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ECJ Rules on Surrogacy and Entitlement to Maternity Leave
...maternity leave as the woman was not pregnant and was not entitled to take maternity leave. The ECJ’s decisions in these cases confirm that UK law does not have to provide paid leave to mothers who re...
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No Discrimination Where Employee Dismissed for Absence due to Post-Natal Depression
...maternity leave, the claim failed. L’s sex discrimination also failed. Where pregnancy-related sickness arises during maternity leave and continues after the end of maternity leave, an employer is ...
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Successful Appeal Avoided Indirect Sex Discrimination
...maternity leave in September 2009 and on 12 April 2010 submitted a flexible working application to work part-time hours on her return in August. This was rejected on 17 June on the basis that sales ex...
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Redundancy Situation Identified Due To Maternity Leave: Dismissal Automatically Unfair
...Maternity Leave: Dismissal Automatically Unfair The EAT has ruled that where a redundancy situation becomes apparent because an employee is on maternity leave and that employee is selected for redund...
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No Collective Redundancy Consultation Obligations on Expiry of Fixed-term Contracts
...maternity or sick leave cover. The employment judge held that collective consultation obligations applied as they had been dismissed ‘for a reason which did not relate to them as individuals’. He cons...
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Employment Tribunal to Refer Questions on Surrogacy to the ECJ
...leave, reduced hours and unpaid leave the Claimant argued that she had been subjected to a detriment in respect of the refusal to allow her to take maternity leave and discriminated against because of...
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Record-breaking £4.5 Million Discrimination Award
...maternity leave not long after her appointment . The award included £56,000 for psychiatric injury and £30,000 for injury to feelings but the bulk of the award was for future loss of earnings (£941,8...
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Redundancy: Maternity Leave and Suitable Alternative Roles
...Maternity Leave and Suitable Alternative Roles In Simpson v Endsleigh Insurance Services Ltd, Ms Simpson was employed as an insurance consultant in London for Endsleigh. Whilst on maternity leave, t...