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05-Jun-08 11:15 [Pay and Reward]
European Court of Justice to hear mandatory retirement challenge An affiliate of the charity Age Concern is challenging the compulsory retirement age for employees at the European Court of Justice.
Heyday is putting forward the case that the UK government's imposition of the compulsory retirement at 65-years-old is in breach of the EU's Equal Treatment Directive, according to a report in magazine Personnel Today.
If the European Court of Justice approves the challenge, it is stated that several employees who were previously made to retire at 65, may be able to claim age discrimination.
Rachel Krys, chief executive of the Employers' Forum on Age, told the magazine: "Employers are at huge risk if they are operating a mandatory retirement age."
She added that increasing numbers people may be lodging age discrimination claims as publicity surrounding the case grows.
The trial will be heard on July 2nd and has been brought forward from the original date scheduled for 2009.
It was reported in Personnel Today in May that the Employment Appeal Tribunal upheld the £19 million discrimination and bullying ruling in favour of City lawyer Gill Switalski after she quit her job at F&C Asset Management.
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