It is all go in the age discrimination arena and the issue is going to run and run.
As the Law Society Gazette reports "the first tribunal hearing to deal ‘head on’ with bars to employment based on date of birth has ruled that the National Air Traffic Service (NATS) acted unlawfully in rejecting candidates over 35.
This follows the Heyday case which has been all over the press recently and shows that the issue of age discrimination has a while to run just yet with the ECJ giving its latest ruling.
I am doing a lot of negotiating advice connected with age discrimination and in this economic climate organisations are trying to cut staff using the existing retirement provisions; Conversley some staff are desperate to stay on and are counting on the government changing or being forced to change its mind.
The key in all this is to try and reach a negotiated settlement and avoid litigation as the legal costs may exceed what is actually in dispute.