Legal precedents needed for age discrimination

Scheduled to come into effect on 1 October, the legislation is part of a European Directive and will mainly impact employers on what they can and cannot offer in their terms of employment. But Sue Sneddon, employee benefits technical manager at Scottish Equitable, says while there are a lot of exemptions for pensions, there are very few specific exemptions for other benefits such as the new default retirement age. She says employers will also have to rethink the age at which they provide benefits, but warns there “are so many grey areas and also varying shades of grey. The nature of the...