Nearly 3 million Brits believe they have faced age discrimination. A recent report from Legal and General Retail Retirement (LGRR) and the Centre for Economics and Business Research has found that 2.99 million job seekers over the age of 50 (52%), who have searched for work in the past five years believe their age made employers…

An Employment Tribunal found that a 54-year-old employee did not suffer age discrimination despite being made redundant 12 weeks before being able to access his pension. Mr Singh worked as a Deputy Director on secondment to ‘Inprint and Design Limited’. Significant changes to the structure of Inprint and Design Limited were required for financial reasons.…

Viewing entries tagged Retirement An Employment Tribunal has found that the University of Oxford’s policy of mandatory retirement at 68 years old could not be justified. Comment A claim for direct age discrimination in relation to a ‘pension age cap’ policy in a voluntary redundancy payment succeeded. 1 Comment There was no age discrimination when…

This judgment concerns a claim by 25 claimants relating to the arrangements governing the payment of pensions under four pension schemes where the employer had become insolvent. They were the pension schemes for two airlines, BMI and Monarch Airlines, the Heath Lambert Group pension scheme and the Turner & Newall pension scheme. In summary, following…

There was no age discrimination when a 60 year old was denied entitlement to a payment which would have enhanced his pension. Mr Medlycott was 60 years old. He worked at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) as a Senior Operations Manager and was responsible for training healthcare professionals on the day to day…

A Tribunal has found that there was no age discrimination in a case involving a 42 year old beauty therapist. Miss Wood started employment as a Counter Assistant in June 2016 for Liz Earle at a Boots store. She was 42 years old and had 24 years of experience working in the beauty industry. Her…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) in collaboration with the United Nations (UN), has released its ‘Global Report on Ageism’ which highlights that key institutions, health, social and legal systems are impacted by ageism. The report includes the most effective strategies known to reduce ageism and provides three core recommendations for action. The timely 200-page report…

A claim of age-related harassment fails after there was no evidence to support any of the allegations. Quick Snack News Caerphilly is a family run partnership managed by Cara Bradford and operating out of Caerphilly train station. Alannah Davies began to work for Quick Snack News Caerphilly in May 2014 when she was 16 years…

The decision to allow a younger employee to work from home was a one-off act and it was not age discrimination to permit it. Ms Johnson joined the Home Adaptions for Independent Living (HAIL) team as an Operations Support Worker in June 2016. The role was a job-share in which she was to work 18…

A man did not suffer age discrimination when his application to be a Criminal Investigator was rejected. Mr Rashid (who was 57) applied for the role of Criminal Investigator in the HMRC Fraud Investigation Service. In order to be successful, a candidate had to succeed at each stage of the process. Mr Rashid passed the…