On Thursday, US senators will introduce the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (POWADA), a bill aimed at reversing a 2009 Supreme Court decision.
Today's children could live to 120 and work until they're 100, it's been claimed. But which occupations might they take on?
Age discrimination does not get much media attention in Barbados. However, for a large segment of the Barbadian population, it is a reality being experienced for no other reason than the fact that they have reached a certain age.
Switzerland beat out Norway and Sweden for the first place spot this year in an annual ranking of the best countries in the world to be old.
Some 34 percent of Czechs have encountered age discrimination when looking for a job or right at work, daily Pravo writes Wednesday, quoting the figures from a poll conducted by the Profesia.cz portal.
As it enters its ninth season, The Big Bang Theory is an aging sitcom. But a recently-fired employee of the show claims in a new lawsuit he was ousted because of his age, despite his years of experience in the industry.
In New Zealand, 65+ year olds are the people who today inject around $14 billion a year into the Kiwi economy and undertake unpaid and voluntary work worth $8.5 billion annually. So why are they not valued more?
The Workers’ Party (WP) campaign aims to improve retirement, as age discrimination in the workforce has become a problem.
Do “older academics” really need to “make room for the young?” According to a recent opinion article in the Times Higher Education publication, they most certainly do.
There is no protection against age discrimination in the provision of goods, facilities and services for anyone in Northern Ireland.
The number of older women in employment in Scotland has been steadily growing for two decades.
About 400 police officers who were forced to retire have lost their claim for age discrimination at a tribunal.
It appears that ageism may be responsible for the rise in the number of redundancies and the difficulties faced by older Singaporeans trying to re-enter the workforce
Human Rights Commission report found ‘a third of people who had experienced age discrimination gave up looking for work as a result’
David Cameron says he will help protect people taking advantage of the government's new pensions 'revolution' by appointing Dr Ros Altmann as minister for consumer protection.
Madonna is convinced people are fabulous in all epochs of their lives and she despises ageism: "I feel like it's a form of discrimination that still has not been dealt with and it should be"
Should recruitment firms be threatened with the Equality and Human Rights Commission if they fail to do more to prevent age discrimination?
The Government's "older workers tsar" suggests holders of O levels should rebrand them as GCSEs to avoid age discrimination.
An investigation by the US's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) into the Deloitte retirement age of 62 for partners could have implications for law firms.
Judges in Hawaii must retire when they reach the age of 70. But that could change.