Rolls Royce plc v Unite [2009] EWCA Civ 387 CA

Age discrimination: Length-of-service criterion as part of redundancy selection matrix does not of itself amount to age discrimination

Date:

7 August 2009

In Rolls-Royce plc v Unite [2009] EWCA Civ 387 CA, the Court of Appeal held that a redundancy selection matrix set out in a 2003 collective agreement was not automatically rendered unlawful following the implementation of the age discrimination legislation in 2006.