As previously confirmed by the Government, the default retirement age is set to be phased out from 6 April and scrapped (unless this can be objectively justified) from 1 October 2011. The change is expected to be confirmed later today in a written ministerial answer from Employment Minister, Ed Davey, and will not require further [...]
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Post created on: January 13th, 2011
Former Countryfile presenter Miriam O’Reilly has won an employment tribunal claim against the BBC for age discrimination & victimisation, but is unsuccessful in her sexism claim. She was seeking compensation in the employment tribunal case, which the BBC had said it would “defend vigorously” but now “accepts the findings”. Ms O’Reilly said the judgment is [...]
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Post created on: January 11th, 2011
UKIP have lost an employment tribunal claim for sex discrimination following a default judgment, but aware that these can be set aside, they are reported to have responded now. Employers facing a similar scenario are advised to seek urgent assistance if they have a default judgment against them. Ideally, you should always be looking to [...]
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Post created on: December 23rd, 2010
Serial litigants – like John Berry, who has brought numerous claims against employers that advertise vacancies with terms such as “school leavers” or “recent graduates” – risk costs being awarded against them in the future. In a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment involving Mr Berry, Underhill P warned that claimants who bring age discrimination claims [...]
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Post created on: November 14th, 2010
Following the announcement in the Budget that the DRA would be phased out from April 2011, with the exception of a six month transition from the existing regulations – the latest date that an employee could be retired under the DRA would need to fall before 1 October 2011 – the Government has today published [...]
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Post created on: July 29th, 2010
