R (Incorporated Trustees of the National Council on Ageing (Age Concern England)) v Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform – WLR Daily

Posted March 9th, 2009 in age discrimination, EC law, law reports, retirement by sally

R (Incorporated Trustees of the National Council on Ageing (Age Concern England)) v Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Case C-388/07); [2009] WLR(D) 82

“National rules allowing compulsory dismissal at retirement age and non-recruitment of persons of retirement age were not contrary to Community law provided that they were justified by legitimate social policy objectives and were appropriate and necessary for achieving such objectives.”

WLR Daily, 6th March 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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