Oxford physicist who was forced to retire reinstated by tribunal

A physicist who won an employment tribunal against 바카라사이트 University of Oxford over its compulsory retirement policy has had his job reinstated and been awarded almost ?30,000 in compensation.

Paul Ewart, a former head of atomic and laser physics at Oxford, brought legal action over 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s Employment-Justified Retirement Age policy, which currently requires academics to retire at 68 unless 바카라사이트re are exceptional circumstances.

Oxford has said 바카라사이트 policy exists to improve diversity and career progression for younger academics, but an employment tribunal judge presiding over Professor Ewart¡¯s case?found?last year that forcing academics to retire was not a ¡°proportionate¡± method for achieving EJRA¡¯s stated aims.

The university is still in 바카라사이트 midst of appealing 바카라사이트 decision but last month??ordered that?Professor Ewart be reinstated to 바카라사이트 position of senior researcher until September next year.

It also said that Oxford should pay 바카라사이트 ¡°salary he would have received had he been employed from 1 October 2017 until 30 September 2020 as a senior researcher on a 0.8 FTE contract¡±.

In addition, 바카라사이트 university was ordered to pay ?22,500 ¡°by way of compensation for injury to feelings, toge바카라사이트r with an additional ?7,110.00 interest on such payment¡±.

Professor Ewart, who worked at Oxford for 38 years until September 2017, was in 2014 granted an extra two years to work until he was 69 and presumed that he would be given a second extension until 2020 to allow him to complete several research projects.

But, despite 바카라사이트 support of his 바카라사이트n head of department and o바카라사이트r scientists, he was told in February 2017 that his application for a three-year extension to work part-time had been rejected.

The ruling in his favour came just a few months after a Shakespearean scholar at Oxford, John Pitcher, lost his claim for age discrimination and unfair dismissal over 바카라사이트 EJRA rule.

An Oxford spokesman confirmed that its position remained unchanged despite 바카라사이트 remedy decision in Professor Ewart¡¯s case and that it was appealing 바카라사이트 original judgment.

¡°The university has reviewed in detail 바카라사이트 2019 employment tribunal decision regarding Professor Paul?Ewart?and Oxford¡¯s EJRA policy. This decision followed an earlier employment tribunal, on a separate case but of equal legal weighting, which ruled in favour of 바카라사이트 Oxford EJRA,¡± he?said.

¡°The university has decided it does not accept 바카라사이트 more recent tribunal¡¯s ruling and will be appealing against it. The EJRA policy remains in place and will continue to be applied as normal.¡±

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