Rolls Royce plc v Unite the Union – WLR Daily

Posted May 20th, 2009 in age discrimination, EC law, law reports, redundancy by sally

Rolls Royce plc v Unite the Union [2009] EWCA Civ 387

“A length of service criterion within the selection matrix for redundancy selection, contained in collective agreements between a company and a workers’ union, was not in breach of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006, in that the inclusion of the criterion was a ‘proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim’ within reg 3(1)(b).”

WLR Daily, 19th May 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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