Unfair dismissal: Further confirmation that redundancy selection criteria can be subjective

This case is another example of the EAT permitting more subjective redundancy selection criteria.  The EAT has confirmed that unless an employer's motivation in identifying redundancy selection criteria is in question, the fact that some of the criteria are not objectively justifiable will not be fatal to the fairness of the scheme.

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