Age discrimination: "joke" email from manager costs employer £1,500
Employers that indulge potentially discriminatory office "banter" may end up liable, as this case demonstrates.
View ArticleLine manager briefing: Bullying and harassment - test yourself
A quiz for line managers to test their knowledge on the law and practice relating to bullying and harassment.
View ArticleShop manager told older supervisor that she was "too old for sex"
In this case, a female employee was harassed on the ground of her age by her younger manager.
View ArticleCompany boss belittled and humiliated constructively dismissed employee on...
In this case, an unpleasant boss managed both to constructively dismiss an employee and to commit age discrimination against him.
View ArticleConsultation on repeal of third-party harassment provisions under Equality...
The Government consults on proposals to repeal the third-party harassment provisions in the Equality Act 2010 on the basis that there is no evidence that they serve a practical purpose or are...
View ArticleThird-party harassment provisions in Equality Act repealed
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 repeals s.40(2) to (4) of the Equality Act 2010, which provides that the employer will, in certain circumstances, be liable where an individual is harassed...
View ArticleAge discrimination: performance criticisms used as excuse to force...
In this age discrimination case, the employment tribunal found that staff in a school conspired to force out a highly paid older teacher as a way of cutting costs.
View ArticleAge discrimination: manager's description of 18-year-old worker as "stroppy...
In this age discrimination case brought by a young worker, the employment tribunal held that a manager's use of the words "teenager" and "kid" to describe the claimant amounted to harassment.
View ArticlePodcast: Age discrimination
On this week's XpertHR Weekly, we discuss an age discrimination case brought by a young worker. In Roberts v Cash Zone (Camberley) Ltd and another ET/2701804/2012, the employment tribunal was required...
View ArticleAge discrimination
The law on age discrimination, including direct discrimination, indirect discrimination, harassment, and employer-justified retirement ages.
View ArticleAge discrimination: young workers singled out for "aggressive" criticism win...
Two young sisters who resigned from their jobs in a service station after what they felt was aggressive and unfair criticism have won their claims for age and sex discrimination in an employment tribunal.
View ArticleBrexit: four example bullying and harassment scenarios
Employers need to ensure that their employees do not become victims of bullying and harassment as a result of the Brexit vote. We present four examples of scenarios that might lead to claims against...
View ArticleAge discrimination: Older worker told she would be "better suited to a...
An employment tribunal has held that an estate agent administrator who resigned after she was told that she would be "better suited to a traditional estate agency" was subjected to age discrimination.
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