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Redundancy

Shiret v Credit Suisse

Mr Shiret, a 55 year old banker, was made redundant but his 35 year old colleague kept his job. Was this age discrimination?

Odar v Baxter Deutschland GmbH

A provision which reduced compensation for workers aged over 54 by taking into account the earliest date from which they could receive a state pension, was not unlawful age discrimination.

Liladhar v Barnardo’s

An Employment Tribunal upheld an age discrimination claim against Barnardo's.

Gay v Sophos Plc

An employee who was unfairly dismissed, had not been subjected to age discrimination.

Walsh v Tewkesbury Borough Council

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.

Lancaster v TBWA

A claimant lost an age discrimination claim which was based on the premise that the whole of the advertising industry is ageist.

Kraft Foods v Hastie

Applying a cap to payments under a redundancy scheme to ensure that employees close to pension age do not receive a windfall can be justified as a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim.