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- Type:
- Policies and procedures
A model pre-retirement training policy, which sets out the pre-retirement training that is offered to employees.
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- Date:
- 10 July 2012
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The European Court of Justice has upheld the Swedish law that allows an employer to terminate an employee's contract of employment on the sole ground that he or she has reached the age of 67, taking no account of the pension that the employee will receive.
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- Date:
- 26 April 2012
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Supreme Court has provided guidance on the components needed to justify a compulsory retirement age, stressing that the chosen retirement age has to be appropriate and necessary in that particular business. It went on to say that, once a retirement age is justified for a workplace or group of workers, the employer does not have to justify every retirement on an individual basis.
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- Date:
- 26 April 2012
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Supreme Court has held that a requirement that employees obtain a law degree before they could be promoted to the highest grade was indirect age discrimination against the claimant, who did not have enough time to complete a degree before he reached the employer's retirement age. However, it sent the case back to the employment tribunal to decide whether or not the employer's actions were justified as a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim.
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- Date:
- 19 September 2011
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The European Court of Justice has held that a rule in a collective agreement applicable to the crew of the German airline Deutsche Lufthansa prohibiting pilots from flying after the age of 60 is discriminatory on the ground of age.
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- Date:
- 25 July 2011
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The European Court of Justice has held that German legislation that requires civil servants to retire at 65 can be justified if "appropriate and necessary" means are used to achieve the aim of balancing the employment levels of young and older civil servants to encourage the recruitment and promotion of young people. It also stressed that budgetary considerations cannot by themselves constitute a legitimate aim in relation to a member state's social policy.
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- Type:
- How to
Practical guidance on working without a compulsory retirement age, including the law on age discrimination and mandatory retirement; retaining a justified retirement age; age-related benefits; pre-retirement advice and discussions; and succession planning.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
Claire Benson is managing associate and Helen Corbett, Sinead Jones, Helen Ward and Tori O'Neil are associates at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.
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- Type:
- FAQs
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
The employment tribunal in this case found that comments from two managers in capability meetings, suggesting that an underperforming older worker might consider early retirement, constituted age discrimination.