Age discrimination legislation has been in place for just over two years and there’s been a steady trickle of cases brought against employers. What are some of the issues tribunals have looked at
under this relatively new law?
Published 19.03.2009
An 18-year-old employee was recently awarded £2,000 by the tribunal because her manager kept referring to her as a “teenager”. Does it mean this word is now a no-go for employers?
Published 26.06.2013
In January 2019 an 88-year-old secretary became the oldest person to successfully claim discrimination on the grounds of age at the tribunal. How did her employer get the law wrong?
Published 26.02.2019
An employer has been ordered to pay a former employee £900 because a manager asked her if she had Alzheimer’s when she made an administrative error. Why did the tribunal find that this question
amounted to age discrimination?
Published 15.01.2021
A 69-year-old female employee who was sacked for wrongly smoking in a “customers only” area has been awarded £64,000 by the tribunal. Why was she able to claim this amount of money?
Published 06.10.2016
A 59-year old female employee who was told by a manager that she would be “better suited to a traditional” employer has won her tribunal claim for age discrimination. What is the problem with this
type of comment?
Published 10.10.2017
A job applicant who was asked for her age at the start of an interview has been awarded £4,250. Questions about age aren’t unlawful, so why did the employee involved in this case end up having to pay
compensation?
Published 07.09.2022
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
On October 1, the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations come into force, adding to a long list of groups who cannot be discriminated against. In the first of a series of articles we look at what you
need to do now.
Published 21.09.2006
A male employee who was called “Gramps” by his colleagues for a number of years has been awarded over £63,000 by the tribunal. Why did this nickname end up costing the employer so much money?
Published 24.03.2016