A campaign for a dedicated minister for older people received a boost today after national newspaper the Daily Express joined the movement and started its own complementary “crusade.” “Older people are often penalised when it comes to policy making by not having a champion within Government. This must change.” — George McNamara, Independent Age The…

This summary of age discrimination law in Luxembourg has been prepared by Castegnaro, the Ius Laboris member for Luxembourg: www.castegnaro.lu OVERVIEW In order to enforce compliance with the principle of equal treatment, the EU Framework Directive 2000/78 was implemented by the law of 28 November 2006 and by the law of 13 May 2008. These…

A 37 year old job applicant’s age discrimination claim has been struck out by the Employment Tribunal for being “fatally flawed”. Mr Akhtar applied for a job advertised on the Indeed employment search engine. This was for a position at a chartered accountants called Ormerod Rutter. The job advertised was for a Document Scanning Administrator…

An 88-year-old NHS secretary, who was dismissed by her employer for failing to use a computer system, has become the oldest person to win an age discrimination claim in the Employment Tribunal. Eileen Jolly was a “reliable and meticulous” employee of the Royal Berkshire NHS Trust (“the Trust”) for over 25 years. She was dismissed…

In a surprising decision, the European Court of Justice has ruled that two-tier pay scales for Irish teachers are not discriminatory on age grounds. In 2011, Circular 0040/2011 ‘New Pay Scales for New Appointees to Teaching in 2011 (the ‘Circular’)’, was introduced into Irish law. The Circular provided for a 10% reduction in pay of…

Former RTÉ reporter Valerie Cox, who was “devastated” when her freelance contract was terminated by her employer because of her age, has won €50,000 compensation. Valerie Cox had two separate contracts: a full time role which provided for a clear retirement age of 65 years old, and a freelance contract which did not. Initially, she…

An Employment Tribunal has found that there was no age discrimination in a case in which it was alleged a worker was referred to as “young, pretty and single” Comment Two cases have been judged in tandem by the Court of Appeal due to the similarity in issues regarding age discrimination and new pension schemes.…

Ms Smith, was TUPE transferred to Gartner in 1996.  Gartner’s guide to company benefits stated that all employees were to be provided with permanent health insurance, subject to their terms and conditions of employment.  In 2002, Ms Smith was signed off sick and did not return to work, but began receiving payments under the scheme in 2003.…

In February 2016, the Claimants were employed in the Restaurant and Bar of the Mayfair Hotel. Ms Pinto (40) and Mr Wojsa (32) were employed as Restaurant and Bar Team Leaders, and Mr Jouhari (50) and Mr Wojdylo (34) as Bar Service Assistants. The restaurant was refurbished and rebranded on a number of occasions to…

An Employment Tribunal has held that giving someone extra work and setting them objectives did not amount to less favourable treatment because of age. Facts Ms Russell worked for The Logic Group Holdings Limited (TLOG) from 16 April 2007 to 16 August 2016. She held the position of Financial Controller. From December 2012, Ms Russell…