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A colleague insists that it is unlawful to prefix an employee’s job title with “junior” or “senior”, e.g. junior admin officer or senior manager, and these words must never be stated in your job ads.
Is this true?
Published 24.01.2019
An older person has applied for a job but their skills and experience far exceed your requirements. Can you reject them simply on the basis that they are overqualified or is that asking for trouble?
Published 03.11.2016
You’re looking at providing some training for your workforce. However, one of your employees is nearing 66 and you suspect that they might retire soon. Can you exclude this employee from your
training plans?
Published 31.10.2023
In a further article on the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations, 2006, we show how well established phrases and practices can suddenly become grounds for indirect age discrimination. How can you
avoid such a claim?
Published 05.10.2006
An older employee who was called “Yoda” by his colleagues has successfully convinced the tribunal that he suffered age discrimination. However, it wasn’t the nickname that was problematic. So why was
the force with him on this one?
Published 25.02.2013
The tribunal has awarded a 63-year job applicant £3,000 simply because the employer told him that it was “looking for a much younger person” to fill the job vacancy. Why was this wrong?
Published 08.11.2018
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