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Employment Law Miriam O’Reilly Wins Age Discrimination Case Against the BBC

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Employment Law: Miriam O’Reilly Wins Age Discrimination Case Against the BBC

Miriam O’Reilly has won her age discrimination case against the BBC after she was dropped as presenter of BBC One’s Countryfile.

53-year-old O’Reilly took the Corporation to an employment tribunal over claims that her age was the reason for her dismissal from the rural affairs show, which also let go of three other female presenters in their 40s and 50s.

Ms O’Reilly claimed she was axed from the show in April 2009 because she was -a woman of a certain age-, and furthermore, she claims she was -hounded out- of her other work commitments due to the negative publicity her departure from Countryfile had attracted.

The tribunal heard that a Countryfile producer had said to Ms O’Reilly: -You’re going to have to be careful about those wrinkles when High Definition comes in.- It was also claimed that a Countryfile cameraman had offered Ms O’Reilly a can of black hair dye whilst filming on location in June 2008.

Countryfile bosses insisted that the dismissal of four female presenters, one of them being Ms O’Reilly, was because the show needed a -refreshed- look as it was being moved to a prime-time slot on BBC One.

The tribunal upheld Ms O’Reilly’s claims of age discrimination and victimisation, although her claim for sex discrimination was dismissed. She is now set to receive a six-figure sum in damages from the BBC.

The BBC has apologised to Ms O’Reilly, who had worked for the Corporation for 25 years, in a statement, saying: -We accept the findings of the tribunal and would like to apologise to Miriam. We will be speaking to her.-

The statement also said that the BBC was -committed to fair selection in every aspect of our work-, and that their senior editorial executives would be receiving additional training on appointing TV presenters, as well as producing new guidelines on fair selection.

For more information about employment solicitors Trethowans and the services they provide, visit the Trethowans website at http://www.trethowans.com/business_services/employment_solicitors/

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What Kind Of Employment For Senior Citizens Is Available

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Is employment for senior citizens available for men and women, and are there any age qualifications to meet? Does a senior have to be in top physical condition, or are infirmities allowed?

Are your carefully laid plans for a pleasant tour, although perhaps not royal, through your golden years seem to be stalling? Will employment for senior citizens be the answer to your dilemma?

You are not alone? The same feeling is infecting your senior citizen neighbor next door, your sixtyish friend down at the retirement center, your old buddy in the bowling league and your aging sister in Buffalo.

The truth is, you have options! We all do. Too often, we seniors tend to feel betrayed by our government and left to fend for ourselves at the mercy of an indifferent panicking society. Scrub away those thoughts!

You are no different than the forty old accountant that was cut loose by his business firm, or the thirty five year old new car salesman who is left to his own devices.

You are just older than them, but you have a lot more going for you than they do. Most of their experiences and trained talents and skills are still down the road in front of them. Yours are spread out in a panorama behind you.

Look back at your life. Now is the best of times for you to make the things you have learned over the years put you up in front of the growing crowd of employment seekers.

If you were to write down all you have experienced, dealt with, learned from, overcame, and grown from, it would fill an entire library shelf.

Don’t you think that from all of this knowledge and living you can find some things that would increase the performance and productivity of an employers business.

Don’t you realize that the sum of all your hands on training and acquired talents and skills would be of great value to some employer?

There are wheelbarrow loads of gold nuggets kicking around in your head, my friend. Grab hold of a few of them and transform them into that perfect job you are now dreaming about.

It is not as hard to accomplish this as you may think!

Here is a valuable gem of knowledge and fact that should stir up the juices inside of you.
Most vacant employment positions are not even advertised!

Whoa! What does this tell you?

There is no competition for these jobs outside of word of mouth. Why? There are many reasons why this is so.

Maybe the job has not been defined by the manager yet, he knows that the need exists but what will he call it? You can step in and give him a definition. Do some advance homework.

A harried business owner is overworked and wishing for a fairy godmother to wave her wand and provide the perfect assistant. Check out the company and tell him how much easier you can make his life, and earn him more profit as a byproduct.

You read an item in the newspaper, or saw it on the TV news, about a business making substantial growth spurts. That is your cue!

Call the company and inform them all the things you can do for them, and let them know you will be stopping by tomorrow, would he or she have time to spend a few moments with you.

Where can you look for employment for senior citizens? In your own head! Take advantage of your own experience and skills.

There are jobs out there waiting for you. Be creative and bold. It
will happen!