The Committee of Appeals of the House of Lords, the highest judicial body of the country, is due to examine two complaints of former employees who were fired. This comes at a time when the government wishes to institute, next October, a legislation against discriminations on grounds of age. (Réf. 06214)
John Rutherford was an auditor in a clothing company, he was laid off in 1998 when he was 67 years old. He discovered at that time that he was entitled only to one month of wages as a compensation. He had exceeded the 65 years old threshold below which he would have had a financial compensation of 4.500 Pounds (6.600 euros). Mr. Rutherford had initially taken this case to the industrial tribunal, which had proved him right. Due to the lack of specific legislation on retirement age, his...
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