alleging age and race discrimination on the part of their former employer, British Airways, will have their case heard today before the Employment Appeals Tribunal.
Lawyers are joining forces to try and combat a spate of compensation claims from 'serial' litigants said to be capable of earning up to £50,000 a year from "fake" claims based on alleged breaches of age discrimination legislation.
Former ITV newsreader Liza Aziz claims that she suffered age discrimination after being replaced by "four blondes in their twenties and thirties".
Chief executive of Cumbria Primary Care Trust claims her dismissal of a NHS boss saved the taxpayer more than £500,000.
A 69 year old waiter has bought a claim for age discrimination against a luxury hotel who dismissed him in favour of younger waiters. The Claimant is claiming £115, 000 in compensation.
This is another example of age discrimination.
Judges will have to retire at 70.
Age discrimination claims lodged with the Irish Equality Tribunal between January and June 2008 have increased by 150% over the same period last year.