An Employment Tribunal must reconsider its decision that a rushed redundancy process was not direct age discrimination.
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After Brexit, courts cannot disapply UK law on the basis of its incompatibility with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
An exception from age discrimination for periods of pensionable service prior to 1 December 2006 was potentially not compatible with EU law, but could only be set aside for pensioners who had made a claim before 31 December 2020
A cap on pension compensation following employer insolvency was unlawful age discrimination.
A cap on pension compensation following employer insolvency was unlawful age discrimination.
The application of the compensation cap to reduce the pensions of those below normal pension age gave rise to unlawful age discrimination.
The High Court has found that there was no indirect age discrimination in relation to rules about a widow’s pension under the police pension scheme.
A claim for direct age discrimination in relation to a ‘pension age cap’ policy in a voluntary redundancy payment succeeded.
There was no age discrimination when a 60 year old was denied entitlement to a payment which would have enhanced his pension.
The WASPI campaign fails as the High Court finds that changes to the state pension age for women are not directly or indirectly discriminatory to women born in the 1950s.
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.
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.
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.
This case is a reminder that, when justifying age discrimination, evidence that there are no less discriminatory alternatives is important to show proportionality.
An employment tribunal has ruled in favour of 200 judges whose pension entitlements were cut and found unjustified age discrimination.
Was it age discrimination for a Finnish law to tax pension income at a higher rate than earned income?
Did additional "pension strain cost" influence a decision not to make someone redundant?
This case involved a director denied the opportunity to apply for voluntary redundancy.
The ECJ has found Austrian civil service pension law to be objectively justified.
An employee was dismissed 11 days before she was due to receive a pension.