Viewing entries in www.brookson.co.uk The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has claimed that UK recruiters can provide a vital service for older age workers who are looking for both contract and permanent placements, leading to less age discrimination and ageism in the workplace.

Mr King was engaged as a commission-only salesman for the Sash Window Workshop.  He did not have employee status and his engagement could be terminated at any time. Mr King brought a claim of direct age discrimination in relation to the termination of his engagement. Mr King was successful. When considering the appropriate compensation for Mr…

Viewing entries in Professional Adviser In October last year, the government announced the SPA would rise to 66 by 2020, accelerating the pace of change advocated by the Labour government, which planned to raise the SPA to 66 by 2026. However, the OECD says the reform does not go far enough.

The High Court has held that use of length of service in redundancy selection criteria can be lawful, both on the basis that it can be objectively justified and because using length of service to select who should keep their jobs amounts to a “benefit” for the purpose of the Regulation 32 exception relating to…

This is the second EAT decision in the well known and long running case of Seldon v Clarkson Wright and Jakes. The case reached the ET, EAT, Court of Appeal and finally the Supreme Court, before being returned to the ET (summaries of these decision are available by following the links). Mr Seldon appealed the second ET decision…

Viewing entries in Oxford University Their justification relates to academic and financial planning, maintaining opportunities for career progression, promoting diversity in the workforce, and avoiding invidious performance management processes.

Viewing entries in Irish Medical Times The alleged age discrimination claim arises from its failure to appoint a number of area medical officers (AMOs) to senior medical officers (SMOs), seeing as they perform the same work.

An 88-year-old woman was sacked from her job as a NHS secretary. She has become the oldest person to ever bring an age discrimination claim in the UK. Managers at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading reportedly terminated Eileen Jolly in January 2017 after she failed to properly use a computer system. Mrs Jolly was…

A tuft of grey chest hair pokes out of the top of Alan Kean’s stripey shirt. It catches my eye as we drink tea amid the deafening chatter and the expensive fig trees in Portcullis House where Alan, 55, is six months into life as a parliamentary intern. In recent months there has been much…

Viewing entries in The Australian Younger bosses who nag older workers to take redundancies, tell them they’re too old to receive training or deny them promotion are forcing thousands into early retirement.  The opening batsman has one of the best records in world cricket, but is convinced he was dropped because he will be 36…