Cases

Cases are coming through the tribunals thick and fast. Employment Tribunal figures show an increase in age discrimination claims from 972 in 2006/7 to 2,949 in 2007/8, to 3,801 in 2008/9 and 5,200 in 2009/10. We summarise some of the most important in this section.

The latest case reports appear below. The links on the left will take you to the cases archive, classified according to the main issue(s) in each case.

Please contact us with any relevant cases of which you are aware.

Kraft Foods v Hastie

06 July 2010

Subjects Redundancy; Retirement

The EAT has confirmed that 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.

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Homer v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police (Court of Appeal decision)

27 April 2010

Subject Justification

The Court of Appeal has upheld an earlier decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal that a requirement for a candidate for a job to have a degree was not age discriminatory

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Martin and others v Professional Game Match Officials Ltd

13 April 2010

Subjects Justification; Retirement

The Employment Tribunal rules that a retirement age of 48 for match officials is direct age discrimination.

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