Long-time pension campaigner and newly-appointed director general of Saga, Ros Altmann speaks to Pam Atherton about her plans to give a voice to the over-50s.
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Long-time pension campaigner and newly-appointed director general of Saga, Ros Altmann speaks to Pam Atherton about her plans to give a voice to the over-50s.
When deciding whether or not to accept lucrative redundancy deals, older workers should consider their long-term prospects, it has been suggested.
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Despite estimates that a third of UK workers will be over 50 by 2020, a report has revealed that businesses are under prepared.
The Times today launches its third Active Life Award to celebrate the achievements of older people.
The BBC2 'dragon' comments on the Coalition's plans to combat age discrimination by abolishing the default retirement age.
A New York woman has sued Sean "Diddy" Combs for age discrimination, saying the rapper-producer fired her two decades after she helped launch his career.
The independent pension expert and former adviser to Tony Blair advocates a renewed fight against age discrimation to help defuse the pensions 'time bomb'.
Mr Homer, a former detective inspector who accuses a Yorkshire police force of age discrimination, will take his case to the Supreme Court next year.
Older people deserve a specific set of rights to combat age discrimination and ensure they are treated with dignity and respect, according to the older people's commissioner for Wales.
Four out of 10 people aged over 65 are continuing to work in order to boost their income, a survey suggests.
After at least seven years of training, many NQs and assistants, who have found themselves unemployed due to the downturn, are finding it hard to take that next critical step in their career. One hurdle for them to face is a relative lack of years of PQE.
Insurance companies are penalising pensioners for being old by hiking up costs or, worse, refusing to cover them.
The recession has created a generation of over-50s who are condemned to long-term unemployment, disturbing new figures revealed last night.
One of the world's most popular search engines is accused of age discrimination in the US.
Independent pensions consultant Ros Altmann has called for radical change to ensure a decent state pension.
There are now at least 389,000 over-50s who can't get a job. The Mail reported recently on the personal experiences of some of them.
IBM is facing legal action from 250 ex-employees who claim they were "forced" to take early retirement before changes to the pension scheme.
Rachel Krys, campaign director for the Employers Forum on Age, speaks out about employers attitudes to recuiting older workers.
The UK's 200 largest companies have a pensions shortfall of £100bn and the downturn is likely to make deficits worse.