Tag Archives: equality

Protection by law

Protection by law

I note in issue no. 286 of Mature Times that you state that we are protected against some of these situations in law, but not all of them. Most clubs in Mid-Wales give concessions to OAP’s and t ...
Held back by ageism?

Held back by ageism?

Age discrimination is unfair treatment based on a person’s age and is just as wrong as discrimination on the grounds of sex or race, but often we just accept that we are being overlooked because we ar ...
Equal pay?

Equal pay?

All the Acts outlawing discrimination in Britain – 1970 Equal Pay Act; 1975 Sex Discrimination Act; 1976 Race Relations Act and the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act – were all passed way ...
Pensions grab means poverty for 1950s women

Pensions grab means poverty for 1950s women

The new and much-vaunted flat-rate state pension is now with us, thanks to the latest round of pension reforms. However, the brunt of the changes has fallen upon some half a million women born in the ...