Discrimination claims | Offering a chair to older workers could amount to ageism, tribunal says

Offering a chair to older workers could amount to ageism, tribunal says

Offering a chair to an older colleague at work could count as age discrimination, an employment judge has ruled.

Filipe Edreira, a recycling plant worker, sued his former employer Severn Waste Water Service after he was asked to sit down during his shift.

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