Seldon v Clarkson Wright and Jakes [2012] UKSC 16

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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Coronavirus: Recent Covid cases – lessons for employers

Ed Livingstone and Grace Waterhouse report on two recent employment tribunal cases arising from the pandemic and examine the lessons for employers It seems inevitable that, as in Montanaro, tribunals will consider Covid-19 to present circumstances of danger under the Employment Rights Act. This means that employees are likely to be protected from dismissal if …

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