Update on worker rights to apply for the minimum annual leave
By Gillian Cumming, Senior Solicitor.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) was recently faced with the following question – if a worker does...
Risk Assessments for Breastfeeding Mothers
A recent case heard by the European Court of Justice looked at whether it was sex discrimination for an employer to fail to conduct a risk assessment for...
Headscarves Ban and Religious Discrimination
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) yesterday issued its decision in the case of Achtiba v G4S Secure Solutions, which looked at a ban on wearing headscarves...
European Court of Justice rules worker prevented from taking annual leave due to sickness can carry it forward to next holiday year
In the case of Sobczyszyn v Szkoła Podstawowa w Rzeplinie, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) considered whether a Polish teacher who was unable to take...
The ECJ judgment on Travel Time as Working Time
We posted an update in July this year regarding the Advocate General’s (AG) opinion in a European working time case that time spent travelling to and...
Travelling time is ‘working time’ for workers with no fixed place of work
The ECJ has confirmed, in a European working time case, that time spent travelling to and from home by workers with no fixed place of work is working time...
Travel Time as Working Time
The Working Time Regulations have been in the spotlight for some time now, mostly due to the recent spate of cases regarding the calculation of holiday pay.
ECJ clarifies rules on when employers must consult collectively about redundancies
Where an employer is proposing to dismiss 20 or more people at one establishment they are required by law to undertake a collective consultation process with...
Maternity rights for surrogate parents: ECJ decision pending
Should the non-biological parent of a child born by a surrogate mother be entitled to maternity leave?
ECJ Gives Guidance on Justifying Compulsory Retirement - Expert Comments
Regular readers of our updates will know that (subject to transitional arrangements where the process started prior to 6 April this year) it is no longer...
ECJ Gives Guidance on Justifying Compulsory Retirement
A new decision of the European Court of Justice (Fuchs V Land Hessen) has given some useful guidance on what might amount to ‘justification’ under the...
