Age

A judge has ruled that breaking wind on a younger colleague at work amounts to age discrimination in a case...

Dr Emily Andrews from the Centre for Ageing Better argues that ageist employers harm both themselves and the economy.

Closing the employment gap for older workers could generate £9bn a year for the UK economy, according to the Centre for Ageing Better.

Kate Field discusses how employers can adapt to an increasingly age-diverse workforce. 

Most prison officers in Scotland feel their retirement age of 68 is unfair compared with other uniformed services who can retire earlier.

A 66-year-old waste worker who was offered a chair by a colleague has lost an age discrimination case.

Consultation launched on proposals to reduce barriers for younger people to train and work as bus and lorry drivers.

More than 0.5 million people moved into ‘severely insecure work’ last year, according to Work Foundation’s UK Insecure Work Index 2024

Menopause guidance for employers from the EHRC has stressed the need for reasonable adjustments if symptoms amount to a disability. 

Age discrimination is most commonly occurring at work, according to a campaign to tackle ageism in England.

Firms are being encouraged to offer 'midlife MOTs' to help employees aged 50 and over take stock of their wealth, wellbeing and careers.

Millennials born in the late 1980s and early 1990s are still earning no more than those born in the 1970s did at the same age, says research.

How we approach recruitment and retention in a challenging labour market is not working, so what can we change?

People working in science and HR are more likely to experience imposter syndrome as research examines the demographics of its prevalence.

Workers over 65 have added almost 1 million employees to the UK labour market since 2000, according to the Centre for Ageing Better.