Teacher wins indirect age discrimination case

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• Steptoe & Johnson LLP

An employer who advertised for candidates in “the first five years of their career” committed an act of indirect discrimination by failing to shortlist a 61-year-old teacher with 34 years’ teaching experience for the position.

It was clear that people of her age were likely to have had more experience and accordingly would be put at a disadvantage when compared to other applicants. The Council had failed to show that a decision to appoint a cheaper, less experienced employ... (102 more words)

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