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Over half of self-employed people are over 50 with some workers seeing it as only solution to ‘lack of flexible working opportunities and rampant age discrimination’, study suggests
By Daily Mail Reporter On April 9, 2023 The proportion of self-employed workers aged over 50 has grown year-on-year Almost half of self-employed workers across the UK are over the age of 50, new research suggests. The number of self-employed people aged 50 or more has increased by 18% in the last decade, according to…
What employers should consider when managing an ageing workforce
By Kelly Evans On April 12, 2023 Kelly Evans outlines the legal considerations for employers in overseeing and retaining an ageing workforce According to the ONS, many over-50s have become economically inactive since the start of the pandemic. In addition, people are living longer and there is a significant skills shortage. As a means of tackling this…
Breaking the age barrier: Public policy must change to combat age discrimination
By Michael Pessmen On April 12, 2023 To protect older individuals from age discrimination, there is a growing need for policies that promote age diversity in the workplace. It is unfortunate that ageist attitudes and stereotypes remain prevalent in many workplaces, making it difficult for older people to obtain and maintain employment. It is important…
Fool Me Once, Shame On Me. Fool Me Twice, The EEOC Sues You For Age Discrimination
By Eric B Meyer April 14, 2023 Proving age discrimination can be difficult because plaintiffs must ultimately establish that their age was a determinative factor in the defendant’s decision. In other words, if not for the plaintiff’s age, the [adverse employment action] would not have occurred. In failure-to-hire cases, the burden of proof is especially…
FDA approves first nonprescription Naloxone nasal spray for over-the-counter use
By Ren Leija On April 13, 2023 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Narcan, a medication that reverses the effects of opioid overdoses, for over-the-counter sale and non-prescription use on March 29 in an effort to mitigate the persisting national drug overdose crisis. Narcan, a spray form of Naloxone now coined OTC 4 Narcan, quickly…
Column: Dallas to honor lynching victim as it confronts past racial violence at the Trinity River
By Sharon Grigsby On March 23, 2023 Dallas is closer to confronting another ugly moment in its history of racial violence, this one dating back more than 138 years. That September night, the mob of vigilantes became more emboldened, its clamor for revenge at a fever pitch against the young Black man accused of assaulting a…
Video of Racial Slurs at Grand Prairie ISD School Ignite Outcry and Calls for Discipline
By Ken Kalthoff On March 14, 2023 Activists demanded action Tuesday over a video shared online that shows students in a classroom at Grand Prairie Dubiski Career High School chanting letters of a racial slur. The students display the racial slur on Post-it notes in the video, with the word “hate” also included in their…
Racist graffiti sprayed painted at 2 North Texas schools
By Steven Dial On February 28, 2023 FORT WORTH, Texas – Parents at two schools in the Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD were horrified to learn that someone spray-painted racist graffiti on two campuses. The graffiti had hateful and violent messages about Black people, Jews and Hispanic people. One of the messages contained a vague campus threat. Parents…
Dallas City Council approves new housing policy focused on reducing racial disparities
By Paul Wedding On April 12, 2023 The city says they intend to provide quality affordable mixed-income housing initiatives across Dallas with this new policy. DALLAS — Dallas City Council approved a new housing policy Tuesday, which is intended to reduce disparities impacting historically disadvantaged communities in the city. The new policy, Dallas Housing Policy 2033,…