Age discrimination: your rights

Do you believe you've been sidelined at work because of your age? You're not alone. The 2011 European Social Survey revealed that fifty percent of European workers reckoned that employers favour people in their 20s, rising to 57 percent of those aged 55 to 64.

Occasionally, age discrimination is blatant. Just last week, for example, a Nottingham restaurant and karaoke bar was forced to apologise after online job advertisements called for "girls only, aged 20 to 35" - a clear breach of the law.