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Employment Law (Over-65S)

Volume 402: debated on Friday 28 March 2003

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To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will amend employment legislation to provide statutory protections in respect of (a) redundancy and (b) unfair dismissal for employees over 65 years of age. [101881]

We intend to review upper age limits on statutory redundancy payments and general unfair dismissal claims in the light of responses to the next public consultation on age discrimination, due to be launched this summer.