Charging age-related rates for benefits is not age discrimination

In the recent case of Swann v GHI Insurance Services UK Ltd, the Employment Tribunal considered whether it was age discrimination to provide private medical insurance under a flexible benefits scheme, where the cost of cover depended on the age of the employee.

By a majority decision, the Employment Tribunal held that the scheme did not discriminate on grounds of age. It also said that even if it was discriminatory, the arrangement was objectively justified as a proportionate means of achiev... (164 more words)

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