Mr Woodcock appealed the decision of the Employment Tribunal to dismiss his claims of unfair dismissal and age discrimination. Woodcock was chief executive of North Cumbria Primary Care Trust and was made redundant following the merger of a number of Primary Care Trusts (“PCTs”) in the area. He was dismissed one month before his 50th birthday…

Miss Lockwood began working at the Department for Work and Pensions (“DWP”) in October 1999. She was then aged 18 and worked as an Administrative Officer. In April 2007, a voluntary redundancy scheme was put into place. Miss Lockwood applied for redundancy and her application was accepted. As a 26 year old with 8 years’…

This case involved a man being dismissed for being “too old”. Facts Following an internal reorganisation, Mr Court was dismissed on grounds of redundancy when he was 55.  He was at least 20 years older than the rest of the team from which he had been selected for redundancy and the external candidate brought in to…

A 61 year old teacher who was not shortlisted for a job advertised for candidates ‘in the first five years of their career’ was indirectly discriminated against on the grounds of her age. The Tribunal accepted that people in her age group were likely to have more than five years experience and, therefore, not to meet…

The Equality Act 2010, which received Royal Assent in April 2010, includes provisions enabling a ban on age discrimination in the provision of services and public functions. The Government has opened consultation on a number of proposed exceptions.

Is it age discrimination if someone is rejected for a job because they are “too old”, but that someone didn’t actually want the job? Facts Ms Keane was 50 years old and an experienced accountant. She applied for a large number of jobs with employment agencies which were aimed at newly qualified accountants. When she…

Viewing entries in The Press Association Four out of 10 people aged over 65 are continuing to work in order to boost their income, a survey suggests. Holiday companies and insurance firms will be able to avoid a ban on age discrimination in goods and services, the Government has announced.

The draft regulations phasing out the default retirement age (DRA) have been finalised and were put before Parliament on 1 March 2011. This article summarises the effect of the Regulations. Summary In the long term the new Regulations remove the exceptions that currently say it is not age discrimination to retire someone and that retirement is…

David Harber Limited is a small family business which manufactures sundials. It was set up by Mr Harber in the mid 1990s. The business employed Mr Langford as a Sales Director. He was considered a good “fit” and consistently delivered results. In July 2009, Mr Langford left in order to live in Australia, so the…

Mrs Campbell (aged 54) applied for the position of Internal Sales Manager with Icopal Limited (“Icopal”). She had passed two initial interviews and an initial psychometric test. At the second interview, she was told that any job offer would be subject to satisfactory completion of an additional psychometric test in Berlin. This would be carried…