A Catholic Primary School did not have a practice or policy of hiring less experienced (and younger) teachers. From April 2012, Mrs Bradley was employed by St Edward’s Catholic Primary School on a series of fixed-term contracts. She qualified as a teacher later in life when she was aged 50, but had ten years of…

An Employment Tribunal has said that “last in first out” is not an irrational method of redundancy selection. Joanne Allan joined Oakley Builders and Groundwork Contractors Ltd (“Oakley”) on 9 May 2016 as an Administrative Assistant. She was told in her interview that in the event of there being a redundancy situation there would be…

A serial litigant was rejected from an assessment centre due to his “abrasive” attitude and not because of his age. He was ordered to pay the employer’s full legal costs. Mr Taheri applied for a job at Westway Nissan, which ran assessment centres to evaluate their candidates. He was invited to attend. At the assessment…

There was no evidence that a young female Polish worker was subject to direct age discrimination or age-related harassment. Between 2008 and 2010, Ms Tumidajska was employed by Alliance Personnel Ltd as a Recruitment Consultant and was then redeployed as an Administrative Assistant In July 2013, she was reemployed  and in 2016 became a dedicated…

A woman was not dismissed because she was of “childbearing age”, meaning that she lost her claim of direct age discrimination. Ms Crabb began work at the Thanet Road Surgery as a receptionist/secretary on a part time basis in January 2015. She was employed on a fixed one-year contract because Dr Timeyin, who was the…

Asking the date of an example given when answering an interview question was not direct age discrimination or age-related harassment. Mr Rana began working for the Royal Mail Group in 1999. In 2017 he was working in the Resourcing Department of Heathrow Worldwide Distribution Centre in HR administration. He applied for a Deputy Manager role…

Viewing entries in Employment Tribunal Ms Anne Giwa Amu v Department for Work and Pensions: 1600465/2017 Comment 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 man did not suffer age discrimination when his application to be a Criminal Investigator…

Viewing entries in High Court The application of the compensation cap to reduce the pensions of those below normal pension age gave rise to unlawful age discrimination. Comment The WASPI campaign fails as the High Court finds that changes to the state pension age for women are not directly or indirectly discriminatory to women born…

Viewing entries tagged Direct discrimination Ms Anne Giwa Amu v Department for Work and Pensions: 1600465/2017 Comment An Employment Tribunal has found that the University of Oxford’s policy of mandatory retirement at 68 years old could not be justified. Comment Asking the date of an example given when answering an interview question was not direct…

Viewing entries tagged Recruitment A man did not suffer age discrimination when his application to be a Criminal Investigator was rejected. Comment A serial litigant was rejected from an assessment centre due to his “abrasive” attitude and not because of his age. He was ordered to pay the employer’s full legal costs. 1 Comment The…