A 63 year old Director of a law firm whose retirement was referred to as “the elephant in the room” had not been subjected to direct age discrimination. Facts Mr Wilson worked for Wilson Devonald Griffiths John Limited (WDGJ), a law firm formed after a merger between Mr Wilson’s previous firm Wilson Devonald Limited and…

Employers shouldn’t turn older people away on account of their age, according to a bill in the Philippine House of Representatives. Pasay Rep. Emi Calixto Rubiano has revived the proposal to penalize age discrimination, saying this is the next step after the approval of the Expanded Senior Citizens Act that requires the government to assist…

A bill filed in the Senate seeks to end discrimination in the hiring of employees on the basis of age. Senate Bill No. 29, or the “Anti-Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 2013,” filed by Senator Pia Cayetano, would penalise employers, labor contractors or organizations that make a person’s age the basis for employment. “The…

An organisation looking after the welfare of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) has started an online petition in Change.org asking Congress to enact a law that will ban age discrimination in workplaces nationwide. “Returning OFWs experience age discrimination in their attempts to try to rejoin the mainstream workforce after being away for so long,” said the…

Old and young people in the Philippines will have equal opportunities to get employed under the proposed “Anti-age Discrimination in Employment Act.” House Bill 156, authored by Rep. Edwin Olivarez (1st District, Parañaque City), will protect those who suffer age discrimination. Mr Olivarez said, “In the face of rising productivity and affluence, older workers find…

This case concerned age discrimination and victimisation of an employee, Ms Delambre, at the French Lycee in London. Mrs Delambre worked at the Lycee as a meal time attendant. She applied for a promotion but her application was turned down, she claimed, on the grounds of her age. When Ms Delambre raised a grievance about…

In an interim hearing, an Employment Tribunal finds that the test in Regulation 32(2) of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 is a mix of objective and subjective tests. Facts This case concerned the pay and benefits of employees at the Ministry of Defence (“MOD”). The MOD uses a criterion of length of service for…

The German Federal Law on Remuneration of Civil Servants set the pay of both federal civil servants until 30 June 2009 and Land Berlin civil servants until 31 July 2011. Salary was calculated by reference to several factors including age. This system was amended so that salary was calculated by reference to experience, though existing…

Police forces were required to make budgetary savings as a result of cuts. Forces used compulsory retirement schemes to reduce officer numbers in order to reduce expenditure. Officers who had been compulsorily retired brought claims of indirect age discrimination. Further details of the facts of this case are available in our summary of the Employment…

Mrs Terraneo had been employed by Whitbread Group Plc (“Whitbread”) from around 1st August 1996. Her job title was ‘breakfast supervisor’. Unlike managers or team leaders, Mrs Terraneo was not required to wear an apron. From around 2011 onwards, Mrs Terraneo received various warnings for smoking on the terrace in front of the restaurant and…