Regina (Incorporated Trustees of the National Council on Ageing (Age Concern England)) v Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform – Times Law Reports

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

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

Court of Justice of the European Communities

“European member states could lawfully provide in their employment legislation for certain kinds of differences in treatment on the ground of age if those differences were objectively and reasonably justified by a legitimate aim such as employment policy, but the member states had the burden of establishing, to a high standard of proof, the legitimacy of the aim relied on as a justification.”

The Times, 9th March 2009

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