HR Magazine - Oxford professors win age discrimination case
An employment tribunal has ruled that Oxford University was "not legally justified" in forcing four academics to retire at age 68.
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An employment tribunal has ruled that Oxford University was "not legally justified" in forcing four academics to retire at age 68.
The ruling says the action against the quartet of dons was ‘not legally justified’
Four academics who were forced to retire at 68 have won their employment tribunal against Oxford University.
The Employer Justified Retirement Age policy was found by an employment tribunal to have a discriminatory effect and could not be legally justified.
Judges find university’s policy of compulsory retirement at 68 not ‘proportionate’ as aims not proven