David Regan of Munday Solicitors explains the implications for optical practitioners of the abolition of the default retirement age
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Avoid the temptation to speak to the employee ‘off the record’. Such conversations are fraught with difficulty. Simply saying this conversation is ‘off the record’, or ‘without prejudice’, does not mean that the employee cannot use the conversation against the employer. Therefore an employee could argue that these discussions are an attempt to force them out on the grounds of their age, and consequently sue for age discrimination.
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