The High Court has dealt with the first case relating to age discrimination in the UK. This was not a claim under the Age Regulations, but a judicial review case about the government’s decision to change an age-discriminatory rule in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). The so-called ‘85 Rule’ in the LGPS provided a…

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has decided to reinstate a number of former employees, all aged over 65, after one of them brought an age discrimination claim. Ann Southcott worked in the therapy department at Treliske Hospital in Truro, Cornwall, part of the Royal Cornwall NHS Trust. The Trust dismissed her, and around 30…

The DTI has responded to the EFA’s concern that the increased cost of providing insured benefits (such as health cover) to older workers could put employers off employing them. In a letter to the Director of the EFA (dated 6 November), the Minister for Employment Relations restates the government’s view that a complete exemption would…

The organisation Heyday, which supports people at or nearing retirement, brought judicial review proceedings challenging the Government’s decision to include a retirement age of 65 in the new age discrimination regulations. Heyday argued that the ability of employers to require employees to retire at or over 65, and to refuse to employ people over 65,…

This guidance note, the third in a series of four on age discrimination, looks at discrimination issues in relation to pay and benefits. The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 (S1 2006/1031) prohibit age discrimination in the terms of employment afforded to employees. This prohibition mirrors the provisions of the other UK anti-discrimination legislation, but the…

Age Discrimination (1) Mon May 01 00:00:00 BST 2006 … New Legislation coming into force in autumn 2006 will protect against discrimination on the grounds of age in the fields of employment and vocational training. This guidance note, the first in a series of four on age, introduces the legislation and examines its scope.

Certain terms and conditions around pensions and insured perks mean employers may be reluctant to retain staff over 65 years who they would have kept on before new age laws were introduced. James Davies, joint head of employment and incentives at Lewis Silkin explores the issue. Age discrimination laws are aimed primarily at tackling the…

Prohibiting age discrimination: challenges and complexities Thu Oct 19 00:00:00 BST 2006 … Click here for this paper which was delivered by Colm O’Cinneide, Senior Lecturer in Law at University College London, to the Industrial Law Society’s annual conference in Oxford, September 2006. Age discrimination and city law firms Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 BST 2006 … Dinah…

Recruitment procedures, employment contracts and policies (such as redundancy, retirement and diversity policies) will all need to be reviewed to ensure they are not age discriminatory. Managers will need to be trained to understand and recognise age discrimination in particular in recruitment, dismissal and retirement. Follow this link for full details of the audit, report…

15 and 29 June 2007 Location: Lewis Silkin LLP, 5 Chancery Lane, Clifford’s Inn, London EC4A 1BL Cost: £175 + VAT From recruitment to retirement, the Age Regulations affect all aspects of the employment relationship. Do you know if you’re allowed to advertise for someone ‘dynamic’? and to what extend can you still require experience?…