retirement – Law Journals

Legal news: Employment update

Lesley Finlayson rounds up the latest developments affecting employers and their advisers Employers should only discuss retirement plans with employees when they have a clear and proportionate legitimate aim such as succession planning. Enquiring about retirement plans alongside grievance management was discriminatory In Tapping v Ministry of Defence [2021], a civil servant has won an …

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Discrimination: Managing employees with dementia

Keely Rushmore examines the key points to take away from a recent decision that a 73-year-old Asda employee with memory problems suffered age and disability discrimination Cases such as Hutchinson highlight the importance of treating age-related illnesses as what they are: illnesses. Any underperformance or illness should be dealt with under the performance management or …

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