English Insurance Company Bans Practice of Passing Around Birthday Cards

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And an insurance company in England doesn't want to run afoul of new age discrimination laws — so it is banning the practice of passing around — birthday cards. The company tells The Times Online its lawyers advised them that references to bus passes, old codgers and Viagra could cost them big money in court.

Employees at the company say the ban is stupid. And one employment law specialist says, "people who write some of these laws are do-gooders who don't really understand the true implications of them in the workplace."