Age discrimination cases are coming through the tribunals thick and fast. Employment Tribunal figures show an increase in age discrimination claims from 972 in 2006/7 when the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 came into force, to 2,949 in 2007/8, 3,801 in 2008/9 and 5,200 in 2009/10. We summarise some of the most important in this section.
The latest age discrimination case reports appear below. The links on the left will take you to the age discrimination cases archive, classified according to the main issue(s) in each case.
Please contact us with any relevant or interesting age discrimination cases of which you are aware.