Employment law cases

HM Land Registry v Benson and others [2012] IRLR 373 EAT

Reports relating to this case:

  • Age discrimination: redundancy selection based on cost was justified

    Date:
    20 February 2012

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that the employer was justified in deciding who would be chosen for voluntary redundancy on the basis of who would cost the least to make redundant, despite this criterion being indirectly discriminatory against a particular group of older workers.