Employer seeking ‘younger’ replacement guilty of age discrimination

In a recent decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT), an employer who had included the word ‘younger’ in a person specification drafted for the purpose of replacing an employee, was found to have committed an act of age discrimination and had unfairly dismissed that employee.

 

The claimant in this case, Mr Beck, was employed as head of marketing by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. The Bank was not happy with his performance and dismissed him for redunda... (265 more words)

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