Age discrimination: Lessons from recent cases following six-fold surge in claims

John Bracken analyses three cases which highlight some of the perils employers face when making management decisions about older members of their workforce Whether employers are making redundancy, promotion or more general day-to-day decisions, they should not disregard the risk of age discrimination simply because the employees concerned are of fairly similar ages. Age discrimination …
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Fixed-term employees: Ending a fixed-term contract – why it‘s not as easy as it sounds

Ellie Boyd explores how to avoid the main pitfalls when dealing with fixed-term employees, including how to avoid an unfair dismissal claim on non-renewal of a contract ‘While claims brought under the regulations are relatively few and far between, there is no limit on compensation in the event of breach. Employers should therefore not underestimate …
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