All items: Victimisation

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  Hetherington v London Borough of Brent and others ET/3303672/2011 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Age discrimination: performance criticisms used as excuse to force long-serving teacher out

    Date:

    10 June 2013

    In this age discrimination case, the employment tribunal found that staff in a school conspired to force out a highly paid older teacher as a way of cutting costs.

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  Jessemey v Rowstock and another ET/2700838/11 and ET/2701156/11 (1 report relating to this case)

  The Court of Appeal has now confirmed in Jessemey v Rowstock Ltd and another [2014] EWCA Civ 185 CA that the Equality Act 2010 can be interpreted to cover post-employment victimisation.

  • Equality Act 2010: employment tribunal refuses to consider post-employment victimisation claim

    Date:

    17 October 2012

    This employment tribunal decision highlights a drafting error in the Equality Act 2010 that means that post-employment victimisation is not covered. The decision that the claimant's post-employment victimisation claim could not proceed contrasts with the first-instance decision in Taiwo v Olaigbe and another ET/2389629/11, in which the employment tribunal allowed the same sort of claim to be heard.

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  Rowstock Ltd and another v Jessemey [2014] IRLR 368 CA (2 reports relating to this case)

  • Victimisation: Post-employment victimisation is unlawful under the Equality Act 2010

    Date:

    11 October 2014

    In Rowstock Ltd and another v Jessemey [2014] IRLR 368 CA, the Court of Appeal held that the apparent exclusion of post-employment victimisation from the Equality Act 2010 was the result of an inadvertent drafting error and that such conduct is indeed proscribed by the Act.

  • Equality Act 2010 covers post-employment victimisation, decides Court of Appeal

    Date:

    28 February 2014

    The Court of Appeal has held that the Equality Act 2010 can be interpreted to cover post-employment victimisation, resolving the conflict created by two contradictory EAT decisions on this issue.

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  Rowstock Ltd and another v Jessemey and Equality & Human Rights Commission [2013] IRLR 439 EAT (2 reports relating to this case)

  The Court of Appeal has now confirmed in Jessemey v Rowstock Ltd and another [2014] EWCA Civ 185 CA that the Equality Act 2010 can be interpreted to cover post-employment victimisation.

  • Age discrimination: No protection against post-employment victimisation

    Date:

    25 June 2013

    In Rowstock Ltd and another v Jessemey and Equality & Human Rights Commission [2013] IRLR 439 EAT, the EAT held that the Equality Act 2010 does not provide protection against post-employment victimisation.

  • Equality Act 2010 does not protect against post-employment victimisation, says EAT

    Date:

    7 March 2013

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that the Equality Act 2010 cannot be interpreted to cover post-employment victimisation.

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  Sturdy v Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS [2008] ET/1803960/07, ET/1807285/07 & ET/1801248/08 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Age discrimination in redundancy: employment tribunal decisions

    Date:

    8 September 2009

    This article provides a round-up of employment tribunal decisions on age discrimination in redundancy, a common complaint during the recession. Although the decisions are not binding on other tribunals, they provide useful illustrations for employers of redundancy situations that have led to age discrimination claims and, in some cases, large awards of compensation.