£15,000 AGE DISCRIMINATION PAYOUT

A 63-year-old pharmacy worker has won a £15,000 age discrimination payout after younger colleagues mocked her for her hearing and memory in front of customers.

Sue Walsh – who suffers from arthritis – was repeatedly taunted at St Chad’s chemist in Oldham, Greater Manchester where she worked, by staff 40 years

hearing aid, some 684 believed they had normal hearing.

Ms Tsimpida said: “The problem with hearing loss is that most of the time it happens gradually and people don’t notice changes.

“Untreated hearing difficulty can have a negative impact on mental and physical health, and younger. Her complaints were ignored by bosses who told her to “just smile and get on with the job”. She was then fired following a fall at work in September 2018.

The hearing in Liverpool concluded she had been the victim of both age and disability discrimination.

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“But the findings reveal that many hearing loss cases may remain undiagnosed because people often cannot recognise their hearing has been affected.”

Previous studies suggest that mild hearing loss may double the

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