According to recent research, age is rapidly becoming the main discrimination-related grievance amongst UK employees. So what are the key risk areas that you should be aware of?
Published 30.10.2008
As the default retirement age will soon be abolished, you must act quickly if you want to serve any employees with notifications of intended retirement. But what happens if they then challenge your
decision? How should you play it?
Published 09.02.2011
Purple Parking has been ordered to pay 21 ex-employees £78,000 each for acts of age-related discrimination. It transpires that it made one particularly daft error. So where did it go wrong?
Published 09.04.2014
The default retirement age of 65 was granted a stay of execution last year. But the government now wants it gone. So what is it proposing instead?
Published 10.02.2010
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
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
You’re happy to allow an employee to work beyond 65 for a year. However, you’re finding it difficult to extend his permanent health insurance for this period. Where do you stand if you can’t obtain a
policy, or it’s just too expensive?
Published 04.10.2007
Following a recent ruling by the Supreme Court, it’s been suggested that employers can now safely force employees to retire at 65. Is this really true?
Published 24.05.2012
You’ve advertised a job role and received applications from several people who are clearly overqualified. Is it safe to reject a job applicant because they have more qualifications, skills and/or
experience than are needed for a job role?
Published 17.11.2022