A 42-year-old air steward has won £6,500 in an age discrimination case after she was sacked - for not having been in her job long enough.
Karen Irving had worked for travel company TUI for more than 20 years when she was made redundant as a result of cuts due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
An employment tribunal heard the main criteria used to select staff who were to lose their jobs was length of service - so colleagues aged over 45 were kept on.
