The company, Rock Oil, wanted the now 69-year-old Peters to retire when he was 65 and had started looking for his replacement, Peters claimed. The firm said it fired Peters when he was 67 based on conduct issues.
Peters won the case in November. "When the claimant indicated that he did not intend to retire, the management trumped up charges against him in what can only be described as a threatening manner," the tribunal judgment found.