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Dismissal of salesperson nicknamed "Gramps" was tainted by age discrimination

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    Dove v Brown & Newirth Ltd ET/3301905/2015 (0 other reports)

Dove v Brown & Newirth Ltd ET/3301905/2015

age discrimination | dismissal | third-party pressure

An employment tribunal has awarded £63,391 to a salesperson who was nicknamed "Gramps" by his younger colleagues and later dismissed after feedback from customers that he was "old fashioned" and "long in the tooth".