Age discrimination cases rise sharply at tribunals

The number of age discrimination complaints to employment tribunals increased by 74% in the past year, new research has suggested.

According to Rest Less, a website “community” for people over-50, the number of receipts under age discrimination in employment tribunals reached 3,668 in 2020, up from 2,112 in 2019.

Age discrimination saw the biggest year-on-year increase of all other specific jurisdictional complaints, said Rest Less, with the analysis showing that the total number of jurisdictional complaints in employment tribunals decreased year on year (from 183,207 in 2019 to 180,430 in 2020).

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