LATEST AGE DISCRIMINATION CASES — age discrimination
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Indirect discrimination
A job advert that said a pub was looking for staff “between the ages of 18 and 25” was both direct AND indirect age discrimination.
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The EAT has considered whether “absence of financial means” is capable of justifying indirect age discrimination.
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A Catholic Primary School did not have a practice or policy of hiring less experienced (and younger) teachers.
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A hospital did not directly discriminate on grounds of age by subjecting a project assistant manager over the age of 55 to a performance-management process, which resulted in the termination of her employment.
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An older NHS worker did not suffer indirect age discrimination when she was moved department following concerns about her sparse note taking.
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There was no unlawful indirect age discrimination in a housing association requiring a support worker under the age of 35 to work out his notice period.
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In a surprising decision, the European Court of Justice has ruled that two-tier pay scales for Irish teachers are not discriminatory on age grounds.
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A job advert seeking “newly qualified HR professionals” did not cause age discrimination because the potential applicant suffered no detriment.
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Although a belief that insurance cover prevented a 67 year old from driving was erroneous (the policy actually prevented 70+ year olds from driving) it was not age discrimination to stop him from driving. A justification defence succeeded.
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A doctor left a pension scheme to avoid tax penalties. Years later, his employer set up a scheme to compensate those affected. It wasn’t indirect age discrimination to limit the retrospective effect of the scheme.
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It was not indirect age discrimination to use an internal Talent Pool when deciding who to recruit. Even if it were age discrimination, it would have been justified.
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There was no direct, or indirect, age discrimination after two part-time partial retirees had their posts deleted.
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Two cases have been judged in tandem by the Court of Appeal due to the similarity in issues regarding age discrimination and new pension schemes.
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The Employment Appeal Tribunal has dismissed an appeal by the Government against a decision that transitional provisions in a judicial pension scheme were unlawfully discriminatory.
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This case is a reminder that, when justifying age discrimination, evidence that there are no less discriminatory alternatives is important to show proportionality.
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The Court of Appeal says that it was not discrimination to force Police Officers to retire.
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An employment tribunal has ruled in favour of 200 judges whose pension entitlements were cut and found unjustified age discrimination.
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University criteria that restricted appointment to a post was justified indirect age discrimination.
The EAT overturns a decision that a teacher suffered unlawful indirect age discrimination.
Army rules require longer service for those who join as minors. Is this age discrimination?