Employment law cases

Kraft Foods UK Ltd v Hastie EAT/0024/10

Reports relating to this case:

  • Age discrimination: Cap on enhanced redundancy pay not unlawful

    Date:
    9 November 2010

    In Kraft Foods UK Ltd v Hastie EAT/0024/10, the EAT held that a contractual redundancy scheme that capped payments at the total amount of earnings that the employee would have received prior to retirement was justified as a proportionate means of preventing redundant employees from receiving a windfall.