INTERNATIONAL AGE DISCRIMINATION CASES

The ECJ has held that a collective agreement prohibiting airline pilots from working after the age of 60 is incompatible with EU law and constitutes age discrimination.

In these joined decisions, the CJEU has held that a term in a collective agreement which provides that the pay of a public sector employee is determined by reference to their age is unlawful.

This ECJ decision appears to suggest that costs alone will not be sufficient to justify discrimination

Age discrimination: Is 75 too old to drive a bus?

The ECJ rules that a default retirement provision in the Bulgarian Labour Code may be justified.

The ECJ has held that a German law allowing compulsory retirement at 65 (state pension age) was justified age discrimination.

The ECJ rules that a Danish law providing for severance payments for employees, but which excluded those who had attained pension age, constituted direct age discrimination which could not be justified.

A German law restricting the minimum periods of notice for those aged under 25 was found to be discriminatory and unjustified. The ECJ also gave further definition to the ruling in Mangold -v- Helm.

The ECJ has given their judgement on a German law restricting applications to the fire service to those under 30.

The ECJ has given their judgement on a German law setting a maximum age limit of 68 for dentists to be accredited to work in the German national health service.