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Mimicking of Sir Trevor McDonald lands ITV with £5m lawsuit
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 5 days ago
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Lisa Aziz, the first Asian news presenter to appear on national terrestrial television, claims that Steve Scott “regularly mimicked” the famous Afro-Caribbean newsreader’s accent during rehearsals. Scott, a former ITN Africa correspondent and a regular...
Tags: Lisa Aziz, ITV West Country, ITV News, Steve Scott, Selina Scott, Sir Trevor McDonald, Bristol, age discrimination, Pakistan, Karāchi, Television in the United Kingdom, Westcountry Television, ITV, ITN, Social Issues, Law Crime
Former DPW supervisors charge town with age discrimination
Trumbull :: CT :: USA | 13 days ago
Credibility Garo Garabedian and Ennio De Vita lodged complaints with the state Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities alleging that they were part of a group of middle managers age 60 and over targeted by the town. Garabedian, who turned 64 in September, was...
Tags: Garo Garabedian, Ennio De Vita, Spitzer & Associates, age discrimination, Vlad Spitzer, Joseph Roberto, DPW, Trumbull, Dispute resolution, Grievance, Labor
Willowbend must pay up in age discrimination case
Mashpee :: MA :: USA | 23 days ago
Credibility C ape Cod’s Willowbend Country Club engaged in age discrimination when it laid off its 59-year-old vice president of sales, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination has ruled. The agency ordered that the former employee, Virginia DiIorio, should...
Daily Express, UK: NHS pledge to end ageism
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago
Credibility NHS will be banished, Health Secretary Andy Burnham has vowed. He has pledged to put a stop to attitudes that leave elderly patients treated as second-class citizens. His announcement comes in the wake of growing evidence the elderly are far less likely...
Tags: health secretary, Andy Burnham, Health, NHS, secretary andy, age discrimination, social care
Democrats Working to Overturn Justices on Age Bias
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Three Democratic Congressional committee chairmen said Tuesday that they would move to overturn a four-month-old Supreme Court ruling that made it significantly harder for workers to win many age discrimination cases. The three chairmen criticized the...
Tags: Supreme Court, age bias, age discrimination, older workers, court ruling
The Agony of Unemployment
A recent survey of jobless Americans quantifies the massive psychological trauma inflicted on laid-off employees by the recession -- but the pain comes through most evidently in the comments of the unemployed themselves. "The lack of income and loss...
Tags: collective psychological trauma, unemployment, recession, john j. heldrich center for workforce development, rutgers university, 15 years, co-author cliff zukin, stressed, depressed, helpless, angry, survey, respondents, savings, retirement funds, increased credit card debt, unemployment benefits, no healthcare benefits, age 60, age discrimination, age 59, employers
Age bias case against PPG moving forward
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility A federal judge says an age discrimination lawsuit against PPG Industries Inc. can move forward as a class action...District Judge Arthur Schwab says PPG must produce a list by April 13 of salaried employees who were at least 40 when they lost jobs in...
Court sides with power plants over fish
Washington :: DC :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility The Supreme Court has ruled that the government may consider cost in deciding whether to order power plants to undertake environmental upgrades that would protect fish. The court's decision Wednesday is a defeat for environmentalists who had urged the...
Tags: power plant, court rules, The Supreme Court, EPA Can Weigh Cost-Benefits, protection fish, federal appeals, age discrimination
TV presenter settles her case for ageism
London :: United Kingdom | 11 months ago
Credibility The television presenter Selina Scott has received an apology and a reported settlement of £250,000 from Five after settling an age discrimination case against the broadcaster. Ms Scott, 57, claimed she was in line for a job providing maternity cover...
Tags: Selina Scott, age discrimination, Ms Scott, maternity cover, Natasha Kaplinsky
Fired Stripper, 44, Sues Club for Age Discrimination
Ontario :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility A Canadian exotic dancer has filed an age discrimination suit against a Toronto-area strip club, saying she was fired because she is 44 years old, The National Post reported. Kimberlee Ouwroulis, who began stripping when she was 40, says the manager...
Tags: National Post, Kimberlee Ouwroulis, age discrimination
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