Case of the week: Redundancy selection criteria

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  Rolls Royce plc v Unite [2009] EWCA Civ 387 CA (2 other reports)

  • Age discrimination: Length-of-service criterion as part of redundancy selection matrix does not of itself amount to age discrimination

    Date:

    7 August 2009

    In Rolls-Royce plc v Unite [2009] EWCA Civ 387 CA, the Court of Appeal held that a redundancy selection matrix set out in a 2003 collective agreement was not automatically rendered unlawful following the implementation of the age discrimination legislation in 2006.

  • Rolls Royce plc v Unite [2009] EWCA Civ 387 CA

    Date:

    15 May 2009

    The Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court decision that two collective agreements giving points for length of service in the redundancy selection process are lawful under the age discrimination legislation.