An employment tribunal rules that an enhanced redundancy scheme which gave greater credit for service over 40 was unlawful as the employer could not identify a legitimate aim for the less favourable treatment of the younger employees.

Lawful use of length of service in redundancy selection criteria.

Court v Dennis Publishing Ltd involved a claimant dismissed for being too old.

The EAT rules that ICI can potentially justify both age and service elements in their enhanced redundancy scheme.

An age cut-off for redundancy payments can be justified if pension provision adequately cushions the impact of financial loss