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Age discrimination

Bircham Dyson Bell
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Germany, United Kingdom
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October 31 2011

In Prigge and others v Deutsche Lufthansa AG the ECJ held that a compulsory retirement age of 60 for Lufthansa airline pilots was in breach of the Equal Treatment Directive

Age discrimination

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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Germany
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November 23 2011

A requirement in a collective agreement for German pilots working for Lufthansa to retire compulsorily at 60 could not be justified under the Framework Employment Equality Directive

Flying high

Norrbom Vinding
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European Union, Germany
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December 6 2011

A provision in a German collective agreement requiring pilots to retire at 60 was incompatible with the Equal Treatment Directive

Justifying age limits

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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European Union, Germany
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October 14 2011

A recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision that it is age discrimination to prohibit airline pilots from working after age 60 may also effect other sectors where collective agreements provide for age limits below the statutory age limit (eg air traffic controllers

ECJ rejects retirement at 60 for airline pilots

Nabarro LLP
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European Union, Germany
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September 28 2011

Since the abolition of the default retirement age of 65 from April 2011, employees can only be required to retire on the grounds of age where it can be objectively justified

ECJ rules against pilots’ retirement age

Mills & Reeve LLP
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European Union, Germany
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September 19 2011

The European Court of Justice has decided that the compulsory retirement of German pilots at the age of 60 infringed the Employment Framework Directive

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