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Age discrimination: Age-related notice periods are discriminatory

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    Kücükdeveci v Swedex GmbH & Co KG [2010] IRLR 346 ECJ (0 other reports)

In Kücükdeveci v Swedex GmbH & Co KG [2010] IRLR 346 ECJ, the ECJ held that German law that excludes employment below the age of 25 when calculating minimum statutory notice periods based on length of service amounts to unjustified age discrimination contrary to the Equal Treatment Framework Directive.