What is the difference between unfair dismissal and age discrimination?
A. Unfair dismissal is a claim open to an employee who has been employed for at least a year in the same job and who is dismissed (or who resigns because of a fundamental breach of contract by the employer). To pursue an age discrimination claim your employment does not need to have ended. There is an overlap in that if you are dismissed because of your age this may well be an unfair dismissal as well as being unlawful age discrimination. You can pursue both kinds of claim on one employment tribunal claim form.
