Your one stop resource for age discrimination news, comment, cases and research.
Your one stop resource for age discrimination news, comment, cases and research.
Tinder has settled a claim by users in California who were charged more to access the “dating” app's premium service because they were aged 29 or over.
The court said that he didn’t suffer age discrimination.
Managers at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading reportedly terminated Eileen Jolly in January 2017 after she failed to properly use a computer system.
The House of Representatives in Nigeria approved a bill that will ban age discrimination against applicants to positions with Federal Government Agencies.
The pensioner and self proclaimed "young god" believes it will improve his chances both in the workplace and on Tinder.
New figures published by the Office for National Statistics have shown that, over the 2015-17 period, life expectancy stopped rising for the first time since records began.
We have case summaries and links to judgments for all UK and EU age discrimination cases.
We have case summaries and links to judgments for all UK and EU age discrimination cases.
An 88 year old woman who was sacked has become the oldest person to win an age discrimination claim.
An Employment Tribunal has found that an applicant for a park attendant role was directly discriminated against because of their age. It is a reminder of the benefit of prepared and scripted interviews, and the dangers of unscripted ones.
In this case, the Court of Appeal ruled that a good leaver provision in an LTIP could be objectively justified on the basis that the employer wished to achieve intergenerational fairness and consistency, reward experience and loyalty, and ensure a mix of generations of staff.
An Employment Tribunal has rejected the claim of a former employee against Virgin Active, who argued that she was both forced to resign and subjected to harassment because of her age.
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.
An Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld the appeal of firefighters who disagreed with an Employment Tribunal decision that found a new pension scheme was not age discriminatory.
A Tribunal accepted that comments made by a General Manager that “old workers like old football players need to leave so that it could bring in new blood otherwise the team would not be efficient” were age discrimination.
Age-related harassment cases are rare. In this case, an Employment Tribunal has held that giving someone extra work and setting them objectives did not amount to less favourable treatment because of age, nor was it harassment.
There was no finding of age discrimination after bar and waiting staff were replaced with new ones that better fit a "modern and trendy" image.
This case is a reminder that, when justifying age discrimination, evidence that there are no less discriminatory alternatives is important to show proportionality.
The ECJ has held that EU law setting an age limit of 65 years old for pilots was not age discriminatory and was justified.
A Tribunal dismissed a claim of age discrimination was dismissed after holding that, because of uncertainty about the Claimant's real age, the employer could not have known their age when terminating her.
An Employment Tribunal has rejected a former employee’s claim against BT, where he argued that he was dismissed as a result of performance improvement plans that were age discriminatory.
An estate agent subjected an employee to direct age discrimination when they told her she was “better suited to a traditional estate agency”.
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.
The Court of Appeal says that it was not discrimination to force Police Officers to retire.
Italian law requires "on call contracts" (zero hours contracts) to be subject to objective conditions, unless the worker is either under 25 years of age or over 45 years of age. This case considered whether this law is age discriminatory.
An employment tribunal has ruled in favour of 200 judges whose pension entitlements were cut and found unjustified age discrimination.
The ECJ has ruled that a police force was justified in setting an age limit of 35 years old for new recruits.
The phrase "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" was not age discrimination (nor was it religion or belief discrimination).
A failure to investigate a Breakfast Supervisor's complaints of age discrimination was, in itself, age discrimination.
The EAT says that it was not age discrimination to demote a poor performing partner in a law firm.
The ECJ says that a national court must disapply principles of national law that conflict with the general principle of EU law prohibiting age discrimination, and cannot prioritise principles of legal certainty or legitimate expectations instead.
The EAT has dismissed an appeal against an ET's decision to strike out a direct age discrimination claim.
University criteria that restricted appointment to a post was justified indirect age discrimination.
Various references to an individual's age during a process to dismiss him were age discrimination.
Did additional "pension strain cost" influence a decision not to make someone redundant?
Calling a 50-something year old employee "Gramps" was banter but was also age discrimination.
The EAT found an error in the ET's reasoning when looking at justification, so remitted the case for rehearing.
Written by experts, we have summaries of age discrimination law in over 50 countries: from the UK and Europe, to the USA, Canada, India and beyond.
Written by experts, we have summaries of age discrimination law in over 50 countries: from the UK and Europe, to the USA, Canada, India and beyond.
From population and demographic statistics, to the latest Employment Tribunal figures - we've dug into official data, so you don't have to.
From population and demographic statistics, to the latest Employment Tribunal figures - we've dug into official data, so you don't have to.
Our guide to UK age discrimination law tells you everything you need to know.
Our guide to UK age discrimination law tells you everything you need to know.
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An 88 year old woman has won an age discrimination claim.