Our team of Employment Solicitors has extensive experience of advising on Age Discrimination - so if you have been a victim of age-related discrimination at work, please contact us - without obligation - to find out how we might assist.
Age Discrimination means that:
- Employers are not allowed to set a compulsory retirement age of 65
- If you are over 65 you are entitled to at least 6 months notice before retirement
- Age or age-related criteria/ranges should not normally be used in advertisements
- You should be eligible for training and development programmes irrespective of your age
- Judgements about your abilities or fitness to work should not be based on your age
- Your employers must make sure that any redundancy policies don’t directly discriminate against older workers
- They cannot discriminate indirectly e.g. by selecting only part-time workers for redundancy, when a large number of these may be older workers
You can bring an Age Discrimination claim to an Employment Tribunal if:
- You are disadvantaged because of age-related recruitment or promotion policies
- You have been discriminated against or harassed because of your age
- You have been harassed or victimised on the grounds of age
Most discrimination is against older people but it is unlawful for an employer to impose a lower age limit when recruiting, unless this age restriction can be objectively justified, or is imposed by law.
Please contact us to discuss how our Employment Law Team might be able to act on your behalf.
