Wilkinson v Springwell Engineering Limited ET/2507420/07
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Status:
Published on 25-Feb-2008
Jurisdictions:
England, Scotland, Wales
An employment tribunal has held in
Wilkinson v Springwell Engineering Limited ET/2507420/07 that the reason for the dismissal of an employee was not for capability, as the employer claimed, but on grounds of her age. The employer had therefore discriminated against the employee in breach of regulation 3 of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006. The tribunal found that the employer had made a stereotypical assumption founded on age to the detriment of the employee, who was 18 at the time of her dismissal, and had assumed a relationship between experience and age and capability.
The tribunal went on to award the employee loss of earnings up to the tribunal hearing and future losses of 26 weeks, together with an award for £5,000 for injury to feelings. The tribunal also applied an uplift to the compensation on the basis that the employer had failed to follow any procedure before dismissing her.
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