A maths teacher is unsuccessful in his age discrimination claims.
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Post termination victimisation not covered by Equality Act 10 says ET.
Gamekeeper who lost "his whole life" after being dismissed for being "set in his ways" wins £110k in age discrimination claim (including aggravated damages).
A case in relation to redundancy payments.
A decision to dismiss a 49 year old three months before his 50th birthday in order to avoid additional pension costs was direct age discrimination.
Mrs Harper wins nearly £150,000 in age discrimination claim.
In this case, an ET decides that a legal adviser salary band was not indirectly age discriminatory.
A 51-year-old female TV presenter suffered unjustified age discrimination when her programme was moved to a ‘primetime’ slot and she was replaced by younger presenters.
In an interim hearing, an ET finds that the test in Regulation 32(2) of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 is a mix of objective and subjective tests.
In this ET decision, Mrs Duggan came up with a creative argument to get around the default retirement age.
An ET case dealing with performance and management.
An ET holds that the duty to consider procedure in the Age Regulations requires an employer to genuinely consider an employee's request to work beyond retirement.
The ET rules that a retirement age of 48 for match officials is direct age discrimination.
This case deals with using "age" as a selection criteria in recruitment. The decision itself is well worth a read and contains useful lessons for any employer.
This ET decision deals with the issue of "windfall" payments to employees.
A 42 year old banker was discriminated on the grounds of his age after his employer fired him and sought to replace him with someone with a "younger, entrepreneurial" style.
A former Chief Executive of an NHS Trust was not discriminated against.
ET finds that comments made to a 52 year old Sainbury’s manager that implied she was ‘past it’ was direct age discrimination and awards compensation of £124,182.
A Scottish ET has considered the level of compensation to be awarded when an employer does not give notice of intended retirement to an employee within the required timescales.
This case was originally heard by an ET. An appeal against the ET's decision was heard by the EAT in July 2008.